Chilean national basketball team

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

Chile Chile
Association	"Febachile"
FIBA member since	1935
FIBA world rankings	not placed
Trainer
World championships
Participation in the finals	3
Best results	. Place ( 1950 , 1959 )
Olympic games
Participation in the finals	4th
Best results	5th place ( 1952 )
Continental championships
championship	American Championship
Participation in the finals	no
Best results
(As of October 19, 2013)

The Chilean men's national basketball team represents Chile at international basketball matches. It was one of the most successful national teams in Latin America until 1960 and won two bronze medals at basketball world championships . Subsequently, the team within South America, alongside Brazil and Argentina, was ousted by the teams in Uruguay and Venezuela and could no longer qualify for global finals or Olympic tournaments . So far there has been no qualification for the final tournaments introduced by the continental association FIBA America in 1980 .

Medalists and Olympians

• Olympia 1936 (9th place): Augusto Carvacho, Eduardo Kapstein, Eusebio Hernández, José González, Luis Carrasco, Luis Ibaseta, Michel Mehech
• Olympia 1948 (6th place): Andrés Mitrovic, Eduardo Cordero, Eduardo Kapstein, Exequiel Figueroa, Hernán Raffo, Juan José Gallo, Luis Marmentini, Manuel Ledesma, Marcos Sánchez, Rolando Hammer, Victor Mahaña, Eduardo Parra
• World Cup 1950 ( 2nd place): Eduardo Cordero, Raul Lopez, Exequiel Figueroa, "Chinchilla" Gallo, Gil Marmentini, Hernán Ramos, Fernández Lazaro, Marcos Sánchez, Juan Ostoic, Pedro Araya, Rufino Bernedo, Victor Mahaña
• Olympia 1952 (5th place): Álvaro Salvadores, Eduardo Cordero, Eric Mahn, Exequiel Figueroa, Hernán Raffo, Juan José Gallo, Hernán Ramos, Hugo Fernández, Juan Ostoic, Orlando Silva, Pedro Araya, Rufino Bernedo, Victor Mahaña
• Olympia 1956 (8th place): Luis Salvadores, Hernán Raffo, Juan Ostoic, Maximiliano Garafulic, Orlando Etcheverre, Orlando Silva, Pedro Araya, Raúl Urra, Rolando Etchepare, Rufino Bernedo, Victor Mahaña
• World Cup 1959 ( 2nd place): Luis Salvadores, Juan Zitko, Domingo Sibilla, Maximiliano Garafulic, Orlando Etcheverre, Orlando Silva, José de la Fuente, Dante Gianoni, Juan Thomson, Rolando Etchepare, Rufino Bernedo, Bruno Luchsinger

Performing in international competitions

Olympic games 1936 - 9th place 1948 - 6th place 1952 - 5th place 1956 - 8th place since 1960 - not qualified

World championships 1950 - . space 1954 - 10th place 1959 - . space since 1963 - not qualified

Pan American Games 1951 - 5th place since 1955 - not qualified American Championships never qualified

South American Championships

1930 - 4th place 1932 - . space 1934 - . space 1935 - did not take part 1937 - . space 1938 - did not take part 1939 - 5th place 1940 - 4th place 1941 - 4th place 1942 - . space 1943 - 4th place 1945 - 4th place

1947 - . space 1949 - . space 1953 - . space 1955 - 6th place 1958 - 5th place 1960 - 5th place 1961 - 6th place 1963 - 7th place 1966 - 6th place 1968 - 6th place 1969 - 5th place 1971 - 6th place

1973 - 5th place 1976 - 6th place 1977 - 6th place 1979 - 4th place 1981 - 4th place 1983 - 5th place 1985 - 7th place 1987 - 7th place 1989 - did not participate 1991 - did not participate 1993 - did not participate 1995 - 6th place

1997 - 6th place 1999 - 7th place 2001 - 6th place 2003 - 5th place 2004 - 5th place 2006 - 6th place 2008 - 6th place 2010 - 7th place 2012 - 6th place

Web links

• archive.fiba.com: Teams - Chile (CHI) - Overview of selected teams from Chile in the FIBA ​​archive ( English )
• Profile: Chile (CHI) - Federación de Basquetbol de Chile - Profile of the association on the FIBA ​​website (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Chilean Olympic Team 1936 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on October 19, 2013
2. ↑ Chilean Olympic Team 1948 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on October 19, 2013
3. ↑ Chilean Olympic Team 1952 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on October 19, 2013
4. ↑ Chilean Olympic Team 1956 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on October 19, 2013