Chile men's national basketball team

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Chile Chile
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FIBA ranking68 Decrease 1 (7 December 2021)[1]
Joined FIBA1935
FIBA zoneFIBA Americas
National federationChile Basketball Federation
CoachCristian Santander [2]
Nickname(s)La Roja
Olympic Games
Appearances4
MedalsNone
FIBA World Cup
Appearances3
MedalsBronze Bronze: 1950, 1959
FIBA AmeriCup
AppearancesNone

The Chile national basketball team is controlled by the Federación de Básquetbol de Chile. It is affiliated to FIBA, under the zone confederation of FIBA Americas.

In the 1950s, Chile had one of the finest national basketball teams in the world. In more recent years team has primarily competed regionally at the FIBA South American Championship.

Competitive record[]

Olympic Games[]

Year Position Tournament Host
1936 9 Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics Berlin, Germany
1948 6 Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics London, United Kingdom
1952 5 Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics Helsinki, Finland
1956 8 Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics Melbourne, Australia
2024 To be determined Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics Paris, France

FIBA World Cup[]

Year Position Tournament Host
1950 Bronze 3 1950 FIBA World Championship Buenos Aires, Argentina
1954 10 1954 FIBA World Championship Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1959 Bronze 3 1959 FIBA World Championship Chile
2019 Did not qualify 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup China
2023 To be determined 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Philippines, Japan and Indonesia

FIBA AmeriCup[]

yet to qualify

Pan American Games[]

  • 1951 : 5th
  • 2019 : Did not qualify
  • 2023 : Qualified as host

FIBA South American Championship[]

  • 1930 : 4th
  • 1932 : 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
  • 1934 : 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
  • 1935 : Did not participate
  • 1937 : 1st place, gold medalist(s)
  • 1938 : Did not participate
  • 1939 : 5th
  • 1940 : 4th
  • 1941 : 4th
  • 1942 : 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
  • 1943 : 4th
  • 1945 : 4th
  • 1947 : 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
  • 1949 : 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
  • 1953 : 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
  • 1955 : 6th
  • 1958 : 5th
  • 1960 : 5th
  • 1961 : 6th
  • 1963 : 7th
  • 1966 : 6th
  • 1968 : 6th
  • 1969 : 5th
  • 1971 : 6th
  • 1973 : 5th
  • 1976 : 6th
  • 1977 : 6th
  • 1979 : 4th
  • 1981 : 4th
  • 1983 : 5th
  • 1985 : 7th
  • 1987 : 6th
  • 1989–1993 : Did not participate
  • 1995 : 6th
  • 1997 : 6th
  • 1999 : 7th
  • 2001 : 6th
  • 2003 : 5th
  • 2004 : 5th
  • 2006 : 6th
  • 2008 : 6th
  • 2010 : 7th
  • 2012 : 6th
  • 2014 : 6th
  • 2016 : 7th

Team[]

Current squad[]

Source: Official website

Chile men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
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Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
SG 6 25 – (1996-05-31)31 May 1996 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) C.D. Universidad de Concepción Básquetbol Chile
SF 7 23 – (1997-11-01)1 November 1997 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Baskets Oldenburg Germany
G 8 22 – (1999-04-25)25 April 1999 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Barry Buccaneers Chile
G 9 Franco Morales 29 – (1992-06-30)30 June 1992 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) Las Ánimas de Valdivia Chile
G 10 Sebastian Suarez 30 – (1991-03-01)1 March 1991 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) CD Valdivia Chile
C 11 21 – (2000-01-12)12 January 2000 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Penn Quakers men's basketball United States
G 12 23 – (1998-04-12)12 April 1998 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Southwest Baptist United States
PF 13 23 – (1998-03-19)19 March 1998 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Mercer Bears men's basketball United States
PF 20 30 – (1991-05-09)9 May 1991 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) CD Valdivia Chile
G 24 Ignacio Arroyo 21 – (2000-01-24)24 January 2000 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) CB Estudiantes Spain
PF 32 Nico Carvacho 24 – (1997-01-24)24 January 1997 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) s.Oliver Würzburg Germany
C 44 Manny Suarez 27 – (1993-11-12)12 November 1993 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Iraurgi SB Spain
C 69 37 – (1983-12-11)11 December 1983 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) Spain
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Argentina

Legend
  • Club – denotes current club

National team rosters[]

Chile national basketball team rosters

Past head coaches[]

  • Chile Erasmo López: 1932, 1936
  • Chile Jesús Magaña: 1937
  • Chile Fernando Primard: 1939
  • Chile Carlos Salamovich: 1940
  • Mexico Pedro Ascencio: 1941
  • Mexico Alfonso Barra Ponce: 1942
  • United States Kenneth Davidson: 1943-1947
  • Chile Luis Valenzuela: 1948
  • Chile Osvaldo Retamal: 1949
  • United States Kenneth Davidson / Chile Luis Valenzuela: 1950
  • Chile Osvaldo Retamal / Chile Sergio Molinari: 1952
  • Chile Juan Yovanovic: 1953
  • United States Kenneth Davidson / Chile Juan Arredondo: 1954
  • Chile Exequiel Figueroa: 1955
  • Chile Juan Arredondo: 1956
  • Chile Exequiel Figueroa / Chile Juan Arredondo: 1958
  • Chile Luis Valenzuela / Chile / Juan Arredondo / Chile Exequiel Figueroa: 1959
  • Chile Raúl López: 1960
  • Chile Luis Valenzuela: 1961
  • Chile Gustavo Ortlieb: 1963
  • Soviet Union Stepan Spandarian: 1965-1966
  • Chile Luis Valenzuela: 1966
  • Chile Juan Arredondo: 1968
  • Chile René Hola: 1969
  • Chile Luis Valenzuela: 1971
  • United States Dan Peterson: 1971-1973
  • Chile Héctor Oreste / Chile Luis Pérez: 1976
  • United States Randy Knowles: 1977
  • Chile Renato Raggio: 1979-1985
  • Chile Héctor Oreste: 1987
  • Chile Juan Morales: 1993
  • Chile Miguel Ureta: 1995
  • Chile Juan Morales: 1997-2001
  • Argentina Daniel Allende: 2002-2003
  • Chile Miguel Ureta: 2004
  • Argentina Daniel Allende: 2006-2008
  • Argentina Juan Manuel Córdoba: 2010-2011
  • Argentina Guillermo Vecchio: 2012
  • Chile Cipriano Núñez: 2014
  • Argentina Daniel Frola: 2016
  • Chile Claudio Jorquera: 2017-2018
  • Argentina Jorge Luis Álvarez: 2018-2019
  • Argentina Daniel Frola: 2019
  • Argentina Christian Santander: 2019-present

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 7 December 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Cristian Santander: "El DT part time es la figura que se adecúa a esta época"". 19 September 2019.

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