Puerto Rico men's national basketball team

Puerto Rico
FIBA ranking15 Increase 1 (15 August 2024)[1]
Joined FIBA1957
FIBA zoneFIBA Americas
National federationPuerto Rican Basketball Federation
CoachNelson Colón
Nickname(s)12 Magníficos
Los Gallos
Olympic Games
Appearances10
FIBA World Cup
Appearances15
FIBA AmeriCup
Appearances19
Medals (1980, 1989, 1995)
(1988, 1993, 1997, 2009, 2013)
(2003, 2007)
Pan American Games
Appearances16
Medals (1991, 2011)
(1959, 1971, 1975, 1979, 2007, 2019)
(1963, 1999, 2003)
Centrobasket
Appearances24
Medals (1973, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 2001, 2003, 2008, 2010, 2016)
(1965, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2012, 2014)
(1969, 1995, 2006)
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away
First international
 Puerto Rico 26–39 Mexico 
(San Salvador, El Salvador; 1935)
Biggest win
 Puerto Rico 171–72 Belize 
(Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; 7 March 1974)
Medal record

The Puerto Rico national basketball team (Spanish: Selección de Baloncesto de Puerto Rico) represents Puerto Rico in men's international basketball competitions, it is governed by the Puerto Rican Basketball Federation (Spanish: Federación de Baloncesto de Puerto Rico), The team represents both FIBA and FIBA Americas.

Since joining FIBA in 1957, the Puerto Rican national team has been mostly composed by Puerto Rican-born players and players of Puerto Rican descent born in the continental United States such as Raymond Gause, Rick Apodaca, Georgie Torres, Héctor Blondet, Renaldo Balkman, Ramón Clemente, Maurice Harkless, Tyler Davis and many others.

The team's unofficial mascot is Moncho Loubriel.[2]

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  2. ^ Garcés, Brandon (18 April 2024). "Moncho es el capitán de este equipo". Primera Hora (in Spanish). San Juan, Puerto Rico: GFR Media. Retrieved 24 September 2024.