Venezuela national basketball team

Infobox national basketball team
country=Venezuela
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logo=FVB logo.png national_fed=Venezuelan Basketball Federation ( [http://www.fvb.com.ve FVB] )
fiba_ranking=21^st
joined_fiba=1938
coach=Nelson Solorzano
fiba_zone=FIBA Americas
wc_appearances=3
oly_appearances=1
zone_appearances=11
zone_medals="Silver": 1992
"Bronze": 2005
zone_championship=Americas Championship
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The Venezuela national basketball team is the team that represents Venezuela in basketball competitions.

= Olympic Games record =

* 1992: 11th

FIBA World Championship record

* 1990 FIBA World Championship: 11th
* 2002 FIBA World Championship: 14th
* 2006 FIBA World Championship: 21th

Current squad

:*Coach:
*Nelson Kako Solorzano

:*Guards:
*Ernesto Mijares
*Óscar Torres
*Carlos Cedeno
*Gregory Vallenilla
*Carlos Morris
*Greivis Vasquez

:*Forwards:
*Víctor Díaz
*Pablo Machado
*Tomas Aguilera
*Alejandro Barrios

:*Centers:
*Richard Lugo
*Miguel Angel Marriaga
*Heberth Bayona

Rosters

1990 World Championship: finished 11th among 16 teams

Carl Herrera, Victor Diaz, Alexander Nelcha, Luis Jimenez, Sam Shepherd, Cesar Portillo, Nelson Solorzano, Rostin Gonzalez, Gabriel Estaba, Ivan Olivares, Jose Echenique, Armando Becker (Coach: Jesus Cordoves)

1992 Olympic Games: finished 11th among 12 teams

Carl Herrera, Alexander Nelcha, Victor Diaz, Luis Jimenez, Sam Shepherd, Gabriel Estaba, Ivan Olivares, David Diaz, Rostin Gonzalez, Nelson Solorzano, Melquiades Jaramillo, Omar Walcott (Coach: Julio Toro)

2002 World Championship: finished 14th among 16 teams

Carl Herrera, Richard Lugo, Oscar Torres, Victor Diaz, Tomas Aguilera, Carlos Morris, Alejandro "Alex" Quiroz, Yumerving Ernesto Mijares, Hector "Pepito" Romero, Pablo Ezequiel Machado, Diego Guevara, Vladimir Heredia (Coach: James Calvin)

2006 World Championship: finished 21th among 24 teams

Richard Lugo, Oscar Torres, Victor Diaz, Yumerving Ernesto Mijares, Tomas Aguilera, Manuel Alejandro Barrios, Pablo Machado, Heberth Alberto Bayona, Carlos Morris, Miguel Marriaga, Gregory Vallenilla, Carlos Alberto Cedeno (Coach: Nestor Salazar)