Cuba national basketball team

Cuba Cuba
FIBA ranking 45 Increase 13
Joined FIBA 1937
FIBA zone FIBA Americas
National federation Cuba Basketball Federation
Olympic Games
Appearances 6
Medals Bronze: 1972
FIBA World Cup
Appearances 4
Medals None
FIBA Americas Championship
Appearances 10
Medals None
Uniforms
Light
Dark

The Cuba national basketball team is the national basketball team from Cuba.[1] Cuba won the bronze medal at 1972 Summer Olympics and the 4th place 1974 FIBA World Championship. They are the only team from the Caribbean to win a medal at a major global event.

Olympics

FIBA World Cup

FIBA Americas championship

Pan American Games

Centrobasket

Current roster

 Cuba

Roster for the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship.

Cuba National Basketball Team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – DOB Ht. Club
G/F 4 Guzman, Karel 20 – (1995-02-07)7 February 1995 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Capitalinos Cuba
PG 5 Oliva, Osmel 28 – (1987-04-24)24 April 1987 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Artemisa Cuba
C 6 Justiz, Javier 22 – (1992-09-18)18 September 1992 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Estudiantes Concordia Argentina
G 7 Rodriguez, Yaser 27 – (1988-01-01)1 January 1988 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Ciego de Avila Cuba
SF 9 Valdez, Livan 27 – (1988-01-21)21 January 1988 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Capitalinos Cuba
SG 10 Granda, William (C) 30 – (1985-08-08)8 August 1985 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Club Atlético Tabaré Uruguay
PG 11 Molina, Yuniskel 22 – (1993-03-28)28 March 1993 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Pinar del Rio Cuba
C 12 Haiti, Joan Luis 33 – (1982-04-20)20 April 1982 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Ciego de Avila Cuba
SF 13 Martinez, Esteban 28 – (1987-05-08)8 May 1987 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Santiago de Cuba Cuba
PF 14 Torres, Orestes 28 – (1987-02-26)26 February 1987 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Capitalinos Cuba
PF 15 Rivero, Jasiel 21 – (1993-10-31)31 October 1993 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Club Atlético Tabaré Uruguay
F/C 16 Cubilla, Yoel 20 – (1994-12-25)25 December 1994 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Ciego de Avila Cuba
Head coach
  • Daniel Scott
Assistant coach
Legend
  • Club field describes latest professional club
  • Age field is age on August 30, 2015
  • (C) – Team Captain

Past Rosters

1948 Olympic Games: finished 13th among 23 teams

Alfredo "Bebo" Faget, Francisco "Frank" Lavernia, Raúl García Ordóñez, Federico "Fico" López, Casimiro García Artime, Juan García, José Llanusa, Ramón Wiltz, Mario Agüero, Joaquín Agüero, Mario Quintero, Fabio Ruiz, Llaneras Rodríguez, Otero Vázquez, José Miguel Álvarez Pozo

1952 Olympic Games: finished 14th among 23 teams

Alfredo "Bebo" Faget, Carlos García Ordóñez, Federico "Fico" López, Juan García, Casimiro García Artime, Ramón Wiltz, Mario Quintero, Fabio Ruiz, Mario Agüero, Felipe de la Pozas y Piad, Carlos Bea, Armando Estrada Rivero, Alberto Escoto Valdés

1968 Olympic Games: finished 11th among 16 teams

Ruperto Herrera Tabio, Pedro Chappe Garcia, Franklin Standard, Rafael Cañizares, Conrado Pérez, Pablo García, Cesar Valdés, Inocente Cuesta, Jacinto González, Miguel Montalvo, Miguel Calderón Gómez, Carlos del Pozo (Coach: Stepas Butautas)

1970 World Championship: finished 8th among 13 teams

Ruperto Herrera Tabio, Pedro Chappe Garcia, Franklin Standard, Conrado Pérez, Tomás Herrera Martínez, Rafael Cañizares, Juan Domecq, Miguel Álvarez Pozo, Alejandro Urgelles Guibot, Oscar Varona Varona, Miguel Calderón Gómez, Francisco Varona (Coach: Stepas Butautas)

1972 Olympic Games: finished 3rd among 16 teams

Ruperto Herrera Tabio, Pedro Chappe Garcia, Juan Domecq, Franklin Standard, Alejandro Urgelles Guibot, Rafael Cañizares, Oscar Varona Varona, Tomás Herrera Martínez, Miguel Álvarez Pozo, Miguel Calderón Gómez, Juan Roca Brunet, Conrado Pérez (Coach: Juan Carmelo Ortega Díaz)

1974 World Championship: finished 4th among 14 teams

Ruperto Herrera Tabio, Pedro Chappe Garcia, Miguel Álvarez Pozo, Tomás Herrera Martínez, Juan Domecq, Oscar Varona Varona, Miguel Calderón Gómez, Alejandro Urgelles Guibot, Rafael Cañizares, Conrado Pérez, Juan Roca Brunet, Alejandro Lázaro Ortiz (Coach: Juan Carmelo Ortega Díaz)

1976 Olympic Games: finished 7th among 12 teams

Ruperto Herrera Tabio, Pedro Chappe Garcia, Juan Domecq, Tomás Herrera Martínez, Oscar Varona Varona, Félix Morales, Alejandro Urgelles Guibot, Daniel Scott, Rafael Cañizares, Juan Roca Brunet, Alejandro Lázaro Ortiz, Ángel Padrón (Coach: Juan Carmelo Ortega Díaz)

1980 Olympic Games: finished 6th among 12 teams

Ruperto Herrera Tabio, Tomás Herrera Martínez, Miguel Calderón Gómez, Félix Morales, Daniel Scott, Alejandro Urgelles Guibot, Alejandro Lázaro Ortiz, Raúl Dubois, Pedro Abreu, Jorge More, Generoso Márquez, Noangel Luaces (Coach: Pedro Chappe Garcia)

1986 World Championship: finished 11th among 24 teams

Daniel Scott, Félix Morales, Raúl Dubois, Pedro Abreu, Luis Calderón, Noangel Luaces, Eduardo Cabrera, Luciano Rivero, Roberto Simón Salomón, Leonardo Pérez, José Carlos Caballero, Pedro Cobarrubia (Coach: Juan Carmelo Ortega Díaz)

1994 World Championship: finished 15th among 16 teams

Richard Matienzo, Leonardo Pérez, Lazaro Borrell, Roberto Carlos Herrera, Roberto Simón Salomón, Ángel Oscar Caballero, Augusto Duquesne, Ulises Goire, José Luis Díaz, Juan Leopoldo Vázquez, Edel Casanova, Yudit Abreu (Coach: Miguel Calderón Gómez)

References

  1. ↑ FIBA National Federations – Cuba, fiba.com, accessed 25 March 2013.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, April 05, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.