Venezuela men's national basketball team

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

FIBA Basketball 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 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup.^[3][4]

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

Donta Smith

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)

See also

• Venezuela national under-19 basketball team
• Venezuela national under-17 basketball team
• Venezuela national 3x3 team
• Venezuela women's national basketball team

References

1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
2. FIBA.com – FIBA – Venezuela and Turkey to host 2012 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments
3. "Los 12: Venezuela presenta a la Selección Nacional que jugará la Copa del Mundo FIBA 2023". venezuela.basketball. 24 August 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
4. "Team roster: Venezuela" (PDF). FIBA. 25 August 2023.

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)
• FIBA profile
• Venezuela Basketball Records at FIBA Archive
• Latinbasket – Venezuela Men National Team

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