Argentina women's national basketball team

Argentina
FIBA ranking	31 (15 February 2022)
FIBA zone	FIBA Americas
National federation	CAB
Coach	Christian Santander
Nickname(s)	Las Gigantes
World Cup
Appearances	9
FIBA AmeriCup
Appearances	16
Medals	Silver: (2009, 2011, 2017); Bronze: (2001, 2015)
Pan American Games
Appearances	4
Home	Away

The Argentina women's national basketball team, nicknamed "Las Gigantes" ("The Giantesses"), is administered by the Argentine Basketball Federation.^[3]

Competition results[]

FIBA World Championship[]

Year	Position	Pld	W	L
1953	6th	6	2	4
1957	9th	7	4	3
1959	Did not participate
1964	13th	8	1	7
1967	Did not participate
1971	11th	8	2	6
1975 to 1994	Did not participate
1998	15th	8	2	6
2002	10th	8	2	6
2006	9th	8	5	3
2010	14th	5	1	4
2014	Did not participate
2018	15th	3	0	3
2022	Did not participate
Total		61	19	42

Pan American Games[]

Year	Position	Pld	W	L
1955 to 1987	Did not participate
1991	5th	4	0	4
1995	Competition cancelled
1999	5th	6	2	4
2003	5th	5	1	4
2007	6th	5	1	4
2011	5th	4	2	2
2015	5th	4	2	2
Total		28	8	20

FIBA Americas Championship[]

Year	Position	Pld	W	L
	5th	5	3	2
	7th	4	1	3
	4th	5	1	4
	4th	6	2	4
	5th	4	2	2
	Bronze Medal	4	2	2
	5th	4	2	2
	4th	5	2	3
2007	4th	5	2	3
2009	Runner-up	5	4	1
2011	Runner-up	6	5	1
2013	5th	4	2	2
2015	Bronze Medal	6	5	1
2017	Runner-up	6	5	1
2019	8th	4	1	3
2021	Disqualified^[a]
Total		73	39	34

^ Argentina was disqualified after several members of the delegation were tested positive to COVID-19.^[4]

South American Championship[]

Year	Position	Pld	W	L
1946	Bronze Medal	3	1	2
1948	Champions	4	4	0
1950	Runner-up	6	4	2
1952	4th	5	2	3
1954	Did not participate
1956	4th	6	4	2
1958	Runner-up	8	4	4
1960	5th	8	2	6
1962	4th	6	3	3
	4th	5	2	3
	5th	6	2	4
	Bronze Medal	5	3	2
	Runner-up	7	5	2
	4th	7	4	3
	Runner-up	6	4	2
	Bronze Medal	7	4	3
	Bronze Medal	4	2	2
	4th	-	-	-
	4th	7	4	3
	4th	3	0	3
	Bronze Medal	5	3	2
	Bronze Medal	6	4	2
	Runner-up	-	-	-
	Runner-up	5	3	2
	Runner-up	7	6	1
	Runner-up	5	4	1
	Runner-up	7	5	2
	Runner-up	6	4	2
	Bronze Medal	6	4	2
	Runner-up	5	4	1
	Runner-up	6	4	2
2010	Runner-up	4	3	1
2013	Runner-up	5	4	1
2014	Runner-up	5	4	1
2016	4th	5	2	3
2018	Champions	5	5	0
Total		196	119	77

Current roster[]

Roster for the 2021 FIBA Women's AmeriCup.^[5]^[6]

Argentina women's national basketball team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
G	4	Macarena Rosset	30 – (1991-02-23)23 February 1991	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
SF	5		24 – (1996-06-14)14 June 1996	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
PF	6	Victoria Llorente	25 – (1996-06-05)5 June 1996	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
C	7	Diana Cabrera	27 – (1993-08-07)7 August 1993	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
SF	8	Andrea Boquete	30 – (1990-09-24)24 September 1990	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Baxi Ferrol
C	10	Agostina Burani	29 – (1991-10-04)4 October 1991	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	CB Estudiantes
G	11	Melisa Gretter	28 – (1993-01-24)24 January 1993	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	CB Estudiantes
SG	20		20 – (2000-07-12)12 July 2000	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Obras Sanitarias
PF	21		19 – (2001-07-22)22 July 2001	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
C	24		21 – (2000-01-31)31 January 2000	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Robert Morris Colonials
C	27		23 – (1997-08-06)6 August 1997	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	Baxi Ferrol
PG	29		25 – (1995-09-29)29 September 1995	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	Vélez Sarsfield

Head coach

Assistant coach(es)

Sandra Pavón
Sebastián Silva

Legend

Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 11 June 2021

References[]

^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
^ CABB
^ FIBA National Federations – Argentina, fiba.com. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
^ "FIBA statement about Argentina's games in the Women's AmeriCup 2021". FIBA. 15 June 2021.
^ "Equipo definido: la Selección tiene a sus 12 jugadoras para el sueño americano" (in Spanish). argentina.basketball. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
^ 2021 FIBA Women's AmeriCup roster

External links[]

Official website
FIBA profile
Archived records of Argentina team participations

[5] Argentina was disqualified after several members of the delegation were tested positive to COVID-19.^[4]

[FIBA_Women's_World_Rankings-1] "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.

[2] CABB

[3] FIBA National Federations – Argentina, fiba.com. Retrieved 19 March 2016.

[4] "FIBA statement about Argentina's games in the Women's AmeriCup 2021". FIBA. 15 June 2021.

[6] "Equipo definido: la Selección tiene a sus 12 jugadoras para el sueño americano" (in Spanish). argentina.basketball. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.

[7] 2021 FIBA Women's AmeriCup roster

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South American Championship	1930 1932 1934 1935 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1945 1947 1949 1953 1955 1958 1960 1961 1963 1966 1968 1969 1971 1973 1976 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016
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Related teams	U-19 Women U-19 U-17
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