Uruguay men's national basketball team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Uruguay women'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.^[2]

Uruguay

FIBA ranking	50 2 (26 November 2024)[1]
Joined FIBA	1936
FIBA zone	FIBA Americas
National federation	Uruguayan Basketball Federation
Coach	Ruben Magnano
Nickname(s)	Charrúas
Olympic Games
Appearances	7
Medals	Bronze: (1952, 1956)
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	7
Medals	None
FIBA AmeriCup
Appearances	18
Medals	Silver: (1984)
South American Basketball Championship
Appearances	47
Medals	11 Gold, 13 Silver, 12 Bronze
Home Away

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 52th in the FIBA World Rankings.

2023 FIBA World Cup match against Puerto Rico

Competitive record

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
• 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: Qualified

Pan American Games

• 1963: 4th
• 1987: 7th
• 1991: 8th
• 1995: 4th
• 1999: 8th
• 2003: 8th
• 2007: 3rd
• 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.

Year Place # of teams Wins Losses Notes 1930 1st 4 6 0 Host 1932 1st 3 4 1 3–1 preliminary, won final match 1934 4th 4 2 4 1935 3rd 3 1 3 1937 2nd 5 5 3 1938 3rd 5 2 2 1939 2nd 5 3 1 1940 1st 6 5 0 Host 1941 3rd 6 3 2 1942 2nd 5 4 1 3–1 preliminary, lost final match 1943 2nd 6 6 2 4–1 preliminary, 2–1 final round 1945 2nd 7 5 2 1947 1st 6 3 3 1949 1st 8 4 4 1953 1st 3 1 3 Host 1955 1st 5 5 3 1958 2nd 5 2 2 1960 4th 5 3 1 4-1 preliminary round, lost final 1961 2nd 5 3 2 1963 3rd 7 5 2 1966 4th 6 3 3 1968 2nd 8 4 4 1969 1st 8 4 4 Host 1971 2nd 5 3 1 Host 1973 4th 6 3 3 1976 3rd 8 4 4 1977 2nd 8 4 4 1979 3rd 8 4 4 1981 1st 5 3 2 Host 1983 3rd 7 5 2 1985 2nd 6 3 3 1987 4th 8 4 4 1989 3rd 8 4 4

Year Place # of teams Wins Losses Notes 1991 4th 6 3 3 1993 3rd 5 3 2 1995 1st 6 6 2 Host 1997 1st 7 5 2 1999 4th 6 3 3 2001 4th 8 4 4 2003 3rd 6 4 2 Host 2004 4th 6 3 3 2006 2nd 4 2 2 2008 2nd 6 4 2 2010 3rd 5 3 2 2012 3rd 5 3 2 2014 4th 5 2 3 2016 3nd 6 4 2

Team

Current roster

The roster for the 2022 FIBA AmeriCup.^[3]

Uruguay men's national basketball team – 2022 FIBA AmeriCup roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PF 1 Gonzalo Iglesias 29 – (1993-08-04)4 August 1993 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Reina Yogur Clavijo CB SG 3 Joaquín Osimani 35 – (1987-05-06)6 May 1987 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Club Atlético Goes PG 8 Agustin Ubal 19 – (2003-07-19)19 July 2003 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) FC Barcelona F 10 Emiliano Serres 25 – (1997-06-07)7 June 1997 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Obras Sanitarias SG 14 Joaquín Rodríguez 23 – (1999-06-14)14 June 1999 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Obras Sanitarias C 15 Esteban Batista (C) 39 – (1983-09-02)2 September 1983 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Olimpia PF 18 Sebastian Ottonello 24 – (1997-12-03)3 December 1997 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Unión Atlética PG 21 Luciano Parodi 28 – (1994-02-16)16 February 1994 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Hebraica Macabi PG 21 Juan Zanotta 27 – (1995-03-25)25 March 1995 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Club Atlético Peñarol C 33 Kiril Wachsmann 37 – (1984-11-12)12 November 1984 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Malvín F 42 Martín Rojas 24 – (1998-07-23)23 July 1998 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Biguá de Villa Biarritz PG 52 Diego Peña 26 – (1996-07-03)3 July 1996 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Club Atlético Peñarol	Head coach Rubén Magnano[4] Assistant coach(es) Edgardo Kogan Pablo Daniel Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 2 September 2022

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Kiril Wachsmann	Nicolas Borsellino	Mauricio Arregui
PF	Federico Haller	Theo Metzger	Nahuel Lemos
SF	Emiliano Serres	Martin Rojas
SG	Joaquin Rodriguez	Gianfranco Espindola	Ignacio Xavier
PG	Marcos Cabot	Agustin Ubal	Diego Garcia

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^[5][6] 2014
• Adrian Capelli: 2014, 2015
• Marcelo Signorelli: 2016–2018
• Rubén Magnano: 2018-present

Past rosters

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.

Uruguay national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. SF 6 Mauricio Aguiar 32 – (1983-02-03)3 February 1983 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Regatas SG 41 Demian Alvarez 30 – (1984-10-19)19 October 1984 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Atletico Aguada PF 14 Nicolas Borsellino 29 – (1986-05-08)8 May 1986 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Atletico Aguada PF 13 Hernando Caceres 21 – (1994-08-22)22 August 1994 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Club Atletico Goes C 7 Mathías Calfani 23 – (1992-01-21)21 January 1992 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Club Malvín PG 5 Bruno Fitipaldo 24 – (1991-08-02)2 August 1991 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Obras C 22 Reque Newsome 33 – (1981-10-08)8 October 1981 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Club Malvín G 11 Martín Osimani (C) 34 – (1981-05-22)22 May 1981 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Defensor Sporting PG 21 Luciano Parodi 21 – (1994-02-16)16 February 1994 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Hebraica y Macabi F 10 Marcel Souberbielle 23 – (1991-11-29)29 November 1991 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Club Malvín PG 4 Santiago Vidal 26 – (1989-06-05)5 June 1989 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Trouville F/C 33 Kiril Wachsmann 30 – (1984-11-11)11 November 1984 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Melilla Baloncesto	Head coach Adrián Capelli Assistant coach(es) Federico Camina Javier Isis Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 30 August 2015

At the 2016 South American Basketball Championship:

Uruguay national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 5 Bruno Fitipaldo 24 – (1991-08-02)2 August 1991 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Obras Sanitarias SF 6 Mauricio Agular 33 – (1983-02-03)3 February 1983 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Defensor Sporting PF 7 Mathias Calfani 24 – (1992-01-21)21 January 1992 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Malvin G 9 Panchi Barrera 31 – (1985-04-06)6 April 1985 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Aguada PF 12 Juan Ducasse 17 – (1998-09-02)2 September 1998 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Club Trouville PF 13 Sebastian Vazquez 30 – (1985-09-04)4 September 1985 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Goes C 15 Esteban Batista 32 – (1983-09-02)2 September 1983 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Olimpia Milano PF 19 Frederico Haller 28 – (1988-06-05)5 June 1988 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Defensor Sporting G 11 Luciano Parodi 22 – (1994-02-16)16 February 1994 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Hebraica Macabi C 22 Reque Newsome 34 – (1981-10-08)8 October 1981 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Malvin SF 24 Salvador Zanotta 21 – (1995-03-25)25 March 1995 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Hebraica Macabi C 33 Kiril Wachsmann 31 – (1984-11-12)12 November 1984 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Defensor Sporting	Head coach Marcelo Signorelli Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 26 June 2016

See also

• Uruguay women's national basketball team
• Uruguay men's national under-19 basketball team
• Uruguay men's national under-15 and under-16 basketball team
• Uruguay men's national 3x3 team

References

1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
2. FIBA National Federations – Uruguay, fiba.com, accessed 25 March 2013.
3. "Uruguay con los 12 para iniciar la AmeriCup Brasil 2022". basketuruguay.uy (in Spanish). 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
4. "Team Roster: Uruguay" (PDF). fiba.basketball. 2 September 2022. p. 9. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
5. Mateo Rubio Díaz, nuevo DT de la selección
6. Mateo Rubio Diaz

External links

• Official website
• FIBA Profile

Videos

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