Brazil women's national basketball team

Brazil
FIBA ranking	7 1
FIBA zone	FIBA Americas
National federation	Brazilian Basketball Federation (CBB)
Coach	Luis Cicchetto
Olympic Games
Appearances	6
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
• 2012: 9th 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
• 2011: 3rd place

Current roster

The following is the Brazil roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Brazil women's national basketball team – 2012 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age - DOB Ht. Club Club nat. 1.0 !PG 4 Moisés Pinto, Adriana 700134000000000000034 - (1978-06-12)June 12, 1978 67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Pallacanestro Faenza Italy ! 2.0 !SG 5 Costa, Karla 700133000000000000033 - (1978-09-25)September 25, 1978 69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Americana Basketball Brazil ! 2.5 !G/F 6 Ferreira, Patrícia 700133000000000000033 - (1979-03-21)March 21, 1979 72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Ourinhos Basquete Brazil ! 1.0 !PG 7 Rodrigues, Joice 700125000000000000025 - (1986-09-09)September 9, 1986 69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Ourinhos Basquete Brazil ! 3.5 !F 9 Nascimento, Franciele 700124000000000000024 - (1987-10-19)October 19, 1987 74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Txingudi Saski Balio Elkartea Spain ! 2.5 !G/F 10 Gustavo, Silvia 700130000000000000030 - (1982-05-14)May 14, 1982 73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Ourinhos Basquete Brazil ! 4.5 !F/C 11 dos Santos, Clarissa 700126000000000000026 - (1985-07-30)July 30, 1985 74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Ourinhos Basquete Brazil ! 4.5 !F/C 12 Dantas do Amaral, Damiris 700119000000000000019 - (1992-11-17)November 17, 1992 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Minnesota Lynx United States ! 5.0 !C 13 Colhado, Nádia 700123000000000000023 - (1989-02-25)February 25, 1989 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Santo André/Semasa Brazil ! 5.0 !C 14 de Souza, Érika 700130000000000000030 - (1982-03-09)March 9, 1982 77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Atlanta Dream United States ! 1.0 !PG 15 Carcavalli, Tássia 700120000000000000020 - (1992-05-31)May 31, 1992 69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Americana Basketball Brazil !	Head coach Luis Cicchetto Assistant coach(es) Cristiano Cedra Maria do Carmo Mardegan Ferreira Legend (C) Team captain Age – describes age on 28 July 2012 Club – describes last club before the tournament nat – country of last club

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C	Érika de Souza	Nádia Colhado
PF	Damiris Dantas	Franciele Nascimento	Clarissa dos Santos
SF	Silvia Gustavo	Patrícia de Oliveira
SG	Izi Castro Marques	Karla Costa
PG	Adrianinha Pinto	Joice de Souza	Tássia Carcavalli

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