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Argentina Argentina
FIBA ranking 5 Steady(4 December 2018)[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 medal.svgGold: (2004)
Bronze medal.svgBronze: (2008)
FIBA World Cup
Appearances 13
Medals
Gold medal world centered-2.svgGold: (1950)
Silver medal world centered-2.svgSilver: (2002)
FIBA AmeriCup
Appearances 18
Medals
Gold medal america.svgGold: (2001, 2011)
Silver medal america.svgSilver: (1995, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2015, 2017)
Bronze medal (Americas).svgBronze: (1980, 1993, 1999, 2009, 2013)
Pan American Games
Appearances 14
Medals
Gold medal america.svgGold: (1995)
Silver medal america.svgSilver: (1951, 1955)
Uniforms







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Light jersey

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Team colours


Light





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Dark jersey

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Team colours


Dark





First international
1921 v. Uruguay [2]

The Argentina national basketball team, officially nicknamed El Alma Argentina[3] (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.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Uniform


    • 2.1 Evolution




  • 3 Competition results


    • 3.1 Olympic Games


    • 3.2 FIBA World Cup


    • 3.3 FIBA Diamond Ball


    • 3.4 FIBA AmeriCup


    • 3.5 South American Championship


    • 3.6 Pan American Games




  • 4 Players


    • 4.1 Current roster


      • 4.1.1 Depth chart




    • 4.2 Retired numbers


    • 4.3 Past rosters


    • 4.4 Head coach position for the major tournaments




  • 5 See also


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links


    • 7.1 Videos







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.,[4] 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.


2001 was the year when the Golden Generation raised, winning the first Argentina´s FIBA Americas Championship -held in Neuquen-, where they defeated all of its rivals in the competition.[5] In 2002 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.[6] Argentina would reach the finals for the first time since the first World Championship in 1950,[7] 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.[8]



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.[9][10]










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1921–2002, 2017– jersey

Team colours

Team colours


1921–2002, 2017–





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2002–2013 jersey

Team colours

Team colours


2002–2013





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2014–2017 jersey

Team colours

Team colours


2014–2017





Competition results











Players



Current roster


The roster for the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup.[11]













Argentina men's basketball team roster – 2017 AmeriCup roster

Players Coaches























































































































Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth
Height Club
Ctr.

PG


Vildoza, Luca

7003805000000000000♠22 – (1995-08-11)11 August 1995
1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)

Baskonia

Spain

SG


Redivo, Lucio

7003859300000000000♠23 – (1994-02-14)14 February 1994
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)

Bilbao Basket

Spain

PF


Scola, Luis (C)

7004136310000000000♠37 – (1980-04-30)30 April 1980
2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)

Shanxi Brave Dragons

China

PG


Campazzo, Facundo

7003965200000000000♠26 – (1991-03-23)23 March 1991
1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)

Real Madrid

Spain

PG


Laprovíttola, Nicolás

7004100680000000000♠27 – (1990-01-31)31 January 1990
1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)

Joventut

Spain

G/F


Brussino, Nicolás

7003894200000000000♠24 – (1993-03-02)2 March 1993
2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)

Tenerife

Spain

C


Delía, Marcos

7003927000000000000♠25 – (1992-04-08)8 April 1992
2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)

CB Murcia

Spain

C


Acuña, Roberto

7003984200000000000♠26 – (1990-09-14)14 September 1990
2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)

Quimsa

Argentina

SF


Deck, Gabriel

7003823400000000000♠22 – (1995-02-08)8 February 1995
2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)

Real Madrid

Spain

G/F


Garino, Patricio

7003886600000000000♠24 – (1993-05-17)17 May 1993
1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)

Baskonia

Spain

PF


Saiz, Javier

7003859100000000000♠23 – (1994-02-16)16 February 1994
2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)

Regatas Corrientes

Argentina

G


Fjellerup, Máximo

7003721100000000000♠19 – (1997-11-27)27 November 1997
1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)

San lorenzo

Argentina


Head coach


  • Argentina Sergio Hernández

Assistant coach(es)



  • Argentina Nicolás Casalanguida


  • Argentina Gonzalo García


  • Argentina Silvio Santander



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.[12]
































Argentina retired numbers
No.
Player
Pos.
Tenure
Games
Points
Ref.
5 Emanuel Ginóbili SG 1998–2016 104 1,588
[12][13]
13 Andrés Nocioni SF 1999–2016 121 1,364 [12]


Past rosters



















































































































Head coach position for the major tournaments


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




  • Argentina Guillermo Vecchio: (1993–1997)


  • Argentina Julio Lamas: (1997–1999, 2011–2013, 2014)


  • ArgentinaItaly Rubén Magnano: (2000–2004)


  • Argentina Sergio Hernández: (2005–2010, 2015–present)



See also



  • Argentine Basketball Federation

  • Argentina men's national under-19 basketball team

  • Argentina women's national basketball team

  • Basketball in Argentina



References





  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Linea de Tiempo del Básquet Argentino by Ricardo Orcasitas, CABB website


  3. ^ "El Alma Argentina" on CABB website, retrieved 9 Jul 2016


  4. ^ Historia en la Argentina on Asociación Cristiana de Jóvenes en la Argentina website (Archive - March 11, 2012)


  5. ^ http://www.mdzol.com/nota/320318-en-neuquen-2001-la-generacion-dorada-del-basquet-argentino-sentaba-las-bases/ En Neuquén 2001, la Generación Dorada del básquet argentino, sentaba las bases. mdzol.com


  6. ^ Argentina hands NBA players first international loss, Sports Illustrated, September 5, 2002.Retrieved March 2, 2012.


  7. ^ Argentina book final spot, BBC Sport, September 7, 2002. Retrieved March 2, 2012.


  8. ^ A 10 años del oro en los Juego Olímpicos Atenas 2004, los tres momentos que Manu Ginóbili jamás olvidará, La Nación, 26 Aug 2014


  9. ^ "La Selección argentina de básquet presentó su camiseta Kappa para España 2014" Marketing Registrado, 5 Aug 2014


  10. ^ "Argentina Presentó La Camiseta Para El Mundial" Archived August 18, 2016, at the Wayback Machine., Córdoba Times, 4 Aug 2014


  11. ^ 2017 FIBA AmeriCup roster


  12. ^ abc CABB anuncia el retiro de las camisetas de Ginóbili y Nocioni by Germán Beder on CABB website, 29 Jul 2017


  13. ^ El homenaje de la selección de básquet a Ginóbili y Nocioni: retirarán sus números on Infobae, 29 Jul 2017




External links







  • Official website

  • FIBA Profile

  • Latinbasket - Argentina Men National Team

  • Argentina Basketball Records at FIBA Archive



Videos



  • Argentina - Tournament Highlights - 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Youtube.com video












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