Mexico national basketball team

Mexico national basketball team
Mexico Mexico México

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FIBA Ranking 26th
Joined FIBA 1936
FIBA Zone FIBA Americas
National Federation Mexican Basketball Federation
Coach Arturo Guerrero Mexico
Olympic Games
Appearances 7
Medals Bronze medal.svg Bronze: 1936
World Championships
Appearances 4
Medals None
FIBA Americas Championship
Appearances 11
Medals None
Uniforms
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Light jersey
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Team colours
Light
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Dark jersey
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Team colours
Dark

The Mexico national basketball team is the side that represents Mexico in men's international basketball competitions. The governing body of the team is the Asociación Deportiva Mexicana de Baloncesto (Mexican Basketball Federation) – abbrev. as ADEMEBA.

Contents

Current Team












2009 Mexico National Basketball Team rosterG
4 Malpica, Karim &1000000000000003100000031 - August 24, 1978(1978-08-24) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Atléticos de San Germán* Puerto Rico
F 5 López, Jesús &1000000000000002600000026 - December 18, 1983(1983-12-18) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Caballeros de Culiacán* Mexico
G 6 Lever Pedroza, Anthony &1000000000000003100000031 - March 7, 1979(1979-03-07) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Rayos de Hermosillo* Mexico
C 7 Llamas, Horacio &1000000000000003600000036 - July 17, 1973(1973-07-17) 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) Caballeros de Culiacán* Mexico
C 8 Parada, Adam (C) &1000000000000002800000028 - October 21, 1981(1981-10-21) 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) Los Angeles Lightning* United States
G/F 9 Beck, Romel &1000000000000002800000028 - May 9, 1982(1982-05-09) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Dakota Wizards* United States
G/F 10 Ayala, Miguel &1000000000000002700000027 - September 29, 1982(1982-09-29) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Coras de Nayarit* Mexico
PG 11 Quintero, Omar &1000000000000002800000028 - September 26, 1981(1981-09-26) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Gigantes de Guayana* Venezuela
F 12 Alonzo, Noé &1000000000000002600000026 - December 28, 1983(1983-12-28) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Halcones UV Xalapa* Mexico
PG 13 Zúñiga, Enrique &1000000000000003300000033 - July 7, 1976(1976-07-07) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Frayles de Guasave* Mexico
F/C 14 Ayón, Gustavo &1000000000000002500000025 - April 1, 1985(1985-04-01) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Tenerife Rural* Spain
C 15 Mata, Lorenzo &1000000000000002400000024 - February 27, 1986(1986-02-27) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Caballeros de Culiacán* Mexico
Head coach
  • Mexico Arturo Guerrero
Assistant coach

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club field describes current pro club


Depth Chart

Pos. Starter Bench Bench Inactive
C Gustavo Ayón Horacio Llamas
PF Noé Alonzo Adam Parada Eduardo Najera *
SF Romel Beck Lorenzo Mata Jesús López
SG Anthony Lever Pedroza Miguel Ayala
PG Omar Quintero Enrique Zúñiga Karim Malpica Earl Watson *


* Note: both Najera and Watson expressed their interest in representing Mexico internationally.[1][2] However, neither received permission by their NBA teams to participate at the FIBA Americas Championship 2009 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.[3]

Achievements

Performance at Summer Olympics

Year Position Tournament Host
1936 3 Bronze medal.svg Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics Berlin, Germany
1948 4 Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics London, United Kingdom
1952 9 Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics Helsinki, Finland
1960 12 Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics Rome, Italy
1964 12 Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics Tokyo, Japan
1968 5 Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics Mexico City, Mexico
1976 10 Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics Montreal, Canada
2016 TBD Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

FIBA World Olympic Qualifying tournament

  • 1964: Gold Medal Med 1.png
  • 1976: Bronze medal Med 3.png


Performance at FIBA World Championships

Year Position Tournament Host
1959 13 1959 FIBA World Championship Chile
1963 9 1963 FIBA World Championship Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1967 8 1970 FIBA World Championship Uruguay
1974 9 1974 FIBA World Championship Puerto Rico
2014 TBD 2014 FIBA World Championship Spain


Performance at FIBA Americas Championships

Year Position Tournament Host
1980 5 1980 Tournament of the Americas San Juan, Puerto Rico
1984 5 1984 Tournament of the Americas São Paulo, Brazil
1988 6 1988 Tournament of the Americas Montevideo, Uruguay
1989 9 1989 Tournament of the Americas Mexico City, Mexico
1992 7 1992 Tournament of the Americas Portland, United States
1993 1993 Tournament of the Americas San Juan, Puerto Rico
1995 1995 Tournament of the Americas Tucumán, Argentina
1997 10 1997 FIBA Americas Championship Montevideo, Uruguay
1999 1999 FIBA Americas Championship San Juan, Puerto Rico
2001 9 2001 FIBA Americas Championship Neuquén, Argentina
2003 6 2003 FIBA Americas Championship San Juan, Puerto Rico
2005 10 2005 FIBA Americas Championship Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2007 7 2007 FIBA Americas Championship Las Vegas, United States
2009 7 2009 FIBA Americas Championship San Juan, Puerto Rico
2011 2011 FIBA Americas Championship Mar del Plata, Argentina

At the most recent event, the FIBA Americas Championship 2009 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Mexico finished 7th, ahead of  Panama,  Venezuela and the  Virgin Islands.[4]

On individual performances, Gustavo Ayon finished among the tournament’s top performers in steals (3rd), blocks (3rd) and minutes per game (9th).[5]

Pan American Games

  • 1951: 8th place
  • 1955: 4th place
  • 1959: 4th place
  • 1963: 7th place
  • 1967: Silver medal Med 2.png (Mexico finished second only to Team USA.)[6]
  • 1971: 4th place
  • 1975: 4th place
  • 1979: 8th place
  • 1983: Bronze medal Med 3.png (This competition was memorable for Mexico taking a 20–4 lead against a Team USA squadron that featured Michael Jordan, Chris Mullin, Sam Perkins, Michael Cage, Ed Pinckney, Mark Price, and Wayman Tisdale. Team USA later came back for a 9 point win: 78–65. Team USA won the Gold and Brazil won the Silver.)[7]
  • 1987: 4th place
  • 1991: Silver medal Med 2.png (Mexico finished ahead of a Team USA squadron that featured Grant Hill, Christian Laettner, Thomas Hill, Walt Williams, Clarence Weatherspoon, Tracey Murray, Jimmy Jackson, Terry Dehere, Adam Keefe, Eric Montross, and Tony Bennett. Puerto Rico won the Gold, Mexico won the Silver, and Team USA won the Bronze medal.)[8]
  • 1995: 5th place
  • 1999: Did not participate
  • 2003: 5th place
  • 2007: Did not participate
  • 2011: Silver medal Med 2.png (Mexico beat Team USA 71-55 in their semifinal game and lost to Puerto Rico 74-72 in the Gold Medal game.)[9]

Centrobasket – Central American Championships

  • 1965 Gold Medal Med 1.png
  • 1967 4th place
  • 1975 Gold Medal Med 1.png
  • 1987 Bronze Medal Med 3.png
  • 1989 4th place
  • 1991 Silver Medal Med 2.png
  • 1997 4th place
  • 2001 Silver Medal Med 2.png
  • 2003 Bronze Medal Med 3.png[10]
  • 2004 4th place
  • 2006 4th place
  • 2008 5th place (Coach Nolan Richardson)
  • 2010 6th place

Centrobasket U17 championship

  • 2007: Silver medal Med 2.png
  • 2009: Silver medal Med 2.png
  • 2011: Silver medal Med 2.png

FIBA COCABA Championship for men

  • 2006: Champions Med 1.png[11]
  • 2007: Champions Med 1.png[12]
  • 2009: Champions Med 1.png[13] (Coach: Nolan Richardson)

William Jones Cup

  • 1990: Champions Med 1.png

Central American and Caribbean Games

  • 2010: Silver medal Med 2.png



Past Team Rosters

1936 Olympic Games: finished 3rd among 21 teams (Bronze Medal Team) Med 3.png

Jesus Olmos, Alfonso Rojo, Carlos Borja, Silvio Hernandez, Rodolfo Choperena, Jose Pamplona, Andres Gomez, Greer Skousen, Raul Fernandez, Victor Borja, Luis Ignacio de la Vega, Francisco Martinez


1948 Olympic Games: finished 4th among 23 teams

Hector Guerrero, Jose de la Cruz Cabrera, Jorge Cardiel, Emilio Lopez, Ignacio Romo, Rodolfo Diaz, Angel Acuna, Isaac Alfaro, Jose Rojas Herrera, Jorge Gudino, Francisco Galindo, Alberto Bienvenu, Josue Neri, Fernando Rojas Herrera


1952 Olympic Games: finished 9th among 23 teams

Hector Guerrero, Jose de la Cruz Cabrera, Jorge Cardiel, Jose Rojas Herera, Carlos Jose Bru Villarreal, Emilio Lopez, Jose Pioquinto Soto Villanueva, Fernando Rojas Herrera, Sergio Olguin Fierro, Ruben Almanza Garcia, Rolando Rubalcava Pena, Jose Meneses Luna, Filiberto Manzo Hernandez


1959 World Championship: finished 13th among 13 teams

Hector Aizpuro, Edmundo Marquez, Arturo Escalera, Felipe Manzo, Armando Herrera, Daniel Cuevas, Ignacio Chavira, Jaime Rodriguez, Jose Maria Lozano, Hugo Orozco, Jorge Renteria, Carlos Quintanar (Coach: Agustin Garcia)


1960 Olympic Games: finished 12th among 16 teams

Guillermo "Billy" Wagner, Hector Aizpuro, Armando Herrera, Gayle "Chato" Bluth, Jose Maria Lozano, Ignacio Chavira, Carlos Quintanar, Urbano Zea, Eulalio Avila, Cesar Herrera, Guillermo Torres, Alberto Almanza (Coach: Enrique "Kiki" Romero)


1963 World Championship: finished 9th among 13 teams

Manuel Raga, Carlos Vega, Guillermo Torres, Ricardo Pontvianne, Urbano Zea, Humberto Camero, Carlos Quintanar, Luis Enrique Grajeda, Mario Pena, Rafael Heredia, Jaime Castillo, Ruben Izaguirre (Coach: Pedro Barba Ramos)


1964 Olympic Games: finished 12th among 16 teams

Manuel Raga, Luis Enrique Grajeda, Ricardo Pontvianne, Mario Pena, Armando Herrera, Eulalio Avila, Carlos Quintanar, Alberto Almanza, Rafael Heredia, Miguel Arellano (Coach: Agustin Garcia Arreola)


1967 World Championship: finished 8th among 13 teams

Manuel Raga, Arturo Guerrero, Ricardo Pontvianne, Rafael Heredia, Eulalio Avila, Raul Palma, Antonio Ayala, Alejandro Guzman, Miguel Arellano, Fernando Tiscareno, Carlos Quintanar, Ricardo Monreal (Coach: Lester Lane)


1968 Olympic Games: finished 5th among 16 teams

Manuel Raga, Arturo Guerrero, Ricardo Pontvianne, Luis Enrique Grajeda, Rafael Heredia, Antonio Ayala, Alejandro Guzman, John Hatch, Carlos Quintanar, Miguel Arellano, Oscar Asiain, Fernando Tiscareno (Coach: Lester Lane)


1974 World Championship: finished 9th among 14 teams

Manuel Raga, Ricardo Pontvianne, Arturo Guerrero, Raul Palma, Antonio Ayala, Jesus Garcia, Ricardo Monreal, Guillermo Marquez, Jesus Alvarado, Manuel Saenz, Gustavo Hernandez, Oscar Asiain (Coach: Pedro Barba Ramos)


1976 Olympic Games: finished 10th among 12 teams

Manuel Raga, Arturo Guerrero, Antonio Ayala, Manuel Saenz, Jesus Garcia, Samuel Campis, Hector Rodriguez, Gabriel Nava, Ruben Alcala, Jorge Flores, Rafael Palomar, Anastasio Reyes (Coach: Carlos Jose Bru)

References

  1. ^ http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/arti.asp?newsid=31590
  2. ^ http://blogs.hoopshype.com/blogs/sierra/2009/08/03/earl-watson-i-signed-with-the-pacers-because-they-want-to-win-now/
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ [2]
  5. ^ [3]
  6. ^ USA Basketball
  7. ^ USA Basketball
  8. ^ USA Basketball
  9. ^ [4]
  10. ^ Latinbasket – Central American Championships '01
  11. ^ LATINBASKET – 5th Tournament Of The Americas (Copa America) 2005 Basketball, Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Standings, Pro Basketball
  12. ^ LATINBASKET – COCABA – Centro America Championships Basketball, Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Standings, Pro Basketball
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