Argentina men's national basketball team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Argentina women's national basketball team.

Argentina
FIBA ranking8 Steady (15 August 2024)[1]
Joined FIBA1932 (co-founders)
FIBA zoneFIBA Americas
National federationCABB
CoachPablo Prigioni
Nickname(s)El Alma Argentina (The Argentine Soul)
Olympic Games
Appearances9
Medals Gold: (2004)
Bronze: (2008)
FIBA World Cup
Appearances14
Medals Gold: (1950)
Silver: (2002, 2019)
FIBA AmeriCup
Appearances19
Medals Gold: (2001, 2011, 2022)
Silver: (1995, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2015, 2017)
Bronze: (1980, 1993, 1999, 2009, 2013)
Pan American Games
Appearances17
Medals Gold: (1995, 2019, 2023)
Silver: (1951, 1955)
First international
1921 v. Uruguay[2]
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Team
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Team
FIBA World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1950 Argentina
Silver medal – second place 2002 United States
Silver medal – second place 2019 China
FIBA AmeriCup
Gold medal – first place 2001 Argentina
Gold medal – first place 2011 Argentina
Gold medal – first place 2022 Brazil
Silver medal – second place 1995 Argentina
Silver medal – second place 2003 Puerto Rico
Silver medal – second place 2005 Dominican Republic
Silver medal – second place 2007 United States
Silver medal – second place 2015 Mexico
Silver medal – second place 2017 Argentina/Colombia/Uruguay
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Puerto Rico
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Puerto Rico
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Puerto Rico
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Puerto Rico
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Venezuela
FIBA Diamond Ball
Gold medal – first place 2008 Nanjing
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Belgrade

The Argentina men's national basketball team (Spanish: selección de básquetbol[a] de Argentina) represents Argentina in men's international basketball officially nicknamed The Argentine Soul[3] (Spanish: El Alma Argentina), and it is controlled by the Argentine Basketball Federation.

Argentina's national basketball team remains among the most successful in the Americas and one of the most successful in the world. It 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, considered the highest honor and most important title in the history of the Argentine men's team), FIBA Diamond Ball (2008), FIBA AmeriCup (2001, 2011 and 2022) and Pan American Gold Medal (1995, 2019 and 2023). They are also one of only four countries to have won the Olympic gold medal and FIBA World Cup joining the Soviet Union, the United States of America, and Yugoslavia. They have also won 13 South American Basketball Championships, as well as many youth championships.

The Argentine representative were also the first country 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, 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.

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  2. ^ Linea de Tiempo del Básquet Argentino by Ricardo Orcasitas, CABB website
  3. ^ "El Alma Argentina" Archived 29 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine on CABB website. Retrieved 9 July 2016


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