Uruguay men's national basketball team

The Uruguay national basketball team (Spanish: Selección de baloncesto de Uruguay) represents Uruguay in men's international basketball competitions and it is governed by Federación Uruguaya de basketball, The team has made seven appearances in the FIBA World Cup and the team represents FIBA and FIBA Americas.

Uruguay is one of three South American countries to win medals at the Basketball Tournament of the Summer Olympics. It won the bronze medal in both the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics. Uruguay is currently ranked 40th in the FIBA World Rankings.



Olympic Games

 * 1936: 6th
 * 1948: 5th
 * 1952: 3rd
 * 1956: 3rd
 * 1960: 8th
 * 1964: 8th
 * 1984: 6th

FIBA World Cup

 * 1954 FIBA World Championship: 6th
 * 1959 FIBA World Championship: 9th
 * 1963 FIBA World Championship: 10th
 * 1967 FIBA World Championship: 7th
 * 1970 FIBA World Championship: 7th
 * 1982 FIBA World Championship: 11th
 * 1986 FIBA World Championship: 18th
 * 1990 FIBA World Championship to 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup: Did not qualify
 * 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup: To be determined

FIBA AmeriCup

 * 1980 Tournament of the Americas: 7th
 * 1984 Tournament of the Americas: 2nd Silver medal america.svg
 * 1988 Tournament of the Americas: 4th
 * 1992 Tournament of the Americas: 10th
 * 1993 Tournament of the Americas: 10th
 * 1995 Tournament of the Americas: 6th
 * 1997 Tournament of the Americas: 8th
 * 1999 Tournament of the Americas: 8th
 * 2001 Tournament of the Americas: 8th
 * 2003 Tournament of the Americas: 9th
 * 2005 FIBA Americas Championship: 8th
 * 2007 FIBA Americas Championship: 6th
 * 2009 FIBA Americas Championship: 6th
 * 2011 FIBA Americas Championship: 7th
 * 2013 FIBA Americas Championship: 7th
 * 2015 FIBA Americas Championship: 8th
 * 2017 FIBA AmeriCup: 6th
 * 2022 FIBA AmeriCup: 10th
 * 2025 FIBA AmeriCup: TBD

Pan American Games

 * 1963: 4th
 * 1987: 7th
 * 1991: 8th
 * 1995: 4th
 * 1999: 8th
 * 2003: 8th
 * 2007: 3rd [[Image:Bronze medal.svg|16px]]
 * 2011: 8th
 * 2019: 6th

FIBA South American Championship
Uruguay was the host and champion of the first major continental basketball championship, the South American Basketball Championship 1930. The event was held in Montevideo and featured four South American national basketball teams. Teams played each of the other three teams twice each; Uruguay won all six of its games. In 1932, Uruguay lost its first game of the South American Basketball Championship series when it was defeated by Chile in one of the two matches it played against the Chileans in the preliminary round. When each team finished at 3–1 (each having defeated Argentina twice), the two countries played a third match to determine the champion, which Uruguay won.

The 1934 and 1935 competitions did not end so happily for the Uruguay team, as they finished in last place each year. With the larger fields of 5 teams each year in 1937, 1938, and 1939, Uruguay fared somewhat better. They took second place in 1937 and 1939, and third in 1938.

Uruguay won their third championship in 1940, which saw the return of the series to Montevideo. There were a record six teams in competition that year; Uruguay beat each of the other five in turn to finish undefeated. 1941 resulted in a bronze medal for Uruguay. The team played in their second tie-breaker final in 1942, this time losing to Argentina to take second place in the tournament. Uruguay advanced to the final round in the first two-round tournament, in 1943, finishing in second place overall.

Uruguay has won the South American Championship 11 times, the last two in 1995 and 1997. The team ranked in the top four in all editions as of 2016.

Current roster
The roster for the 2022 FIBA AmeriCup.

Head coach position
• Juan Collazo: 1936

• Raúl Canale: 1948

•  Prudencio de Pena: 1954

•  Héctor López Reboledo: 1956

• Olguiz Rodríguez: 1959

•  Héctor López Reboledo: 1960

• Dante Méndez: 1963

•  Raúl Ballefin: 1964–1967

• Héctor Bassaiztegui: 1970

•  Ramón Etchamendi: 1982–1986

• Javier Espíndola: 1991

•  Luis Pierri: 1995

•  Hugo Vázquez: 1999

• 🇦🇷 Che García: 2003

•  Gerardo Jauri: 2008–2011

•  Alvaro Tito: 2011

•  Pablo Lopez: 2012, 2013

• 🇪🇸 Mateo Rubio Díaz  2014

• 🇦🇷 Adrian Capelli: 2014, 2015

• 🇮🇹 Marcelo Signorelli: 2016–2018

• 🇦🇷 Rubén Magnano: 2018-present

Past rosters

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1936 Olympic Games: finished 6th among 21 teams
 * Héctor González, Alberto Martí, Amílcar Mesa, Rodolfo Braselli, Carlos Gabin, Leandro Gómez, Gregorio Agos, Tabaré Quintans, Humberto Bernasconi, Prudencio de Pena, Alejo González Roig, Víctor Latou (Coach: Juan Collazo)

1948 Olympic Games: finished 5th among 23 teams
 * Martín Acosta y Lara, Nelson Demarco, Héctor García Otero, Adesio Lombardo, Héctor Ruiz, Roberto Lovera, Carlos Rosello, Miguel Diab, Eduardo Folle, Abraham Eidlin Grossman, Gustavo Magarinos, Victorio Cieslinskas, Néstor Anton, Eduardo Gordon (Coach: Raúl Canale)

1952 Olympic Games: finished 3rd among 23 teams
 * Martín Acosta y Lara, Héctor García Otero, Adesio Lombardo, Roberto Lovera, Sergio Matto, Wilfredo Peláez, Carlos Rossello, Victorio Cieslinskas, Héctor Costa, Nelson Demarco, Enrique Balino, Tabaré Larre Borges

1954 World Championship: finished 6th among 12 teams
 * Oscar Moglia, Martín Acosta y Lara, Héctor García Otero, Roberto Lovera, Nelson Demarco, Adesio Lombardo, Carlos Rosello, Omar Zubillaga, Héctor Costa, Raúl Mera, Manuel Usher Ferrer, Julio César Gully, Sergio Matto, Enrique Balino (Coach: Prudencio de Pena)

1956 Olympic Games: finished 3rd among 15 teams
 * Oscar Moglia, Héctor García Otero, Carlos Blixen, Nelson Demarco, Raúl Mera, Héctor Costa, Ariel Olascoaga, Milton Scaron, Sergio Matto, Nelson Chelle, Carlos Gonzáles, Ramiro Cortés (Coach: Héctor López Reboledo)

1959 World Championship: finished 9th among 13 teams
 * Héctor García Otero, Carlos Blixen, Milton Scaron, Washington Poyet, Ramiro Cortés, Sergio Matto, Nelson Chelle, Raúl Mera, Manuel Usher Ferrer, Álvaro Roca, Octavio Pedragosa, Adolfo Lubnicki (Coach: Olguiz Rodríguez)

1960 Olympic Games: finished 8th among 16 teams
 * Carlos Blixen, Washington Poyet, Milton Scaron, Héctor Costa, Raúl Mera, Nelson Chelle, Sergio Matto, Adolfo Lubnicki, Manuel Gadea, Edison Ciavattone, Waldemar Rial, Danilo Coito (Coach: Héctor López Reboledo)

1963 World Championship: finished 10th among 13 teams
 * Carlos Blixen, Ramiro de León, Julio Gómez, Sergio Pisano, Manuel Gadea, Álvaro Roca, Waldemar Rial, Atilio Caneiro, Edison Ciavattone, Oscar Ledesma, Francisco di Matteo, Walter Márquez (Coach: Dante Méndez)

1964 Olympic Games: finished 8th among 16 teams
 * Washington Poyet, Julio Gómez, Edison Ciavattone, Álvaro Roca, Manuel Gadea, Ramiro de León, Sergio Pisano, Luis García, Waldemar Rial, Jorge Maya, Walter Márquez, Luis Koster (Coach: Raúl Ballefin)

1967 World Championship: finished 7th among 13 teams
 * Oscar Moglia, Washington Poyet, Julio Gómez, Víctor Hernández, Omar Arrestia, Sergio Pisano, Ramiro de León, Luis García, Walter Márquez, Manuel Gadea, Daniel Borroni, Juan Ceriani (Coach: Raúl Ballefin)

1970 World Championship: finished 7th among 13 teams
 * Omar Arrestia, Sergio Pisano, Manuel Gadea, Víctor Hernández, Ramiro de León, Luis García, Daniel Borroni, Valentín Rodríguez, José Barizo, Daniel Vannet, Walter Lage, Roberto Bomio (Coach: Héctor Bassaiztegui)

1982 World Championship: finished 11th among 13 teams
 * Wilfredo Ruiz, Álvaro Tito, Walter Pagani, Víctor Frattini, Horacio Perdomo, Carlos Peinado, Gerardo Jauri, Germán Haller, Mario Viola, Luis Larrosa, Luis Pierri, Hebert Núñez (Coach: Ramón Etchamendi)

1984 Olympic Games: finished 6th among 12 teams
 * Wilfredo Ruiz, Horacio López, Álvaro Tito, Víctor Frattini, Walter Pagani, Juan Mignone, Horacio Perdomo, Carlos Peinado, Luis Pierri, Hebert Núñez, Luis Larrosa, Julio Pereyra (Coach: Ramón Etchamendi)

1986 World Championship: finished 18th among 24 teams
 * Horacio López, Ramiro Cortés, Álvaro Tito, Joe McCall, Juan Mignone, Horacio Perdomo, Gabriel Waiter, Luis Larrosa, Luis Pierri, Carlos Peinado, Hebert Núñez, Gustavo Sczygielski. (Coach: Ramón Etchamendi)

1991 Pan American Games: finished 7th among 10 teams
 * Alejandro Costa, Juan Blanc, Marcelo Capalbo, Jeffrey Granger, Gustavo Sczygielski, Javier Guerra, Luis Larrosa, Hebert Núñez, Horacio Perdomo, Álvaro Tito, Daniel Koster, and Enrique Tucuna. Head Coach: Javier Espíndola

1995 Pan American Games: finished 4th among 6 teams
 * Marcel Bouzout, Gonzalo Caneiro, Marcelo Capalbo, Federico Garcín, Jeffrey Granger, Adrián Laborda, Diego Losada, Alain Mayor, Oscar Moglia Jr., Gustavo Sczygielski, Luis Silveira, and Luis Pierri

1999 Pan American Games: finished 8th among 8 teams
 * Adrián Bertolini, Marcel Bouzout, Bruno Abratansky, Jorge Cabrera, Diego Castrillón, Diego Losada, Nicolás Mazzarino, Oscar Moglia Jr., Pablo Morales, Luis Silveira, Martín Suárez, and Hugo Vázquez

2003 Pan American Games: finished 8th among 8 teams
 * Mauricio Aguiar, Esteban Batista, Leandro García Morales, Sebastián Leguizamón, Nicolás Mazzarino, Alejandro Muro, Trelonnie Owens, Gastón Paez, Alejandro Pérez, Luis Silveira, Gustavo Szczgielsky, and Emiliano Taboada

2007 Pan American Games: finished 3rd among 8 teams
 * Emilio Taboada, Mauricio Aguiar, Leandro García Morales, Esteban Batista, Gastón Paez, Nicolás Mazzarino, Fernando Martínez, Panchi Barrera, Claudio Charquero, Martín Osimani, Juan Pablo Silveira, and Sebastián Izaguirre

FIBA Americas Championship 2009: finished 6th among 10 teams
 * Sebastián Izaguirre, Panchi Barrera, Mauricio Aguiar, Emilio Taboada, Diego González, Reque Newsome, Leandro García Morales, Martín Osimani, Gastón Páez, Juan Pablo Silveira, Nicolás Borsellino, and Esteban Batista

South American Basketball Championship 2010: finished 3rd among 8 teams
 * Bruno Fitipaldo, Fernando Martínez, Martín Osimani, Joaquín Izuibejeres, Joaquín Osimani, Iván Loriente, Mauricio Aguiar, Mathías Calfani, Reque Newsome, Esteban Batista, Gastón Páez, and Sebastián Izaguirre

FIBA Americas Championship 2013: finished 7th among 10 teams
 * Esteban Batista, Frederico Bavosi, Marcos Cabot, Mathias Calfani, Bruno Fitipaldo, Leandro Garcia Morales, Sebastian Izaguirre, Nicolás Mazzarino, Reque Newsome, Emilito Taboada, Sebastián Vázquez, and Kiril Wachsmann

Roster for the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship.

At the 2016 South American Basketball Championship:

Videos

 * Argentina v Uruguay - Game Highlights - Second Round - 2015 FIBA Americas Championship - Youtube.com video