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Argentina
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FIBA Americas
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CABB
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Sergio Hernández
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FIBA Americas Championship
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''Gold'': , 1993 , 1999
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''Gold'': 2004
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10 1950 , 1959 , 1963 , 1967 , 1974 , 1986 , 1950 , 1998 , 2002 , 2006
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''Gold'': 1950, ''Silver'': 2002
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is the basketball side that represents
Argentina in
Basketball international competitions, and depends on the
Argentine Basketball Federation .
Argentina is the first team to win the
World Title , in
1950 . The team also won the
Olympic Tournament in
2004 .
The most important team in
South America together with
Brazil , Argentina won the
1934 ,
1935 ,
1941 ,
1942 ,
1943 ,
1966 ,
1976 ,
1979 ,
1987 ,
2001 and
2004 South American Championships , and the
2001 Americas Championship (where
United States and
Puerto Rico also participate), as well as many youth championships.
Due to the series of good results since the beginning of the 2000, Argentina reached the second position in the FIBA men's ranking at the end of the
2006 FIBA World Championship (16th in the women's ranking, and 5th in the combined ranking).
Guards:
Forwards:
Centers:
- Argentina line-up of 1950:
:Pedro Andrés Bustos, Leopoldo Contarbio, Hugo Oscar del Vecchio, Oscar Alberto Furlong, Ricardo Primitivo González, Vito Liva, Alberto López, Rubén Francisco Menini, Omar Ubaldo Monza, Raúl Pérez Varela, Juan Carlos Uder and Roberto Luis Viau.
:Coach: Jorge Hugo Canavesi(Main Coach) & Casimiro Gonzalez Trilla (Co-Coach)
- Emanuel Ginóbili became in 2003 , with San Antonio Spurs , the first Argentine player to win an NBA championship, and in spite of his age, is already considered one of the most important players in Argentine basketball history. He is also the only player in history to win an NBA title, a Gold Medal at the Summer Olympics, and the Euroleague.