Argentine national basketball team

This article describes the Argentina men's national basketball team . For the women's selection, see Argentina Women's National Basketball Team .

Argentina Argentina
Nickname (s)	El Alma
Association	CABB
FIBA member since	1932
Trainer	Sergio Hernández
World championships
Participation in the finals	14th
Best results	. Course ( 1950 ) . Place ( 2002 , 2019 )
Olympic games
Participation in the finals	7th
Best results	. Course ( 2004 ) . Place ( 2008 )
Continental championships
championship	American Championship
Participation in the finals	18th
Best results	. Place ( 2001 , 2011 )
Homepage	http://www.elalmaargentina.com/
(As of September 12, 2019)

The Argentine national basketball team represents Argentina at international or friendly matches.

history

Argentina became the first team to win the World Basketball Championship in 1950 . The team from South America also won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics .

This August 28 was the most successful day in Argentina in the history of the Olympic Games, because on the same day the Argentine soccer team also won the gold medal. These were the first gold medals for Argentina since the Olympic Games in Helsinki in 1952 .

In South America, the Argentine national team is very dominant. So far she has won the continental championships 13 times (1934, 1935, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1966, 1976, 1979, 1987, 2001, 2004, 2008 and 2012). In addition, the Argentines won the American Championships in 2001 and 2011.

Squad

Argentina squad at the 2019 World Cup

player No. Surname birth size info Calls society Guards ( PG , SG ) 3 Luca Vildoza 08/11/1995 191  Saski Baskonia 7th Facundo Campazzo 03/23/1991 179  real Madrid 8th Nicolás Laprovíttola January 31, 1990 194 real Madrid 9 Nicolás Brussino 03/02/1993 200  Basket Saragossa 2002 10 Máximo Fjellerup 11/25/1997 191 CA San Lorenzo de Almagro 25th Lucio Redivo 02/14/1994 183 without a club Forwards ( SF , PF ) 4th Luis Scola 04/30/1980 204 Shanghai Sharks 14th Gabriel Deck 02/08/1995 202 real Madrid 29 Patricio Garino 05/17/1993 196 Saski Baskonia Center ( C ) 1 Agustín Caffaro 02/06/1995 205 CA San Lorenzo de Almagro 12 Marcos Delía 04/08/1992 206 Fuerza Regia de Monterrey 83 Tayavek Gallizzi 02/08/1993 205 Regatas Corrientes

Trainer Nat. Surname position Sergio Hernández Head coach Silvio Santander Assistant coach Legend Abbr. meaning Team captain swell League homepage As of September 15, 2019

Performing in international competitions

Argentine national team that became the first basketball world champion in history in 1950.

First national selection of Argentina in 1921

World championships

1950 - . space 1954 - 10th place 1959 - 8th place 1963 - 6th place 1967 - 11th place 1970 - did not qualify

1974 - 11th place 1978 - did not qualify 1982 - did not qualify 1986 - 12th place 1990 - 8th place 1994 - 9th place

1998 - 8th place 2002 - . space 2006 - 4th place 2010 - 5th place 2014 - 11th place 2019 - . space

Olympic games

1936 - did not qualify 1948 - 15th place 1952 - 4th place 1956 to 1976 - did not qualify 1980 - did not participate 1984 - did not qualify 1988 - did not qualify

1992 - did not qualify 1996 - 9th place 2000 - did not qualify 2004 - . space 2008 - . space 2012 - 4th place 2016 - quarter-finals

American Championships

1980 - . space 1984 - 7th place 1988 - 5th place 1989 - 8th place 1992 - 6th place 1993 - . space 1995 - . space 1997 - 4th place 1999 - . space 2001 - . space

2003 - . space 2005 - . space 2007 - . space 2009 - . space 2011 - . space 2013 - . space 2015 - . space 2017 - . space

Pan American Games

1951 - . space 1955 - . space 1959 - did not qualify 1963 - did not qualify 1967 - 6th place 1971 - 5th place 1975 - 7th place 1979 - 6th place 1983 - 5th place 1987 - 9th place

1991 - 6th place 1995 - . space 1999 - 4th place 2003 - 6th place 2007 - 4th place 2011 - 7th place 2015 - 5th place 2019 - . space

South American Championships

1930 - . space 1932 - . space 1934 - . space 1935 - . space 1937 - 5th place 1938 - . space 1939 - . space 1940 - . space

1941 - . space 1942 - . space 1943 - . space 1945 - . space 1947 - 5th place 1949 - 5th place 1953 - did not take part 1955 - 4th place

1958 - 4th place 1960 - . space 1961 - . space 1963 - 4th place 1966 - . space 1968 - 5th place 1969 - . space 1971 - . space

1973 - . space 1976 - . space 1977 - . space 1979 - . space 1981 - . space 1983 - . space 1985 - . space 1987 - . space

1989 - . space 1991 - . space 1993 - . space 1995 - . space 1997 - . space 1999 - . space 2001 - . space 2003 - . space

2004 - . space 2006 - . space 2008 - . space 2010 - . space 2012 - . space 2014 - . space 2016 - 4th place

Awards

The Italian sports newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport voted the Argentine national team " World Team of the Year " in 2004 .

Web links

• archive.fiba.com: Teams - Argentina (ARG) - Overview of national teams of Argentina in the FIBA Archive ( English )
• Profile: Argentina (ARG) - Confederación Argentina de Básquetbol ( Memento of January 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) - Profile of the association on the FIBA ​​website (English)