Brazil women's national basketball team

Brazil Brasil
FIBA ranking	4th
FIBA zone	FIBA Americas
National federation	Brazilian Basketball Federation (CBB)
Coach	Ênio Vecchi
Olympic Games
Appearances	5
Medals	Silver: 1996 Bronze: 2000
World Championships for Women
Appearances	15
Medals	Gold: 1994 Bronze: 1971
Americas Championship
Appearances	8
Medals	Gold: 1997, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2011 Silver: 1989, 1993, 1999, 2005 Bronze: 2007
Uniforms
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Brazil women's national basketball team is the official women's basketball team for Brazil. They won the 1994 FIBA World Championship for Women in Australia.

Achievements

Olympic Games

• 1992: 7th place
• 1996: 2nd place
• 2000: 3rd place
• 2004: 4th place
• 2008: 11th place

FIBA World championship

• 1953: 4th place
• 1957: 4th place
• 1964: 5th place
• 1967: 8th place
• 1971: 3rd place
• 1975: 6th place
• 1979: 12th place
• 1983: 5th place
• 1986: 11th place
• 1990: 10th place
• 1994: 1st place
• 1998: 4th place
• 2002: 7th place
• 2006: 4th place
• 2010: 9th place

FIBA Americas championship

• 1989: 2nd place
• 1993: 2nd place
• 1995: did not compete
• 1997: 1st place
• 1999: 2nd place
• 2001: 1st place
• 2003: 1st place
• 2005: 2nd place
• 2007: 3rd place
• 2009: 1st place
• 2011: 1st place

Pan American Games

• 1955: 3rd place
• 1959: 2nd place
• 1963: 2nd place
• 1967: 1st place
• 1971: 1st place
• 1975: 4th place
• 1979: 4th place
• 1983: 3rd place
• 1987: 2nd place
• 1991: 1st place
• 1995: no competition
• 1999: 4th place
• 2003: 3rd place
• 2007: 2nd place

Current team

Brazil Women's National Basketball Team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age - DOB Ht. Club Club nat. 1.0 !PG 4 Moisés Pinto, Adriana &1000000000000003300000033 - June 12, 1978(1978-06-12) 67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Pallacanestro Faenza Italy ! 2.0 !SG 5 Marçal, Palmira &1000000000000002700000027 - May 20, 1984(1984-05-20) 68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Catanduva Basket Clube Brazil ! 2.5 !G/F 6 de Oliveira Ferreira, Patrícia &1000000000000003200000032 - March 21, 1979(1979-03-21) 72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Ourinhos Basquete Brazil ! 3.0 !SF 7 Martins Jacintho, Micaela &1000000000000003200000032 - June 12, 1979(1979-06-12) 71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Santo André/Semasa Brazil ! 1.0 !PG 8 Generoso Honório, Bárbara &1000000000000002600000026 - July 30, 1985(1985-07-30) 71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Americana Basket Brazil ! 3.5 !F 9 Nascimento, Franciele Aparecida &1000000000000002300000023 - October 19, 1987(1987-10-19) 74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Txingudi SBE Spain ! 2.5 !G/F 10 Gustavo Rocha, Silvia Cristina &1000000000000002900000029 - May 14, 1982(1982-05-14) 73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Ourinhos Basquete Brazil ! 3.5 !F 11 dos Santos, Clarissa &1000000000000002600000026 - July 30, 1985(1985-07-30) 74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Ourinhos Basquete Brazil ! 4.5 !F/C 12 Dantas, Damiris &1000000000000001800000018 - November 17, 1992(1992-11-17) 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) AAB Jundiaí Brazil ! 5.0 !C 13 Gomes Colhado, Nádia &1000000000000002200000022 - February 25, 1989(1989-02-25) 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Santo André/Semasa Brazil ! 5.0 !C 14 de Souza, Érika &1000000000000002900000029 - March 9, 1982(1982-03-09) 77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Atlanta Dream United States ! 4.5 !F/C 15 Justino, Gilmara &1000000000000003000000030 - March 13, 1981(1981-03-13) 73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Catanduva Basket Clube Brazil !	Head coach Enio Vecchi Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain nat field describes country of last club before the tournament Age field is age on September 24 , 2011

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C	Érika de Souza	Nádia Colhado	Gilmara Justino
PF	Damiris Dantas	Franciele Nascimento	Clarissa dos Santos
SF	Micaela Jacintho	Silvia Gustavo
SG	Patrícia de Oliveira	Palmira Marçal
PG	Adrianinha Pinto	Bárbara Generoso

Notable players

• Hortência Marcari
• Maria Paula Silva
• Janeth Arcain
• Silvinha
• Leila Sobral
• Marta Sobral
• Alessandra Oliveira
• Helen Luz*

External links

• (Portuguese) Brazilian Confederation of Basketball
• The FIBA Association Homepage