Paraguay national basketball team

Paraguay Paraguay
FIBA ranking 46 Decrease 1
Joined FIBA 1947
FIBA zone FIBA Americas
National federation Paraguayan Basketball Federation
Coach Ariel Rearte
Olympic Games
Appearances None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances 2
Medals None
Americas Championship
Appearances 3
Medals None
Uniforms
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The Paraguay national basketball team is the team governed by the Paraguayan Basketball Federation (Spanish: Confederación Paraguaya de Basquetbol) that represents Paraguay in the men's international basketball competitions organized by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

The best achievements by the Paraguay men's national basketball team are the two second-places finishes in the FIBA South America Basketball Championship, in 1955 and 1960.

Roster

Team for the 2014 South American Basketball Championship.[1]

Paraguay men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – DOB Ht. Club
F 4 Bareiro, Diego 22 – (1991-09-07)7 September 1991 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Club Libertad Paraguay
G/F 5 Pérez, Daniel 29 – (1984-08-13)13 August 1984 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Club Libertad Paraguay
PG 6 Aponte, Manuel 22 – (1992-04-25)25 April 1992 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) Cerro Porteño Paraguay
SF 7 Zanotti, Bruno 31 – (1982-09-13)13 September 1982 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Libertad de Sunchales Argentina
F 8 Sánchez, Ramón 22 – (1991-10-01)1 October 1991 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Cerro Porteño Paraguay
G/F 9 Mellone, Federico 29 – (1985-01-20)20 January 1985 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Cerro Porteño Paraguay
G 10 Vallejos, Carlos Luis 22 – (1992-01-30)30 January 1992 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Club Libertad Paraguay
C 11 Araújo, Guillermo 31 – (1982-09-20)20 September 1982 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Capitanes de Arecibo Puerto Rico
F 12 Fabio, José 36 – (1977-12-31)31 December 1977 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Obera TC Argentina
F/C 13 Ortíz, Edison 32 – (1982-03-25)25 March 1982 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Club Libertad Paraguay
F/C 14 Peralta, Nelson 25 – (1988-10-15)15 October 1988 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Cerro Porteño Paraguay
F 15 López, Adolfo 25 – (1989-05-07)7 May 1989 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Club Sol de América Paraguay
Head coach
  • Argentina Ariel Rearte
Assistant coach
  • Paraguay Christian Viveros
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 23 July 2014

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Guillermo Araujo Edison Ortiz
PF Jose Fabio Alejandro Peralta Adolfo Lopez
SF Bruno Zanotti Diego Bareiro Nelson Peralta
SG Federico Mellone Ramon Sanchez
PG Daniel Perez Carlos Luis Vallejos Manuel Aponte

Notable players

Other notable players from Paraguay:

Paraguay roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – DOB Ht. Club Country
G Javier Martínez (basketball) 37 – (1978-08-31)31 August 1978 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Regatas Corrientes Argentina

Competitions

Olympic Games

FIBA World championship

Year Position Tournament Host
1954 10 1954 FIBA World Championship Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1967 9 1967 FIBA World Championship 4 cities, Uruguay
2019 To be determined 2019 FIBA World Championship 8 cities, China

FIBA Americas Championship

Year Position Tournament Host
1989 10 1989 Tournament of the Americas Mexico City, Mexico
2011 9 2011 FIBA Americas Championship Mar del Plata, Argentina
2013 10 2013 FIBA Americas Championship Caracas, Venezuela
2017 To be determined 2017 FIBA Americas Championship To be determined

Pan American Games

Results and Fixtures

Recent and forthcoming matches

Matches 2011. All matches are in local time.

August 30, 2011
18:00
Paraguay  52–84  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 8–27, 15–18, 17–24, 12–15
August 31, 2011
14:00
Puerto Rico  101–55  Paraguay
Scoring by quarter: 15–10, 30–20, 30–12, 26–13
September 1, 2011
11:30
Paraguay  86–89  Panama
Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 25–17, 11–30, 31–19
September 3, 2011
14:00
Uruguay  79–66  Paraguay
Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 20–18, 21–9, 17–19

Head coach position

Kit

Sponsor

2013: Itaú [2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Obradovic, Igor (24 July 2014). "Paraguayan Men National Team 2014". Sports I.T. Latin Basket. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  2. ↑ Caracas 2013, caracas2013.com, Retrieved 20 Dec 2015.

External links

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