Venezuela men's national basketball team
The Venezuela national basketball team is organized and run by the Venezuelan Basketball Federation. They won the 2015 FIBA AmeriCup.
Venezuela qualified for two Summer Olympiads: 1992, and the 2016. Venezuela hosted the 2012 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the country's most prestigious basketball event ever. Later, the country also hosted the 2013 FIBA AmeriCup.
Venezuela has participated in international competitions: International Basketball Federation, Summer Olympic Games, the FIBA World Cup, the South American Championship, the Pan American Games and the Bolivarian Games.
Honours
- FIBA AmeriCup
Achievements
Summer Olympics
FIBA World Cup
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
- 1979 – 5th
- 1985 – 4th
- 1987 –
- 1991 –
- 1993 –
- 1995 – 4th
- 1997 –
- 1999 –
- 2001 –
- 2003 – 4th
- 2004 –
- 2006 – 4th
- 2008 –
- 2010 – 4th
- 2012 –
- 2014 –
- 2016 –
Bolivarian Games
- 2001 –
- 2005 –
- 2009 –
- 2013 –
Team
Current roster
Roster for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.Depth chart
Notable players
Other notable players from Venezuela:Head coach position
- Jesus Cordobés: 1990
- Julio Toro: 1992
- Guillermo Vecchio: 1998
- Bruno D'Adezzio: 1999
- Jim Calvin: 2002
- Néstor Salazar: 2003–2007
- Nelson Solórzano: 2008
- Nestor Salazar: 2009–2010
- Eric Musselman: 2011–2012
- Che García: 2013–2017
- Fernando Duró: 2018–present
Past rosters
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
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
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
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
Videos
- Youtube.com video
- Youtube.com video