Paraguay men's national basketball team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Paraguay women's national basketball team.

Paraguay Paraguay
FIBA ranking85 Decrease 5 (15 August 2024)[1]
Joined FIBA1947
FIBA zoneFIBA Americas
National federationParaguayan Basketball Federation
CoachEduardo Pfleger
Olympic Games
AppearancesNone
FIBA World Cup
Appearances2
MedalsNone
FIBA AmeriCup
Appearances3
MedalsNone
South American Championship
Appearances32
Medals Silver: 1955, 1960
Bronze: 1958

The Paraguay national basketball team is the team governed by the Paraguayan Basketball Federation (Spanish: Confederación Paraguaya de Basquetbol) 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

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Team for the 2016 South American Basketball Championship.[2]

Paraguay men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club
PF 4 Gabriel Peralta 21 – (1995-04-21)21 April 1995 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Deportivo Viedma Argentina
G/F 5 Daniel Pérez 31 – (1984-08-13)13 August 1984 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Club Libertad Paraguay
G 6 Carlos Luis Vallejos 24 – (1992-01-30)30 January 1992 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Club Libertad Paraguay
SF 7 Bruno Zanotti 33 – (1982-09-13)13 September 1982 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Club Libertad Paraguay
SF 8 Edgar Riveros 25 – (1991-04-02)2 April 1991 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Sportivo Obreros de Pilar Paraguay
G/F 9 Federico Mellone 31 – (1985-01-20)20 January 1985 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Cerro Porteño Paraguay
F 10 Ramón Sánchez 24 – (1991-10-01)1 October 1991 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Cerro Porteño Paraguay
F 11 Diego Bareiro 24 – (1991-09-07)7 September 1991 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Club Libertad Paraguay
F 12 José Fabio 38 – (1977-12-31)31 December 1977 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Comunicaciones de Corrientes Argentina
PG 13 Alejandro Peralta 25 – (1991-04-17)17 April 1991 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Deportivo San José Paraguay
F 14 Robertro Latraro 32 – (1983-12-07)7 December 1983 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Club Libertad Paraguay
F 15 Adolfo López 27 – (1989-05-07)7 May 1989 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Club Félix Pérez Cardozo Paraguay
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 26 July 2016

Depth chart

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Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Gabriel Peralta Adolfo López
PF Jose Fabio Federico Mellone Robertro Latraro
SF Bruno Zanotti Ramon Sanchez Diego Bareiro
SG Carlos Luis Vallejos Edgar Riveros
PG Daniel Perez Alejandro Peralta

Notable players

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Other notable players from Paraguay:

Paraguay roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
G Javier Martínez (basketball) 37 – (1978-08-31)31 August 1978 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Regatas Corrientes Argentina

Competitions

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Olympic Games

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  • Never competed

FIBA World Cup

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Year Position Tournament Host
1954 9 1954 FIBA World Championship Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1967 13 1967 FIBA World Championship 4 cities, Uruguay

FIBA AmeriCup

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

Pan American Games

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Results and Fixtures

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2023

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23 June Paraguay  80–70  Barbados Valdivia, Chile
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 21–12, 19–30, 25–12
Pts: Mercado 33
Rebs: López 8
Asts: Martínez 7 		Boxscore Pts: Alexander 20
Rebs: Thomas 9
Asts: Lockhart, Thomas 3 		Arena: Coliseo Municipal Antonio Azurmendy Riveros
Referees: Marcos Benito (BRA), Franco Ronconi (ARG), Gonzalo Salgueiro (URU)
24 June Ecuador  59–66  Paraguay Valdivia, Chile
21:30 Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 7–18, 16–16, 17–11
Pts: Castillo 16
Rebs: Castillo 12
Asts: Guerra 5 		Boxscore Pts: Mercado 19
Rebs: Poisson 13
Asts: Martínez 5 		Arena: Coliseo Municipal Antonio Azurmendy Riveros
Referees: Juan Fernández (ARG), Fernando Leite (BRA), Gonzalo Salgueiro (URU)
25 June Chile  112–47  Paraguay Valdivia, Chile
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 24–10, 30–18, 28–4, 30–15
Pts: Carrasco 18
Rebs: Herrera 6
Asts: Arroyo 6 		Boxscore Pts: Ferreira, Sequera 8
Rebs: Roque 4
Asts: Martínez 5 		Arena: Coliseo Municipal Antonio Azurmendy Riveros
Referees: Marcos Benito (BRA), Fernando Leite (BRA), Gonzalo Salgueiro (URU)

2024

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23 February Brazil  108–43  Paraguay São Paulo, Brazil
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 24–10, 21–8, 30–12, 33–13
Pts: Dos Santos 22
Rebs: Caboclo 9
Asts: Corazza 6 		Boxscore Pts: A. López 9
Rebs: Rivero 5
Asts: Martínez 5 		Arena: Ginásio Poliesportivo Wlamir Marques
Attendance: 6,031
Referees: Johnny Batista (PUR), Carlos Vélez (COL), Franco Ronconi (ARG)
26 February Paraguay  53–108  Brazil Asunción, Paraguay
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 12–25, 13–33, 14–23, 14–27
Pts: Mercado 17
Rebs: Martínez 5
Asts: Martínez 5 		Boxscore Pts: Dias 20
Rebs: Cardoso 7
Asts: Corazza 10 		Arena: SND Arena
Referees: Daniel García (VEN), Kristian Páez (ECU), Franco Anselmo (ARG)
21 November Paraguay  vs.  Panama Paraguay
Boxscore
24 November Paraguay  vs.  Uruguay Paraguay
Boxscore

2025

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21 February Panama  vs.  Paraguay Panama
Boxscore
24 February Uruguay  vs.  Paraguay Uruguay
Boxscore

Head coach position

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Kit

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2013: Itaú[4] 2016: Tigo[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. August 15, 2024. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
  2. ^ "Sudamericano 2016 - Paraguay". FIBA Americas. Archived from the original on April 30, 2018. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
  3. ^ http://lanaranjaenelaire.com.ar/2016/05/26/eduardo-pfleger-es-el-nuevo-entrenador-de-la-seleccion-de-paraguay/
  4. ^ Caracas 2013 Archived July 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, caracas2013.com, Retrieved 20 Dec 2015.
  5. ^ "FIBA Américas visitó al Comité Olímpico Paraguayo y Tigo en el comienzo de su agenda de reuniones en Paraguay |". www.cpb.com.py. Archived from the original on August 22, 2016.
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