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''Bronze'': 1948, 1960, 1964
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''Gold'': 1959, 1963<br/>''Silver'': 1954, 1970<br/>''Bronze'': 1967, 1978
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''Gold'': 1984, 1988, 2005<br/>''Silver'': 2001 <br/>''Bronze'': 1989, 1992, 1995, 1997
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represents
Brazil in
FIBA 's
Basketball competitions. It is one of the most successful team of the
Americas .
First drafted in 1922, the men's team has won two
World Championships (1959 and 1963), three bronze
Olympic Medals (in
1948 ,
1960 and
1964 ), three
Americas Championships (1984, 1988 and
2005 ) and five
Pan American Games (
1971 ,
1987 ,
1999 ,
2003 and
2007 ).
The roster for the Brazilian national basketball team at the
2007 Americas Championship (all club teams Brazilian unless noted otherwise):
- Leandro Barbosa , Phoenix Suns ( USA )
- J.P. Batista , Lietuvos Rytas ( LTU )
- Alex Garcia , Universo
- Guilherme Giovannoni, VidiVici Bologna ( ITA )
- Marcelo "Marcelinho" Huertas, Iurbentia Bilbao ( ESP )
- Marcelo "Marcelinho" Machado, Unitri Uberlândia
- Nenê (formerly Maybyner Hilario) Denver Nuggets ( USA )
- Murilo da Rosa, Franca Basquete São Paulo
- Wellington "Nezinho" dos Santos, Universo
- Valter da Silva, Paulistano/DIX AMICO
- Marcus Vinicius De Souza , New Orleans Hornets ( USA )
- Tiago Splitter , TAU Cerámica ( ESP )
The women's team had its most successful run during the late 1980s and the 1990s, with athletes like
Hortência ,
Paula and
Janeth Arcain . The team won the 1994
World Championship , and has appeared in only four Olympic Games, with a Silver medal in
1996 , a Bronze in
2000 , a 4th place in
2004 and a 9th place in
1992 .
