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Argentina national basketball team




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.
History


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]








1921–2002, 2017–



2002–2013



2014–2017


Competition results





Olympic Games

FIBA World Cup

FIBA Diamond Ball

FIBA AmeriCup


South American Championship

Pan American Games


Players
Current roster
The roster for the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup.[11]








Argentina men's basketball team roster – 2017 AmeriCup rostervtPlayersCoaches




































































































Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.PGVildoza, Luca22 – (1995-08-11)11 August 19951.91m (6ft 3in)BaskoniaSGRedivo, Lucio23 – (1994-02-14)14 February 19941.83m (6ft 0in)Bilbao BasketPFScola, Luis(C)37 – (1980-04-30)30 April 19802.06m (6ft 9in)Shanxi Brave DragonsPGCampazzo, Facundo26 – (1991-03-23)23 March 19911.79m (5ft 10in)Real MadridPGLaprovíttola, Nicolás27 – (1990-01-31)31 January 19901.88m (6ft 2in)JoventutG/FBrussino, Nicolás24 – (1993-03-02)2 March 19932.04m (6ft 8in)TenerifeCDelía, Marcos25 – (1992-04-08)8 April 19922.10m (6ft 11in)CB MurciaCAcuña, Roberto26 – (1990-09-14)14 September 19902.08m (6ft 10in)QuimsaSFDeck, Gabriel22 – (1995-02-08)8 February 19952.00m (6ft 7in)Real MadridG/FGarino, Patricio24 – (1993-05-17)17 May 19931.98m (6ft 6in)BaskoniaPFSaiz, Javier23 – (1994-02-16)16 February 19942.06m (6ft 9in)Regatas CorrientesGFjellerup, Máximo19 – (1997-11-27)27 November 19971.97m (6ft 6in)San lorenzo
Head coach
 Sergio Hernández
Assistant coach(es)
 Nicolás Casalanguida
 Gonzalo García
 Silvio Santander
Legend
(C) Team captain
Club – describes current club
Age – describes age
on August 25, 2017
Depth chart











































Pos.Starting 5BenchCMarcos DelíaRoberto AcuñaPFLuis ScolaJavier SaizSFPatricio GarinoGabriel DeckSGNicolás BrussinoLucio RedivoPGFacundo CampazzoNicolás 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]

Past rosters




























Head coach position for the major tournaments
(FIBA AmeriCup, FIBA World Cup, Summer Olympic Games):
 Guillermo Vecchio: (1993–1997)
 Julio Lamas: (1997–1999, 2011–2013, 2014)
 Rubén Magnano: (2000–2004)
 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





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