Cuba men's national basketball team

Cuba
FIBA ranking	65 1 (7 December 2021)
Joined FIBA	1937
FIBA zone	FIBA Americas
National federation
Coach
Olympic Games
Appearances	6
Medals	Bronze: 1972
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	4
Medals	None
FIBA AmeriCup
Appearances	10
Medals	None
Home	Away

The Cuba national basketball team represents Cuba at international competitions.^[2] It won the bronze medal at 1972 Summer Olympics and finished in 4th place at the 1974 FIBA World Championship. It is the only team from the Caribbean to win a medal at a major global event.

Competitive record[]

Olympics[]

Year	Position	Tournament	Host
1948	13th	Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics	London, United Kingdom
1952	9th	Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics	Helsinki, Finland
1968	11th	Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics	Mexico City, Mexico
1972	(3rd place)	Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics	Munich, West Germany
1976	7th	Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics	Montreal, Canada
1980	6th	Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics	Moscow, Soviet Union
2020	To be determined	Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics	Tokyo, Japan

Friendship Games[]

Year	Position	Tournament	Host
1984	(3rd place)	Basketball at the Friendship Games	Moscow, Soviet Union

FIBA World Cup[]

Year	Position	Tournament	Host
1970	8th	1970 FIBA World Championship	Yugoslavia
1974	4th	1974 FIBA World Championship	Puerto Rico
1986	11th	1986 FIBA World Championship	Spain
1994	15th	1994 FIBA World Championship	Canada
2023	To be determined	2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup	Philippines, Japan and Indonesia

FIBA AmeriCup[]

Year	Position	Tournament	Host
1980	6h	1980 Tournament of the Americas	San Juan, Puerto Rico
1984	8th	1984 Tournament of the Americas	São Paulo, Brazil
1989	7th	1989 Tournament of the Americas	Mexico City, Mexico
1992	8th	1992 Tournament of the Americas	Portland, United States
1993	5th	1993 Tournament of the Americas	San Juan, Puerto Rico
1995	5th	1995 Tournament of the Americas	Tucumán, Argentina
1997	6th	1997 FIBA Americas Championship	Montevideo, Uruguay
1999	10th	1999 FIBA Americas Championship	San Juan, Puerto Rico
2011	10th	2011 FIBA Americas Championship	Mar del Plata, Argentina
2015	10th	2015 FIBA Americas Championship	Mexico City, Mexico

Pan American Games[]

1951:
1955: 5th
1959: 6th
1963: Did not compete
1967: 4th
1971:
1975: 5th
1979: 4th
1983: 7th
1987: Did not compete
1991: 4th
1995: Did not compete
1999: 7th
2003-2019: Did not compete
: To be determined

Centrobasket[]

1989:
1991:
1993:
1995:
1997:
1999:
2001: 6th
2003: Did not compete
2004: 5th
2006: 6th
2008: 4th
2010: 4th
2012: 8th
2014: 4th
2016: 6th

Caribebasket[]

1981-1996: ?
1998-2002: Did not compete
2004:
2006:
2007:
2009:
2011: Did not compete
2014:
2015: Did not compete

Current roster[]

Cuba[]

Cuba National Basketball Team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
G/F	0	Karel Guzman	25 – (1995-02-07)7 February 1995	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
SF	2		22 – (1997-09-23)23 September 1997	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	Gimnasia y Esgrima
PG	5		32 – (1987-04-24)24 April 1987	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
F	9	Lisvan Valdes	32 – (1988-01-21)21 January 1988	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	Santa Tecla BC
PG	12		26 – (1993-03-28)28 March 1993	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
C	0	Jasiel Rivero	26 – (1993-10-31)31 October 1993	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	CB Miraflores
PF	15		28 – (1991-08-13)13 August 1991	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
G/F	19		19 – (2000-03-21)21 March 2000	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	Gimnasia y Esgrima
	23		26 – (1993-06-19)19 June 1993
	24		27 – (1993-01-16)16 January 1993
PF	36		25 – (1994-12-25)25 December 1994	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
G	55		24 – (1995-06-28)28 June 1995	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)

Head coach

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

Club field describes latest professional club
Age field is age on February 21, 2020
(C) – Team Captain

Past roster[]

Roster for the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship.

Cuba National Basketball Team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
G/F	4	Karel Guzman	20 – (1995-02-07)7 February 1995	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
PG	5		28 – (1987-04-24)24 April 1987	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Artemisa
C	6	Javier Justiz	22 – (1992-09-18)18 September 1992	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	Basket Zaragoza
G	7		27 – (1988-01-01)1 January 1988	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Ciego de Avila (basketball)
SF	9	Livan Valdez	27 – (1988-01-21)21 January 1988	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
SG	10	William Granda (C)	30 – (1985-08-08)8 August 1985	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	Club Atlético Tabaré
PG	11		22 – (1993-03-28)28 March 1993	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Pinar del Rio
C	12		33 – (1982-04-20)20 April 1982	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	Ciego de Avila (basketball)
SF	13		28 – (1987-05-08)8 May 1987	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	Santiago de Cuba
PF	14		28 – (1987-02-26)26 February 1987	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
PF	15	Jasiel Rivero	21 – (1993-10-31)31 October 1993	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	Club Atlético Tabaré
F/C	16		20 – (1994-12-25)25 December 1994	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	Ciego de Avila (basketball)

Head coach

Daniel Scott

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

Club field describes latest professional club
Age field is age on August 30, 2015
(C) – Team Captain

Depth chart[]

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1
C	Javier Justiz
PF
SF		Livan Valdez
SG	William Granda	Karel Guzman
PG

Head coach position[]

Daniel Scott: 2001–2011
: 2012–2014
Daniel Scott: 2015–2017
: 2017
: 2017-2019
: 2020-present

Past rosters[]

1948 Olympic Games: finished 13th among 23 teams

Alfredo "Bebo" Faget, Francisco "Frank" Lavernia, Raúl García Ordóñez, Federico "Fico" López, Casimiro García Artime, Juan García, José Llanusa, Ramón Wiltz, Mario Agüero, Joaquín Agüero, Mario Quintero, Fabio Ruiz, Llaneras Rodríguez, Otero Vázquez, José Miguel Álvarez Pozo

1952 Olympic Games: finished 14th among 23 teams

Alfredo "Bebo" Faget, Carlos García Ordóñez, Federico "Fico" López, Juan García, Casimiro García Artime, Ramón Wiltz, Mario Quintero, Fabio Ruiz, Mario Agüero, Felipe de la Pozas y Piad, Carlos Bea, Armando Estrada Rivero, Alberto Escoto Valdés

1968 Olympic Games: finished 11th among 16 teams

Ruperto Herrera Tabio, Pedro Chappe Garcia, Franklin Standard, Rafael Cañizares, Conrado Pérez, Pablo García, Cesar Valdés, Inocente Cuesta, Jacinto González, Miguel Montalvo, Miguel Calderón Gómez, Carlos del Pozo (Coach: Stepas Butautas)

1970 World Championship: finished 8th among 13 teams

Ruperto Herrera Tabio, Pedro Chappe Garcia, Franklin Standard, Conrado Pérez, Tomás Herrera Martínez, Rafael Cañizares, Juan Domecq, Miguel Álvarez Pozo, Alejandro Urgelles Guibot, Oscar Varona Varona, Miguel Calderón Gómez, Francisco Varona (Coach: Stepas Butautas)

1972 Olympic Games: finished 3rd among 16 teams

Ruperto Herrera Tabio, Pedro Chappe Garcia, Juan Domecq, Franklin Standard, Alejandro Urgelles Guibot, Rafael Cañizares, Oscar Varona Varona, Tomás Herrera Martínez, Miguel Álvarez Pozo, Miguel Calderón Gómez, Juan Roca Brunet, Conrado Pérez (Coach: Juan Carmelo Ortega Díaz)

1974 World Championship: finished 4th among 14 teams

Ruperto Herrera Tabio, Pedro Chappe Garcia, Miguel Álvarez Pozo, Tomás Herrera Martínez, Juan Domecq, Oscar Varona Varona, Miguel Calderón Gómez, Alejandro Urgelles Guibot, Rafael Cañizares, Conrado Pérez, Juan Roca Brunet, Alejandro Lázaro Ortiz (Coach: Juan Carmelo Ortega Díaz)

1976 Olympic Games: finished 7th among 12 teams

Ruperto Herrera Tabio, Pedro Chappe Garcia, Juan Domecq, Tomás Herrera Martínez, Oscar Varona Varona, Félix Morales, Alejandro Urgelles Guibot, Daniel Scott, Rafael Cañizares, Juan Roca Brunet, Alejandro Lázaro Ortiz, Ángel Padrón (Coach: Juan Carmelo Ortega Díaz)

1980 Olympic Games: finished 6th among 12 teams

Ruperto Herrera Tabio, Tomás Herrera Martínez, Miguel Calderón Gómez, Félix Morales, Daniel Scott, Alejandro Urgelles Guibot, Alejandro Lázaro Ortiz, Raúl Dubois, Pedro Abreu, Jorge More, Generoso Márquez, Noangel Luaces (Coach: Pedro Chappe Garcia)

1986 World Championship: finished 11th among 24 teams

Daniel Scott, Félix Morales, Raúl Dubois, Pedro Abreu, Luis Calderón, Noangel Luaces, Eduardo Cabrera, Luciano Rivero, Roberto Simón Salomón, Leonardo Pérez, José Carlos Caballero, Pedro Cobarrubia (Coach: Juan Carmelo Ortega Díaz)

1994 World Championship: finished 15th among 16 teams

Richard Matienzo, Leonardo Pérez, Lazaro Borrell, Roberto Carlos Herrera, Roberto Simón Salomón, Ángel Oscar Caballero, Augusto Duquesne, Ulises Goire, José Luis Díaz, Juan Leopoldo Vázquez, Edel Casanova, Yudit Abreu (Coach: Miguel Calderón Gómez)

References[]

^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. December 7, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
^ "Cuban national team will participate in men's basketball qualifying tournament". Radio Cadena Agramonte. November 26, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2021.

External links[]

Latinbasket.com - Cuba Men National Team
Cuba Sport - Basketball
FIBA Profile
Cuba Basketball Records at FIBA Archive

Videos[]

Cuba v Venezuela - Game Highlights - Group B - 2015 FIBA Americas Championship Youtube.com video

[FIBA_World_Rankings-1] "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. December 7, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2021.

[2] "Cuban national team will participate in men's basketball qualifying tournament". Radio Cadena Agramonte. November 26, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2021.

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