Uruguay national basketball team

Infobox national basketball team
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The Uruguay national basketball team is the basketball side that represents Uruguay in international competitions.

Uruguay's best achievement in basketball was obtaining the bronze medal in the both the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics.

= Olympic Games record =

* 1936: 6th
* 1948: 5th
* "'bk|Uruguay" 68 - 59 bk|Argentina
* "'bk|Uruguay" 71 - 62 bk|France
* 1960: 8th
* 1964: 8th
* 1984: 6th

FIBA World Championship record

* 1954 FIBA World Championship: 6th
* 1959 FIBA World Championship: 9th
* 1963 FIBA World Championship: 10th
* 1967 FIBA World Championship: 7th
* 1970 FIBA World Championship: 7th
* 1982 FIBA World Championship: 11th
* 1986 FIBA World Championship: 18th

outh American Championships

Uruguay was the host and champion of the first major international basketball championship, the South American Basketball Championship 1930. The event was held in Montevideo and featured four South American teams. Teams played each of the other three teams twice apiece; Uruguay won all six of its games. In 1932, Uruguay lost its first game of the South American Basketball Championship series when it was defeated by Chile in one of the two matches it played against the Chileans in the preliminary round. When each team finished at 3-1 (each having defeated Argentina twice), they played each other in a third match to determine the champion, which Uruguay won.

The 1934 and 1935 competitions did not end so happily for the Uruguay team, as they finished in last place each year. With the larger fields of 5 teams each year in 1937, 1938, and 1939, Uruguay fared somewhat better. They took second place in 1937 and 1939, and third in 1938.

Uruguay won their third championship in 1940, which saw the return of the series to Montevideo. There were a record six teams in competition that year; Uruguay beat each of the other five in turn to finish undefeated. 1941 resulted in a bronze medal for Uruguay. The team played in their second tie-breaker final in 1942, this time losing to Argentina to take second place in the tournament. Uruguay advanced to the final round in the first two-round tournament, in 1943, finishing in second place overall.

Rosters

1936 Olympic Games: finished 6th among 21 teams

Hector Gonzalez, Alberto Marti, Amilcar Mesa, Rodolfo Braselli, Carlos Gabin, Leandro Gomez, Gregorio Agos, Tabare Quintans, Humberto Bernasconi, Prudencio de Pena, Alejo Gonzalez Roig, Victor Latou (Coach: Juan Collazo)

1948 Olympic Games: finished 5th among 23 teams

Martin Acosta y Lara, Nelson Demarco, Hector Garcia Otero, Adesio Lombardo, Hector Ruiz, Roberto Lovera, Carlos Rosello, Miguel Diab, Eduardo Folle, Abraham Eidlin Grossman, Gustavo Magarinos, Victorio Cieslinskas, Nestor Anton, Eduardo Gordon (Coach: Raul Canale)

1952 Olympic Games: finished 3rd among 23 teams

Martin Acosta y Lara, Hector Garcia Otero, Adesio Lombardo, Roberto Lovera, Sergio Matto, Wilfredo Pelaez, Carlos Rossello, Victorio Cieslinskas, Hector Costa, Nelson Demarco, Enrique Balino, Tabare Larre Borges

1954 World Championship: finished 6th among 12 teams

Oscar Moglia, Martin Acosta y Lara, Hector Garcia Otero, Roberto Lovera, Nelson Demarco, Adesio Lombardo, Carlos Rosello, Omar Zubillaga, Hector Costa, Raul Mera, Manuel Usher Ferrer, Julio Cesar Gully, Sergio Matto, Enrique Balino (Coach: Prudencio de Pena)

1956 Olympic Games: finished 3rd among 15 teams

Oscar Moglia, Hector Garcia Otero, Carlos Blixen, Nelson Demarco, Raul Mera, Hector Costa, Ariel Olascoaga, Milton Scaron, Sergio Matto, Nelson Chelle, Carlos Gonzales, Ramiro Cortes (Coach: Hector Lopez Reboledo)

1959 World Championship: finished 9th among 13 teams

Hector Garcia Otero, Carlos Blixen, Milton Scaron, Washington Poyet, Ramiro Cortes, Sergio Matto, Nelson Chelle, Raul Mera, Manuel Usher Ferrer, Alvaro Roca, Octavio Pedragosa, Adolfo Lubnicki (Coach: Olguiz Rodriguez)

1960 Olympic Games: finished 8th among 16 teams

Carlos Blixen, Washington Poyet, Milton Scaron, Hector Costa, Raul Mera, Nelson Chelle, Sergio Matto, Adolfo Lubnicki, Manuel Gadea, Edison Ciavattone, Waldemar Rial, Danilo Coito (Coach: Hector Lopez Reboledo)

1963 World Championship: finished 10th among 13 teams

Carlos Blixen, Ramiro de Leon, Julio Gomez, Sergio Pisano, Manuel Gadea, Alvaro Roca, Waldemar Rial, Atilio Caneiro, Edison Ciavattone, Oscar Ledesma, Francisco di Matteo, Walter Marquez (Coach: Dante Mendez)

1964 Olympic Games: finished 8th among 16 teams

Washington Poyet, Julio Gomez, Edison Ciavattone, Alvaro Roca, Manuel Gadea, Ramiro de Leon, Sergio Pisano, Luis Garcia, Waldemar Rial, Jorge Maya, Walter Marquez, Luis Koster (Coach: Raul Ballefin)

1967 World Championship: finished 7th among 13 teams

Oscar Moglia, Washington Poyet, Julio Gomez, Victor Hernandez, Omar Arrestia, Sergio Pisano, Ramiro de Leon, Luis Garcia, Walter Marquez, Manuel Gadea, Daniel Borroni, Juan Ceriani (Coach: Raul Ballefin)

1970 World Championship: finished 7th among 13 teams

Omar Arrestia, Sergio Pisano, Manuel Gadea, Victor Hernandez, Ramiro de Leon, Luis Garcia, Daniel Borroni, Valentin Rodriguez, Jose Barizo, Daniel Vannet, Walter Lage, Roberto Bomio (Coach: Hector Bassaiztegui)

1982 World Championship: finished 11th among 13 teams

Wilfredo Ruiz, Alvaro Tito, Walter Pagani, Victor Frattini, Horacio Perdomo, Carlos Peinado, Gerardo Jauri, German Haller, Mario Viola, Luis Larrosa, Luis Pierri, Hebert Nunez (Coach: Ramon Etchamendi)

1984 Olympic Games: finished 6th among 12 teams

Wilfredo Ruiz, Horacio Lopez, Alvaro Tito, Victor Frattini, Walter Pagani, Juan Mignone, Horacio Perdomo, Carlos Peinado, Luis Pierri, Hebert Nunez, Luis Larrosa, Julio Pereyra (Coach: Ramon Etchamendi)

1986 World Championship: finished 18th among 24 teams

Horacio Lopez, Ramiro Cortes, Alvaro Tito, Joe McCall, Juan Mignone, Horacio Perdomo, Gabriel Walter, Luis Larrosa, Luis Pierri, Carlos Peinado, Hebert Nunez, Gustavo Szczygielski (Coach: Ramon Etchamendi)