Argentina national basketball team

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Argentina
FIBA ranking	2nd
FIBA zone	FIBA Americas
National federation	CABB
Coach	Unknown
Olympic Games
Appearances	4
Medals	Gold: 2004
World Championships
Appearances	Unknown
Medals	Gold: 1950
FIBA Americas Championship
Appearances	Unknown
Medals	Gold: 2001 Silver: 1995, 2003 Bronze: 1980, 1993, 1999
Uniforms
Home	Away

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 (16th in the women's ranking, and 5th in the combined ranking).

Contents 1 Famous players 2 Current squad 3 Trivia 4 External links

[edit] Famous players

• Oscar Alberto Furlong
• Jorge Racca
• Ernesto Gehrmann
• Julio Rodríguez
• Hernán Montenegro
• Luis Villar
• Marcelo Milanesio
• Juan Espil
• Diego Osella
• Héctor "Pichi" Campana
• Facundo Sucatzki
• Pepe Sánchez
• Fabricio Oberto
• Andres Nocioni
• Luis Scola
• Andres Ricardo Pelussi
• Emanuel Ginóbili
• Carlos Delfino

[edit] Current squad

Guards:

• Carlos Delfino
• Emanuel "Manu" Ginóbili
• Juan Ignacio "Pepe" Sánchez
• Pablo Prigioni
• Daniel Farabello

Forwards:

• Leonardo Martín Gutiérrez
• Wálter Herrmann
• Andrés "Chapu" Nocioni
• Luis Scola

Centers:

• Gabriel Diego Fernández
• Fabricio Oberto
• Rubén Oscar Wolkowyski

[edit] Trivia

• Argentina line-up of 1950:

Pedro Andrés Bustos, Leopoldo Contarbio, Hugo Oscar del Vecchio, Oscar Alberto Furlong, Ricardo Primitivo González, Vito Liva, Alberto López, Rubén Francisco Menini, Omar Ubaldo Monza, Raúl Pérez Varela, Juan Carlos Uder and Roberto Luis Viau.

Coach: Jorge Hugo Canavesi(Main Coach) & Casimiro Gonzalez Trilla (Co-Coach)

• Emanuel Ginóbili 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.

[edit] External links

• FIBA's statistics on Argentina
• CABB's page (Spanish)

International basketball v • d • e
FIBA | World Championship (men) - (women) | Olympic Tournament | Teams by Country | Players | Leagues | World Under-21 Championship (men) - (women)
Africa: FIBA Africa – Africa Championship      North and South America: FIBA Americas – Americas Championship      Asia: FIBA Asia – Asian Championship      Europe: FIBA Europe – Eurobasket      Oceania: FIBA Oceania – Oceania Championship
National basketball teams of Americas (FIBA Americas) v • d • e
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