US Virgin Islands National Basketball Team

World championships
US Virgin Islands United States Virgin Islands
American Virgin Islands
Association	US Virgin Islands Basketball Federation
FIBA member since	1964
FIBA world rankings	55
Trainer	Milton Barnes
Participation in the finals	no
Best results
Olympic games
Participation in the finals	no
Best results
Continental championships
championship	American Championship
Participation in the finals	4th
Best results	7th place (2001)
(As of August 25, 2013)

The US Virgin Islands national basketball team represents the US Virgin Islands in international basketball games. She is one of the better national teams within the Caribbean and is a multiple medal winner at the Central American Championships . However , it was not enough for more than four participations in the continental American Championships . Participation in global finals such as the World Championships or the Olympic Games has not been successful in the past.

history

The most famous, born in the US Virgin Islands player is the multiple NBA - MVP and NBA All-Star Tim Duncan . As a citizen of an outlying area of the United States , however, he was also able to become a member of the United States national basketball team , and with it he became a bronze medalist at the 2004 Olympic Games . Although Duncan never played for the national team of his native American Virgin Islands, this could nevertheless celebrate its greatest successes during his playing days. After a seventh place at the 2001 American Championships , the best placing in this competition to date, they won the silver medal at the Central American Championships twice in a row in 2006 and 2008. Previously, you had only won a bronze medal in this competition at the beginning of the national team in 1967. The silver medal winners for the American Virgin Islands included Cuthbert Victor and Walter Hodge, who were active in European leagues, as well as Carl Krauser , Frank Elegar and Jason Edwin , who were active in the German basketball league . Furthermore belonged Kevin Sheppard to the medal winners, who later gained prominence through the turned on him documentary " The Iran Job ". At the following continental championships in 2007 and 2009 , however, they remained in the preliminary round without a win and could not improve the seventh place from 2001.

The most important tournament for the national team are the Caribbean Championships of the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC), through whose championships one must first qualify for the Central American Championship. This championship was formerly known as the CARICOM championship.