BRAZIL NATIONAL BASKETBALL TEAM

'Brazil national basketball team' represents Brazil in FIBA's basketball competitions. It is one of the most successful team of the Americas.

Contents

Men's team

Women's team

External links

Men's team

First drafted in 1922, the men's team has won two World Championships (1959 and 1963), three bronze Olympic medals (in 1948, 1960 and 1964), three Americas Championships (1984, 1988 and 2005) and five Pan American Games (1971, 1987, 1999, 2003 and 2007).
The roster for the Brazilian national basketball team at the 2007 Americas Championship (all club teams Brazilian unless noted otherwise):

★ Leandro Barbosa, Phoenix Suns (USA)

★ J.P. Batista, Lietuvos Rytas (LTU)

★ Alex Garcia, Universo

★ Guilherme Giovannoni, VidiVici Bologna (ITA)

★ Marcelo "Marcelinho" Huertas, Iurbentia Bilbao (ESP)

★ Marcelo "Marcelinho" Machado, Unitri Uberlândia

★ Nenê (formerly Maybyner Hilario) Denver Nuggets (USA)

★ Murilo da Rosa, Franca Basquete São Paulo

★ Wellington "Nezinho" dos Santos, Universo

★ Valter da Silva, Paulistano/DIX AMICO

★ Marcus Vinicius de Souza, New Orleans Hornets (USA)

★ Tiago Splitter, TAU Cerámica (ESP)
== Olympic Games record ==

★ 1936: 9th

★ 1948: '3rd'

★ 1952: 6th

★ 1956: 6th

★ 1960: '3rd'

★ 1964: '3rd'

★ 1968: 4th

★ 1972: 7th

★ 1980: 5th

★ 1984: 9th

★ 1988: 5th

★ 1992: 5th

★ 1996: 6th
== FIBA World Championship record ==

★ 1950 FIBA World Championship: 4th

★ 1954 FIBA World Championship: '2nd'

★ '1959 FIBA World Championship: 1st'

★ '1963 FIBA World Championship: 1st'

★ 1967 FIBA World Championship: '3rd'

★ 1970 FIBA World Championship: '2nd'

★ 1974 FIBA World Championship: 6th

★ 1978 FIBA World Championship: '3th'

★ 1982 FIBA World Championship: 8th

★ 1986 FIBA World Championship: 4th

★ 1990 FIBA World Championship: 5th

★ 1994 FIBA World Championship: 11th

★ 1998 FIBA World Championship: 10th

★ 2002 FIBA World Championship: 8th

★ 2006 FIBA World Championship: 19th

Women's team

The women's team had its most successful run during the late 1980s and the 1990s, with athletes like Hortência, Paula and Janeth Arcain. The team won the 1994 World Championship, and has appeared in only four Olympic Games, with a Silver medal in 1996, a Bronze in 2000, a 4th place in 2004 and a 9th place in 1992.

External links

★ Brazilian Confederation of Basketball

★ The FIBA Association Homepage