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Argentina national basketball team
Argentina national basketball team is the basketball side that represents Argentina in basketball international competitions, and depends on the Argentine Basketball Federation.
Argentina is the first team to win the world title, in 1950. The team also won the Olympic Tournament in 2004.
The most important team in South America together with Brazil, Argentina won the 1934, 1935, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1966, 1976, 1979, 1987, 2001 and 2004 South American Championships, and the 2001 Americas Championship (where United States and Puerto Rico also participate), as well as many youth championships.
Due to the series of good results since the beginning of the 2000, Argentina reached the second position in the FIBA men's ranking at the end of the 2006 FIBA World Championship .
Olympic Games record
1948: 15th
1952: 4th
1996: 9th
2004: 1st
FIBA World Championship record
1950 FIBA World Championship: 1st
1959 FIBA World Championship: 10th
1963 FIBA World Championship: 8th
1967 FIBA World Championship: 6th
1974 FIBA World Championship: 11th
1986 FIBA World Championship: 12th
1990 FIBA World Championship: 8th
1994 FIBA World Championship: 9th
1998 FIBA World Championship: 8th
2002 FIBA World Championship: 2nd
2006 FIBA World Championship: 4th
FIBA Americas Championship medals
FIBA Americas Championship 1980: Bronze
FIBA Americas Championship 1993: Bronze
FIBA Americas Championship 1995: Silver
FIBA Americas Championship 1999: Bronze
FIBA Americas Championship 2001: Gold
FIBA Americas Championship 2003: Silver
FIBA Americas Championship 2007: Silver
Famous players
Oscar Alberto Furlong
Jorge Racca
Ernesto Gehrmann
Julio Rodriguez
Hernan Montenegro
Luis Villar
Marcelo Milanesio
Juan Espil
Diego Osella
Hector "Pichi" Campana
Facundo Sucatzki
Pepe Sanchez
Fabricio Oberto
Andres Nocioni
Luis Scola
Andres Ricardo Pelussi
Emanuel Ginobili
Carlos Delfino
Miguel Cortijo
Patricio Prato
Roman Gonzalez
Federico Kammerichs
Leonardo Gutierrez
Diego Logrippo
Paolo Quinteros
Matias Sandes
Current squad
Guards:
Carlos Delfino
Emanuel "Manu" Ginobili
Juan Ignacio "Pepe" Sanchez
Pablo Prigioni
Daniel Farabello
Forwards:
Leonardo Martin Gutierrez
Walter Herrmann
Andres "Chapu" Nocioni
Luis Scola
Centers:
Gabriel Diego Fernandez
Fabricio Oberto
Ruben Oscar Wolkowyski
Trivia
Argentina line-up of 1950:
Pedro Andres Bustos, Leopoldo Contarbio, Hugo Oscar del Vecchio, Oscar Alberto Furlong, Ricardo Primitivo Gonzalez, Vito Liva, Alberto Lopez, Ruben Francisco Menini, Omar Ubaldo Monza, Raul Perez Varela, Juan Carlos Uder and Roberto Luis Viau.
Coach: Jorge Hugo Canavesi(Main Coach) & Casimiro Gonzalez Trilla (Co-Coach)
Emanuel Ginobili became in 2003, with San Antonio Spurs, the first Argentine player to win an NBA championship, and in spite of his age, is already considered one of the most important players in Argentine basketball history. He is also the only player in history to win an NBA title, a Gold Medal at the Summer Olympics, and the Euroleague.
Rosters
1948 Olympic Games: finished 15th among 23 teams
Oscar Furlong, Ruben Francisco Menini, Manuel Guerrero, Ricardo Primitivo Gonzalez, Tomas Vio, Bruno Varani, Raul Calvo, Raul Lledo, Juan Carlos Uder, Leon Felipe Martinetti, Jorge Nure, Arturo Ruffa, Fabian A. Crespo, Oscar Perez Cattaneo, Leopoldo Contarbio
1950 World Championship: finished 1st among 10 teams
Oscar Furlong, Pedro Andres Bustos, Ruben Francisco Menini, Leopoldo Contarbio, Ricardo Primitivo Gonzalez, Vito Liva, Alberto Lopez, Hugo Oscar del Vecchio, Roberto Luis Viau, Omar Ubaldo Monza, Raul Perez Varela, Juan Carlos Uder
1952 Olympic Games: finished 4th among 23 teams
Oscar Furlong, Ruben Francisco Menini, Leopoldo Contarbio, Ricardo Primitivo Gonzalez, Hugo Oscar del Vecchio, Juan Carlos Uder, Alberto Lopez, Raul Perez Varela, Ruben Pagliari, Roberto Luis Viau, Omar Ubaldo Monza, Juan Gaszo, Rafael Lledo, Ignacio Poletti
1959 World Championship: finished 10th among 13 teams
Bernardo Schime, Antonio Hector Tozzi, Orlando A. Peralta, Herberto R. Fagnani, Enrique J. Borda, Florencio O. Marzoratti, Hector Ismael Barreneche, Edgar Domingo Parizzia, Felipe Fernandez, Carlos Alberto Vasino, Juan Carlos Nano, Juan Luis Sabatini
1963 World Championship: finished 8th among 13 teams
Alfredo Tulli, Antonio Hector Tozzi, Atilio Jose Fruet, Alberto Vicente Desimone, Gregorio Moreno, Gustavo Adolfo Chazarreta, Arturo Cacciamani, Hugo Mario Oliva, Samuel Alfredo Oliva, Carlos Ernesto Lutringer, Zoilo Victor Dominguez, Victor Hugo LeBihan
1967 World Championship: finished 6th among 13 teams
Jose Ignacio de Lizazo, Nestor Delguy, Carlos Mariani, Hector Ismael Barreneche, Tomas Sandor, Ernesto Ghermann, Atilio Jose Fruet, Alberto Pedro Cabrera, Norberto Battilana, Samuel Oliva, Luis Casarin, Dante Aurelio Masolini
1974 World Championship: finished 11th among 14 teams
Ernesto Ghermann, Alfredo Adrian Monachesi, Carlos Alberto Gonzalez, Jorge Oscar Martin, Carlos Alberto Raffaelli, Raul Esteban Guitart, Eduardo Osvaldo Cadillac, Gustavo Aguirre, Jorge Becerra, Adolfo Ruben Perazzo, Jose Luis Pagella, Alberto Pedro Cabrera
1986 World Championship: finished 12th among 24 teams
Marcelo Milanesio, Hector Oscar "Pichi" Campana, Miguel Alberto Cortijo, Sebastian Uranga, Carlos Romano, Gabriel Milovich, Luis Alberto Orono, Fernando Borcel, Esteban Camisassa, Diego Maggi, Hernan Abel Montenegro, Sergio Daniel Aispurua
1990 World Championship: finished 8th among 16 teams
Marcelo Milanesio, Hector Oscar "Pichi" Campana, Miguel Alberto Cortijo, Sebastian Uranga, Carlos Romano, Esteban Pablo de la Fuente, Diego Maggi, Diego Marcelo Osella, Gabriel Milovich, Julio Ariel Rodriguez, Ruben Ariel Scolari, Marcelo Lorenzo Richotti
1994 World Championship: finished 9th among 16 teams
Marcelo Milanesio, Hector Oscar "Pichi" Campana, Juan Espil, Marcelo Nicola, Ruben Wolkowisky, Daniel Farabello, Jorge Oscar Racca, Esteban Daniel Perez, Sebastian Uranga, Diego Marcelo Osella, Eduardo Claudio Domine, Orlando Fabian Tourn
1996 Olympic Games: finished 9th among 12 teams
Marcelo Milanesio, Juan Espil, Marcelo Nicola, Daniel Farabello, Fabricio Oberto, Jorge Oscar Racca, Ruben Wolkowisky, Diego Marcelo Osella, Esteban Daniel Perez, Ernesto Federico Michel, Esteban Pablo de la Fuente, Luis Emilio Villar
1998 World Championship: finished 8th among 16 teams
Marcelo Milanesio, Emanuel Ginobili, Hugo Sconochini, Juan Ignacio "Pepe" Sanchez, Ruben Wolkowisky, Juan Espil, Fabricio Oberto, Marcelo Nicola, Alejandro Montecchia, Diego Marcelo Osella, Esteban Pablo de la Fuente, Carlos Patricio Simoni
2002 World Championship: finished 2nd among 16 teams
Emanuel Ginobili, Luis Scola, Andres Nocioni, Fabricio Oberto, Hugo Sconochini, Ruben Wolkowisky, Juan Ignacio "Pepe" Sanchez, Alejandro Montecchia, Lucas Victoriano, Leandro Palladino, Leonardo Gutierrez, Gabriel Fernandez
2004 Olympic Games: finished 1st among 12 teams
Emanuel Ginobili, Luis Scola, Andres Nocioni, Carlos Delfino, Hugo Sconochini, Walter Herrmann, Fabricio Oberto, Juan Ignacio Pepe Sanchez, Ruben Wolkowyski, Alejandro Montecchia, Gabriel Fernandez, Leonardo Gutierrez
2006 World Championship: finished 4th among 24 teams
Emanuel Ginobili, Luis Scola, Carlos Delfino, Andres Nocioni, Fabricio Oberto, Pablo Prigioni, Ruben Wolkowisky, Juan Ignacio "Pepe" Sanchez, Walter Herrmann, Daniel Farabello, Gabriel Fernandez, Leonardo Gutierrez
External links
FIBA's statistics on Argentina
CABB's page (Spanish)
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