Peruvian national basketball team

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

Peru Peru
Association	Federación Deportiva Peruana de Basketball
FIBA member since	1936
FIBA world rankings	not placed
Trainer
World championships
Participation in the finals	4th
Best results	7th place ( 1950 )
Olympic games
Participation in the finals	3
Best results	8th place ( 1936 )
Continental championships
championship	American Championship
Participation in the finals	no
Best results
(As of October 19, 2013)

The Peruvian national basketball team for men represents Peru at international basketball matches. She was one of the better national teams in Latin America until the end of the 1960s and took part in three Olympic Games and four times in the finals of the World Basketball Championship . Since 2001, the team has not taken part in official FIBA competitions, while youth teams continue to participate.

Olympian

• Olympia 1936 (8th place): Antonio Flecha, Antonio Oré, Armando Rossi, Miguel Godoy, Luis Jacob, Manuel Fiestas, José Carlos Godoy, Rolando Bacigalupo, Willy Dasso
• Olympia 1948 (10th place): Alberto Fernández, Arturo Ferreyros, Carlos Alegre, David Descalso, Eduardo Fiestas, Guillermo Ahrens, Juan Vizcarra, Luis Sánchez, Rodolfo Salas, Rodolfo Sorraco, Virgilio Drago
• Olympia 1964 (15th place): Carlos Vásquez, Enrique Duarte, Jorge Vargas, José Guzmán, Luis Duarte, Manuel Valerio, Oscar Benalcázar, Oscar Sevilla, Raúl Duarte, Ricardo Duarte, Simon Peredes, Tomás Sangio

Other well-known players

In the 1960s, the future Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne also played in the Peruvian national team.

Performing in international competitions

Olympic games 1936 - 8th place 1948 - 10th place 1952 - did not qualify 1956 - did not qualify 1960 - did not qualify 1964 - 15th place since 1968 - not qualified

World championships 1950 - 7th place 1954 - 12th place 1959 - did not qualify 1963 - 12th place 1967 - 10th place since 1970 - not qualified

Pan American Games 1951 - did not take part 1955 - did not take part 1959 - did not take part 1963 - 5th place 1967 - 8th place 1971 - 9th place since 1975 - not qualified

South American Championships

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

1947 - 6th place 1949 - 4th place 1953 - 5th place 1955 - 5th place 1958 - 7th place 1960 - did not participate 1961 - 5th place 1963 - . space 1966 - . space 1968 - . space 1969 - 4th place 1971 - 4th place

1973 - . space 1976 - 7th place 1977 - 5th place 1979 - 7th place 1981 - 5th place 1983 - did not participate 1985 - 8th place 1987 - 6th place 1989 - 8th place 1991 - 8th place 1993 - did not participate 1995 - did not participate

1997 - 9th place 1999 - 8th place 2001 - 8th place since 2003 - not participated

Web links

• archive.fiba.com: Teams - Peru (PER) - Overview of selected teams in Peru in the FIBA ​​archive ( English )
• Profiles: Peru (PER) - Federación Peruana de Basketball - Profile of the association on the FIBA ​​website (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Peruvian Olympic Team 1936 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on October 19, 2013
2. ↑ Peruvian Olympic Team 1948 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on October 19, 2013
3. ↑ Peruvian Olympic Team 1964 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on October 19, 2013
4. ↑ From Basketball Player to Cardinal. Zenit.org , February 27, 2001, accessed October 19, 2013 .