Colombian national basketball team

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

Colombia Colombia
Association	FeColCesto
FIBA member since	1939
FIBA world rankings	not placed
Trainer
World championships
Participation in the finals	1
Best results	7th place ( 1982 )
Olympic games
Participation in the finals	no
Best results
Continental championships
championship	American Championship
Participation in the finals	no
Best results
(As of October 20, 2013)

The Colombian national basketball team for men represents Colombia at international basketball matches. As host, she was a participant in the 1982 World Cup , in which, however, no game was won in the final round and reached the last and seventh place. Otherwise, she has not yet been able to qualify for continental or global finals.

World Cup participant 1982

Squad Colombia at the 1982 World Cup
player No. Surname birth size info Calls society 4th Guido Mosquera 5 Giovany Vaccy 6th Elkin Valencia 7th Luis Murillo 8th William Nieto 9 Randy Roy Stephens 05/27/1957 10 William Gomez 11 Antonio Maldonado 12 Álvaro Álvarez 13 Guillermo Masquita 14th Álvaro López 15th Luis Carlos Manjarrez	Trainer Nat. Surname position James McGregor Legend Abbr. meaning Team captain swell League homepage Status: October 20, 2013

Other well-known players

• Álvaro Teherán (* 1966)
• Juan Palacios (* 1985)

Performing in international competitions

Olympic games never qualified World championships until 1982 - not qualified 1982 - 7th place since 1986 - not qualified American Championships never qualified

Pan American Games 1951 - 10th place 1955 - did not take part 1959 - did not take part 1963 - did not take part 1967 - 10th place 1971 - 10th place since 1975 - not qualified

South American Championships

up to and including 1943 - did not participate or qualified 1945 - 6th place 1947 - did not qualify 1949 - did not qualify 1953 - 7th place 1955 - 8th place 1958 - 6th place 1960 - 6th place 1961 - did not qualify 1963 - 8th place 1966 - 7th place 1968 - 7th place

1969 - 6th place 1971 - 5th place 1973 - 6th place 1976 - 5th place 1977 - 7th place 1979 - did not qualify 1981 - did not qualify 1983 - 6th place 1985 - 5th place 1987 - did not qualify 1989 - 7th place 1991 - 5th place

1993 - did not qualify 1995 - did not qualify 1997 - 5th place 1999 - 9th place 2001 - 7th place 2003 - did not qualify 2004 - did not qualify 2006 - 5th place 2008 - 5th place 2010 - 6th place 2012 - 7th place

Web links

• archive.fiba.com: Teams - Colombia (COL) - Overview of selected teams from Colombia in the FIBA ​​archive ( English )
• Profile: Colombia (COL) - Federación Colombiana de Baloncesto - Profile of the association on the FIBA ​​website