Peru national basketball team

Infobox national basketball team
country=Peru
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national_fed=Peru Basketball Federation
fiba_zone=FIBA Americas
coach=Gustavo Debenedetti
fiba_ranking=T-75^th
joined_fiba=1936
oly_appearances=3
oly_medals=None
wc_appearances=4
wc_medals=None
zone_championship=Americas Championship
zone_appearances=None
zone_medals=None
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The Peru national basketball team is Peru's representative in international basketball. It is coached by Gustavo Debenedetti. The team has qualified for three Olympic Games and four FIBA World Championships between 1936 and 1967. The national team has never qualified for the FIBA Americas Championship. Peru won a gold medal in 1938 for the South American Basketball Championship in Lima. Peru also won two silver medals and four bronze medals in the same championship.

= Olympic Games record =

* 1936: 8th
* 1948: 10th
* 1964: 15th

FIBA World Championship record

* 1950 FIBA World Championship: 7th
* 1954 FIBA World Championship: 12th
* 1963 FIBA World Championship: 12th
* 1967 FIBA World Championship: 10th

Roster

Players

According to Federacion Deportiva Peruana de Basketball [cite web |url=http://www.basketperu.com.pe/index_m_cadetes.php |title=La Seleccion |work=basketperu.com.pe |accessdate=2008-08-10]

Coaching staff

Past rosters

1936 Olympic Games: finished 8th among 21 teams

Miguel Godoy, Luis Jacob, Roberto Rospigliosi, Koko Cardenas, Fernando Ruiz, "Canon" Ore, Jose Carlos Godoy, Armando Rossi, Rolando Bacigalupo, Manuel Fiestas, Willy Dasso, Antuco Flecha (Coach: Pedro Vera)

1948 Olympic Games: finished 10th among 23 teams

Eduardo Fiestas, Carlos Alegre, Rodolfo Salas, David Descalzo, Luis Sanchez, Soracco Rios, Jose Vizcarra, Alberto Fernandez, Ahrens Valdivia, Virgilio Drago, Ferreyros Perez,

1950 World Championship: finished 7th among 10 teams

Eduardo Fiestas, Carlos Alegre, David Descalzo, Alberto Fernandez, Luis Gardella, Rodolfo Salas, Luis Vergara, Francisco de Zela, Virgilio Drago, Guillermo Airaldi, Mario Castro, Ernesto Ortiz (Coach: Carlos Rojas y Rojas)

1954 World Championship: finished 12th among 12 teams

Eduardo Fiestas, Hernan Sanchez, Jose Vizcarra, Virgilio Drago, Jorge Ferreyros, Isaac Loveday, Amalfi Lucioni, Jose Chocano, Rodolfo Salas, Alvaro Castro, Guillermo Toro, Aurelio Moreyra, Victor Obando (Coach: Luis Alberto Sanchez)

1963 World Championship: finished 12th among 13 teams

Ricardo Duarte, Luis Gusman, Jorge Vargas, Oscar Benalcazar, Fernando Claudet, Antonio Sangio, Ernesto Podesta, Enrique Duarte, Oscar Sevilla, Francisco Saldarriaga, Tomas Sangio, Raul Duarte (Coach: Guillermo Ross / James McGregor)

1964 Olympic Games: finished 15th among 16 teams

Ricardo Duarte, Jorge Vargas, Oscar Benalcazar, Simon Paredes, Enrique Duarte, Jose Gusman, Tomas Sangio, Carlos Vasquez, Raul Duarte, Oscar Sevilla, Manuel Valerio, Luis Duarte (Coach: Fernando Cordova)

1967 World Championship: finished 10th among 13 teams

Ricardo Duarte, Jorge Vargas, Oscar Sevilla, Manuel Vigo, Tomas Sangio, Cesar Vittorelli, Jose Verano, Manuel Valerio, Raul Duarte, Walter Fleming, Simon Paredes, Carlos Vasquez (Coach: Carlos Alegre Benavides)

References

External links

* [http://www.latinbasket.com/per/nt.asp Latinbasket]
* [http://www.basketperu.com.pe/ Federacion Deportiva Peruana de Basketball] es