Venezuela men's national basketball team

Venezuela
FIBA ranking	17 (7 December 2021)
Joined FIBA	1938
FIBA zone	FIBA Americas
National federation	Venezuelan Basketball Federation
Coach
Nickname(s)	La Vinotinto de las alturas
Olympic Games
Appearances	2
Medals	None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	4
Medals	None
FIBA AmeriCup
Appearances	16
Medals	Gold: (2015); Silver: (1992); Bronze: (2005)
Home	Away

The Venezuela national basketball team is organized and run by the Venezuelan Basketball Federation (FVB). (Spanish: Federación Venezolana de Baloncesto) They won the 2015 FIBA AmeriCup.

Venezuela qualified for two Summer Olympiads: 1992, and then 2016. Venezuela hosted the 2012 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the country's most prestigious basketball event ever.^[2] Later, the country also hosted the 2013 FIBA AmeriCup.

Venezuela has participated in international competitions: International Basketball Federation (FIBA), Summer Olympic Games, the FIBA World Cup, the South American Championship, the Pan American Games and the Bolivarian Games.

Honours[]

FIBA AmeriCup

Winners: 2015

Achievements[]

Summer Olympics[]

Year	Position	Tournament	Host
1992	11	1992 Summer Olympics	Barcelona, Spain
2016	10	2016 Summer Olympics	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

FIBA World Cup[]

Year	Position	Tournament	Host
1990	11	1990 FIBA World Championship	Argentina
2002	14	2002 FIBA World Championship	Indianapolis, United States
2006	23	2006 FIBA World Championship	Japan
2019	14	2019 FIBA World Cup	China
2023	TBA	2023 FIBA World Cup	Philippines, Japan and Indonesia

FIBA AmeriCup[]

Year	Position	Tournament	Host
1988	7	1988 Tournament of the Americas	Montevideo, Uruguay
1989	4	1989 Tournament of the Americas	Mexico City, Mexico
1992		1992 Tournament of the Americas	Portland, United States
1993	6	1993 Tournament of the Americas	San Juan, Puerto Rico
1995	9	1995 Tournament of the Americas	Tucumán, Argentina
1997	7	1997 FIBA Americas Championship	Montevideo, Uruguay
1999	5	1999 FIBA Americas Championship	San Juan, Puerto Rico
2001	5	2001 FIBA Americas Championship	Neuquén, Argentina
2003	5	2003 FIBA Americas Championship	San Juan, Puerto Rico
2005		2005 FIBA Americas Championship	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2007	8	2007 FIBA Americas Championship	Las Vegas, United States
2009	9	2009 FIBA Americas Championship	San Juan, Puerto Rico
2011	5	2011 FIBA Americas Championship	Mar del Plata, Argentina
2013	5	2013 FIBA Americas Championship	Caracas, Venezuela
2015		2015 FIBA Americas Championship	Mexico City, Mexico
2017	9	2017 FIBA AmeriCup	four cities in Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay
2021	Qualified	2021 FIBA AmeriCup

Pan American Games[]

1955 – 6th
1975 – 8th
1983 – 8th
1987 – 8th
1991 – 10th
2015 – 7th
2019 – 5th

FIBA South American Championship[]

1961 – 8th
– 5th
– 4th
–
–
–
– 4th
–
–
–
– 4th
–
– 4th
2008 –
2010 – 4th
2012 –
2014 –
2016 –

Bolivarian Games[]

–
–
–
2013 –

Team[]

Current roster[]

Roster for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.^[3]

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
PG	5	Gregory Vargas	33 – (1986-02-18)18 February 1986	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Maccabi Haifa
SG	7	Jhornan Zamora	30 – (1989-01-30)30 January 1989	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	Évreux
SG	9	Pedro Chourio	29 – (1990-03-13)13 March 1990	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Trotamundos
SF	10	José Vargas	37 – (1982-01-23)23 January 1982	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	Guaros de Lara
PF	11	Luis Bethelmy	32 – (1986-10-14)14 October 1986	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	Guaros de Lara
F	13	Anthony Pérez	25 – (1993-09-29)29 September 1993	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	Trotamundos
PF	14	Miguel Ruiz	28 – (1990-12-20)20 December 1990	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	Trotamundos de Carabobo
C	15	Windi Graterol	32 – (1986-09-10)10 September 1986	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	Boca Juniors
PG	19	Heissler Guillent	32 – (1986-12-17)17 December 1986	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Guaros de Lara
SF	21	Dwight Lewis	31 – (1987-10-07)7 October 1987	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Gimnasia Comodoro
PF	23	Michael Carrera	26 – (1993-01-07)7 January 1993	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	Trotamundos de Carabobo
PF	43	Néstor Colmenares	31 – (1987-09-05)5 September 1987	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	Guaros de Lara

Head coach

Assistant coach(es)

Nelson Solórzano

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 31 August 2019

Depth chart[]

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Miguel Ruiz	Windi Graterol
PF	Nestor Colmenares
SF	Dwight Lewis	Jose Vargas	Anthony Perez
SG	Jhornan Zamora	Pedro Chourio
PG	Heissler Guillent	Gregory Vargas

Notable players[]

Other notable players from Venezuela:

Venezuela roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
SF		Donta Smith	33 – (1983-11-27)27 November 1983	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Elan Bearnais
G		Greivis Vásquez	30 – (1987-01-16)16 January 1987	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Free agent

Legend

Club – describes current club
Age – describes age
on 11 July 2017

Head coach position[]

: 1990
Julio Toro: 1992
Guillermo Vecchio: 1998
: 1999
: 2002
: 2003–2007
Nelson Solórzano: 2008
Nestor Salazar: 2009–2010
Eric Musselman: 2011–2012
Che García: 2013–2017
: 2018–present

Past rosters[]

Donta Smith

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1990 World Championship: finished 11th among 16 teams

4 David Díaz, 5 Cesar Portillo, 6 Armando Becker, 7 Nelson Solorzano, 8 Rostin González, 9 Luis Jiménez, 10 Sam Shepherd, 11 Carl Herrera, 12 José Echenique, 13 Gabriel Estaba, 14 Iván Olivares, 15 Alexander Nelcha (Coach: Jesus Cordobés)

1992 Olympic Games: finished 11th among 12 teams

4 Víctor Díaz, 5 David Diaz, 6 Melquiades Jaramillo, 7 Nelson Solorzano, 8 Rostin González, 9 Luis Jiménez, 10 Sam Shepherd, 11 Carl Herrera, 12 Omar Walcott, 13 Gabriel Estaba, 14 Iván Olivares, 15 Alexander Nelcha (Coach: Julio Toro)

2002 World Championship: finished 14th among 16 teams

4 Víctor Díaz, 5 Pablo Ezequiel Machado, 6 Yumerving Ernesto Mijares, 7 Richard Lugo, 8 Alejandro "Alex" Quiroz, 9 Óscar Torres, 10 Diego Guevara, 11 Carl Herrera, 12 Héctor "Pepito" Romero, 13 Vladimir Heredia, 14 Tomas Aguilera, 15 Carlos Morris (Coach: Jim Calvin)

2006 World Championship: finished 21st among 24 teams

4 Víctor Díaz, 5 Pablo Machado, 6 Yumerving Ernesto Mijares, 7 Richard Lugo, 8 Tomás Aguilera, 9 Óscar Torres, 10 Carlos Alberto Cedeno, 11 Miguel Marriaga, 12 Gregory Vallenilla, 13 Manuel Alejandro Barrios, 14 Heberth Alberto Bayona, 15 Carlos Morris (Coach: Néstor Salazar)

References[]

^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 7 December 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
^ FIBA.com – FIBA – Venezuela and Turkey to host 2012 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments
^ 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup roster

External links[]

Videos[]

Venezuela v Brazil – Game Highlights – Gold-Medal Match – 2016 FIBA South American Championship Youtube.com video
Venezuela v Argentina – Gold Medal Game Highlights – 2015 FIBA Americas Championship Youtube.com video

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

[2] FIBA.com – FIBA – Venezuela and Turkey to host 2012 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments

[3] 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup roster

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