Mexico national basketball team

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Mexico

FIBA ranking

33^rd

FIBA zone

FIBA Americas

National federation

Mexican Basketball Federation

Coach

Silvio José Santander

Olympic Games

Appearances

Medals

Bronze

: 1936

World Championships

Appearances

Medals

None

FIBA Americas Championship

Appearances

Unknown

Medals

None

Uniforms



Light



Dark

The Mexico national basketball team is the side that represents Mexico in men's international basketball competitions. Mexico has not qualified for the Olympic games since the 1976 games in Montreal.

1 Current Roster
2 FIBA World Championships
3 Olympic games
4 Pan Am Games
5 Centrobasket - Central American Championships
6 COCABA Centro America Championships
7 Rosters
8 References

[edit] Current Roster

The current roster of the Mexican national team at the 2007 FIBA Americas Championship^[1].

Pos.	No.	Player	Place of birth (Club)
G	9	Romel Beck	Sonora (Gatos de Monagas)
	12	Héctor Hernández	Chihuahua
C	7	Horacio Llamas	Mazatlan
F	10	Victor Mariscal	San Luís Potosí
	5	Pedro Meza	Culiacan
C	4	Adam Parada	California
G	6	Anthony Pedroza	Arizona
G	11	Omar Quintero	Nogales
	8	Arim Solares	Mexico City
G	13	Enrique Zuñiga	Guadalajara
	14	Gustavo Ayon	Tepic
C	15	Victor Ávila	Sinaloa

[edit] FIBA World Championships

1959: 13th place
1963: 9th place
1967: 8th place
1974: 9th place

[edit] Olympic games

1936: Bronze medal
1948: 4th place
1952: 9th place
1960: 12th place
1964: 12th place
1968: 5th place
1976: 10th place

[edit] Pan Am Games

1967: Silver medal (Mexico finished second only to Team USA.)^[2]
1983: Bronze medal (This competition was memorable for Mexico taking a 20-4 lead against a Team USA squadron that featured Michael Jordan, Chris Mullin, Sam Perkins, Michael Cage, Ed Pinckney, Mark Price, and Wayman Tisdale. Team USA later came back for a 9 point win: 78-65. Team USA won the Gold and Brazil won the Silver.)^[3]
1991: Silver medal (Mexico finished ahead of a Team USA squadron that featured Grant Hill, Christian Laettner, Thomas Hill, Walt Williams, Clarence Weatherspoon, Tracey Murray, Jimmy Jackson, Terry Dehere, Adam Keefe, Eric Montross, and Tony Bennett. Puerto Rico won the Gold, Mexico won the Silver, and Team USA won the Bronze medal.)^[4]

[edit] Centrobasket - Central American Championships

2003 Bronze Medal ^[5]

[edit] COCABA Centro America Championships

2006: Champions^[6]
2007: Champions^[7]

[edit] Rosters

1936 Olympic Games: finished 3rd among 21 teams (Bronze Medal Team)

Jesus Olmos, Alfonso Rojo, Carlos Borja, Silvio Hernandez, Rodolfo Choperena, Jose Pamplona, Andres Gomez, Greer Skousen, Raul Fernandez, Victor Borja, Luis Ignacio de la Vega, Francisco Martinez

1948 Olympic Games: finished 4th among 23 teams

Hector Guerrero, Jose de la Cruz Cabrera, Jorge Cardiel, Emilio Lopez, Ignacio Romo, Rodolfo Diaz, Angel Acuna, Isaac Alfaro, Jose Rojas Herrera, Jorge Gudino, Francisco Galindo, Alberto Bienvenu, Josue Neri, Fernando Rojas Herrera

1952 Olympic Games: finished 9th among 23 teams

Hector Guerrero, Jose de la Cruz Cabrera, Jorge Cardiel, Jose Rojas Herera, Carlos Jose Bru Villarreal, Emilio Lopez, Jose Pioquinto Soto Villanueva, Fernando Rojas Herrera, Sergio Olguin Fierro, Ruben Almanza Garcia, Rolando Rubalcava Pena, Jose Meneses Luna, Filiberto Manzo Hernandez

1959 World Championship: finished 13th among 13 teams

Hector Aizpuro, Edmundo Marquez, Arturo Escalera, Felipe Manzo, Armando Herrera, Daniel Cuevas, Ignacio Chavira, Jaime Rodriguez, Jose Maria Lozano, Hugo Orozco, Jorge Renteria, Carlos Quintanar (Coach: Agustin Garcia)

1960 Olympic Games: finished 12th among 16 teams

Guillermo "Billy" Wagner, Hector Aizpuro, Armando Herrera, Gayle "Chato" Bluth, Jose Maria Lozano, Ignacio Chavira, Carlos Quintanar, Urbano Zea, Eulalio Avila, Cesar Herrera, Guillermo Torres, Alberto Almanza (Coach: Enrique "Kiki" Romero)

1963 World Championship: finished 9th among 13 teams

Manuel Raga, Carlos Vega, Guillermo Torres, Ricardo Pontvianne, Urbano Zea, Humberto Camero, Carlos Quintanar, Luis Enrique Grajeda, Mario Pena, Rafael Heredia, Jaime Castillo, Ruben Izaguirre (Coach: Pedro Barba Ramos)

1964 Olympic Games: finished 12th among 16 teams

Manuel Raga, Luis Enrique Grajeda, Ricardo Pontvianne, Mario Pena, Armando Herrera, Eulalio Avila, Carlos Quintanar, Alberto Almanza, Rafael Heredia, Miguel Arellano (Coach: Agustin Garcia Arreola)

1967 World Championship: finished 8th among 13 teams

Manuel Raga, Arturo Guerrero, Ricardo Pontvianne, Rafael Heredia, Eulalio Avila, Raul Palma, Antonio Ayala, Alejandro Guzman, Miguel Arellano, Fernando Tiscareno, Carlos Quintanar, Ricardo Monreal (Coach: Lester Lane)

1968 Olympic Games: finished 5th among 16 teams

Manuel Raga, Arturo Guerrero, Ricardo Pontvianne, Luis Enrique Grajeda, Rafael Heredia, Antonio Ayala, Alejandro Guzman, John Hatch, Carlos Quintanar, Miguel Arellano, Oscar Asiain, Fernando Tiscareno (Coach: Lester Lane)

1974 World Championship: finished 9th among 14 teams

Manuel Raga, Ricardo Pontvianne, Arturo Guerrero, Raul Palma, Antonio Ayala, Jesus Garcia, Ricardo Monreal, Guillermo Marquez, Jesus Alvarado, Manuel Saenz, Gustavo Hernandez, Oscar Asiain (Coach: Pedro Barba Ramos)

1976 Olympic Games: finished 10th among 12 teams

Manuel Raga, Arturo Guerrero, Antonio Ayala, Manuel Saenz, Jesus Garcia, Samuel Campis, Hector Rodriguez, Gabriel Nava, Ruben Alcala, Jorge Flores, Rafael Palomar, Anastasio Reyes (Coach: Carlos Jose Bru)

[edit] References

International basketball

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Africa: FIBA Africa – Africa Championship Americas: FIBA Americas – Americas Championship Asia: FIBA Asia – Asian Championship Europe: FIBA Europe – EuroBasket Oceania: FIBA Oceania – Oceania Championship