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Paraguay Paraguay
FIBA ranking46 Decrease 1
Joined FIBA1947
FIBA zoneFIBA Americas
National federationParaguayan Basketball Federation
CoachAriel Rearte
Olympic Games
AppearancesNone
FIBA World Cup
Appearances2
MedalsNone
Americas Championship
Appearances3
MedalsNone

The Paraguay national basketball team is the team governed by the Paraguayan Basketball Federation (Template:Lang-es) that represents Paraguay in the men's international basketball competitions organized by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

The best achievements by the Paraguay men's national basketball team are the two second-places finishes in the FIBA South America Basketball Championship, in 1955 and 1960.

Roster

Team for the 2014 South American Basketball Championship.[1]

Template:FIBA roster header1 |- | style="text-align:center;" | F | style="text-align:center;" | 4 | style="text-align:left;" | Diego Bareiro | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 22 – (1991-09-07)7 September 1991 | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;" | Club Libertad | style="text-align:center;" | Paraguay |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | G/F | style="text-align:center;" | 5 | style="text-align:left;" | Daniel Pérez | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 29 – (1984-08-13)13 August 1984 | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;" | Club Libertad | style="text-align:center;" | Paraguay |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | PG | style="text-align:center;" | 6 | style="text-align:left;" | Manuel Aponte | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 22 – (1992-04-25)25 April 1992 | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;" | Cerro Porteño | style="text-align:center;" | Paraguay |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | SF | style="text-align:center;" | 7 | style="text-align:left;" | Bruno Zanotti | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 31 – (1982-09-13)13 September 1982 | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;" | Libertad de Sunchales | style="text-align:center;" | Argentina |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | F | style="text-align:center;" | 8 | style="text-align:left;" | Ramón Sánchez | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 22 – (1991-10-01)1 October 1991 | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;" | Cerro Porteño | style="text-align:center;" | Paraguay |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | G/F | style="text-align:center;" | 9 | style="text-align:left;" | Federico Mellone | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 29 – (1985-01-20)20 January 1985 | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;" | Cerro Porteño | style="text-align:center;" | Paraguay |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | G | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | style="text-align:left;" | Carlos Luis Vallejos | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 22 – (1992-01-30)30 January 1992 | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;" | Club Libertad | style="text-align:center;" | Paraguay |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | C | style="text-align:center;" | 11 | style="text-align:left;" | Guillermo Araújo | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 31 – (1982-09-20)20 September 1982 | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) | style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;" | Capitanes de Arecibo | style="text-align:center;" | Puerto Rico |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | F | style="text-align:center;" | 12 | style="text-align:left;" | José Fabio | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 36 – (1977-12-31)31 December 1977 | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;" | Obera TC | style="text-align:center;" | Argentina |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | F/C | style="text-align:center;" | 13 | style="text-align:left;" | Edison Ortíz | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 32 – (1982-03-25)25 March 1982 | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;" | Club Libertad | style="text-align:center;" | Paraguay |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | F/C | style="text-align:center;" | 14 | style="text-align:left;" | Nelson Peralta | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 25 – (1988-10-15)15 October 1988 | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;" | Cerro Porteño | style="text-align:center;" | Paraguay |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | F | style="text-align:center;" | 15 | style="text-align:left;" | Adolfo López | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 25 – (1989-05-07)7 May 1989 | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) | style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;" | Club Sol de América | style="text-align:center;" | Paraguay |-

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Head coach
Assistant coach
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 23 July 2014

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Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Guillermo Araujo Edison Ortiz
PF Jose Fabio Alejandro Peralta Adolfo Lopez
SF Bruno Zanotti Diego Bareiro Nelson Peralta
SG Federico Mellone Ramon Sanchez
PG Daniel Perez Carlos Luis Vallejos Manuel Aponte

Notable players

Other notable players from Paraguay: Template:FIBA roster header1 |- | style="text-align:center;" | G | style="text-align:center;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Javier Martínez (basketball) | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 37 – (1978-08-31)31 August 1978 | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;" | Regatas Corrientes | style="text-align:center;" | Argentina |-

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Competitions

Olympic Games

  • Never competed

FIBA World championship

Year Position Tournament Host
1954 10 1954 FIBA World Championship Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1967 9 1967 FIBA World Championship 4 cities, Uruguay
2019 To be determined 2019 FIBA World Championship 8 cities, China

FIBA Americas Championship

Year Position Tournament Host
1989 10 1989 Tournament of the Americas Mexico City, Mexico
2011 9 2011 FIBA Americas Championship Mar del Plata, Argentina
2013 10 2013 FIBA Americas Championship Caracas, Venezuela
2017 To be determined 2017 FIBA Americas Championship To be determined

Pan American Games

Results and Fixtures

Recent and forthcoming matches

Matches 2011. All matches are in local time.

August 30, 2011
18:00
Paraguay  52–84  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 8–27, 15–18, 17–24, 12–15
August 31, 2011
14:00
Puerto Rico  101–55  Paraguay
Scoring by quarter: 15–10, 30–20, 30–12, 26–13
September 1, 2011
11:30
Paraguay  86–89  Panama
Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 25–17, 11–30, 31–19
September 3, 2011
14:00
Uruguay  79–66  Paraguay
Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 20–18, 21–9, 17–19

Head coach position

Kit

2013: Itaú [2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Obradovic, Igor (July 24, 2014). "Paraguayan Men National Team 2014". Sports I.T. Latin Basket. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
  2. ^ Caracas 2013, caracas2013.com, Retrieved 20 Dec 2015.
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