Argentina national basketball team

Argentina Argentina
FIBA ranking 5 Increase 1
Joined FIBA 1932 (co-founders)
FIBA zone FIBA Americas
National federation CABB
Coach Sergio Hernández
Nickname(s) El Alma Argentina (The Argentine Soul)
Olympic Games
Appearances 7
Medals Gold: (2004)
Bronze: (2008)
FIBA World Cup
Appearances 13
Medals Gold: (1950)
Silver: (2002)
FIBA AmeriCup
Appearances 18
Medals Gold: (2001, 2011)
Silver: (1995, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2015, 2017)
Bronze: (1980, 1993, 1999, 2009, 2013)
Pan American Games
Appearances 14
Medals Gold: (1995)
Silver: (1951, 1955)
Uniforms
Light
Dark
First international
1921 v. Uruguay [1]

The Argentina national basketball team, officially nicknamed El Alma Argentina[2] (Spanish: The Argentine Soul), is controlled by the Argentine Basketball Federation.

Argentina is the only national team in the FIBA Americas zone that has won the quintuplet crown: FIBA World Cup (they won the first edition, in 1950), Olympic Gold Medal (2004) (the highest honor and most important title of Argentina in the history of Argentina Basketball Men's Senior National Team), FIBA Diamond Ball (2008), FIBA AmeriCup (2001 and 2011) and Pan American Gold Medal (1995). They have also won 13 South American Basketball Championships, as well as many youth championships.

The Argentine representative was also the first to defeat a United States national team with a full squad of NBA players. They did so by 87–80 in the 2002 FIBA World Championship held in Indianapolis. In that tournament, Argentina came second behind FR Yugoslavia, losing the final in overtime.

Due to the series of good results since the beginning of the 2000s (decade), Argentina reached the first position in the FIBA Men's Ranking at the end of the 2008 Olympic Games. Argentina is a founding member of the International Federation of Basketball (FIBA) and has South America's longest basketball tradition.

History

The first national team as covered by El Gráfico magazine in 1921

The practice of basketball in Argentina was started by Asociación Cristiana de Jóvenes (Young Men's Christians Association – YCMA) in 1912.,[3] with the first Federation ("Federación Argentina") established to organise competitions not only in Buenos Aires but in several cities around Argentina. Argentina played its first international game against Uruguay in 1921.

In 1950 Argentina won its first and only World Championship to date, with a squad formed entirely by amateur players, after defeating France (twice), Brazil, Chile, Egypt and the United States in the decisive match.

With the creation of the Liga Nacional de Básquet in the mid-1980s, a new generation of players led Argentina to a moderate success in the 1986 World Championship where the squad defeated United States for the first time in their history. Nevertheless, the progress of Argentine basketball would be shown in 2002 FIBA World Championship being the first team to defeat a United States roster composed entirely of NBA players and also reaching the final, finally lost to Yugoslavia.

2002 was the year when the Golden Generation raised, when the team made history by being the first team to defeat a United States roster composed entirely of NBA players during the 2002 FIBA World Championship.[4] Argentina would reach the finals for the first time since the first World Championship in 1950,[5] But the most important achievement for the squad came in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens when Argentina won their first gold medal (including another victory over the United States at the semifinals). The Olympics title in 2004 is the higher honor and important title of Argentina in the history of the sport in the country.[6]

Uniform

Evolution

Since its establishment, the Argentina national team had worn white kits. In 2002, two light blue horizontal stripes (similar to the National flag) were added to the jerseys. In 2014, Argentina adopted a vertical striped model, in the style of football and field hockey representatives. The jersey debuted in the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.[7][8]

1921–2002, 2017–
2002–2013
2014–2017

Competition results

Players

Current roster

The roster for the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup.[9]

Argentina men's basketball team roster – 2017 AmeriCup roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
PG Vildoza, Luca 22 – (1995-08-11)11 August 1995 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Baskonia Spain
SG Redivo, Lucio 23 – (1994-02-14)14 February 1994 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Bilbao Basket Spain
PF Scola, Luis (C) 37 – (1980-04-30)30 April 1980 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Shanxi Brave Dragons China
PG Campazzo, Facundo 26 – (1991-03-23)23 March 1991 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) Real Madrid Spain
PG Laprovíttola, Nicolás 27 – (1990-01-31)31 January 1990 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Joventut Spain
G/F Brussino, Nicolás 24 – (1993-03-02)2 March 1993 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Tenerife Spain
C Delía, Marcos 25 – (1992-04-08)8 April 1992 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) CB Murcia Spain
C Acuña, Roberto 26 – (1990-09-14)14 September 1990 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Quimsa Argentina
SF Deck, Gabriel 22 – (1995-02-08)8 February 1995 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Real Madrid Spain
G/F Garino, Patricio 24 – (1993-05-17)17 May 1993 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Baskonia Spain
PF Saiz, Javier 23 – (1994-02-16)16 February 1994 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Regatas Corrientes Argentina
G Fjellerup, Máximo 19 – (1997-11-27)27 November 1997 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) San lorenzo Argentina
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes current club
  • Age – describes age
    on August 25, 2017

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench
C Marcos Delía Roberto Acuña
PF Luis Scola Javier Saiz
SF Patricio Garino Gabriel Deck
SG Nicolás Brussino Lucio Redivo
PG Facundo Campazzo Nicolás Laprovíttola

Retired numbers

In July 2017, the Argentine Basketball Confederation announced that numbers 5 and 13 would be retired since the 2017 edition of FIBA AmeriCup and for the rest of championships played by the senior team from then on.[10]

Argentina retired numbers
No. Player Pos. Tenure Games Points Ref.
5Emanuel GinóbiliSG1998–20161041,588[10][11]
13Andrés NocioniSF1999–20161211,364[10]

Past rosters

Head coach position for the major tournaments

(FIBA AmeriCup, FIBA World Cup, Summer Olympic Games):

See also

References

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