Colombia national basketball team
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The Colombia national basketball team are the men's basketball
side that represent Colombia
in international competition and they hosted and played in the 1982 FIBA World Championship
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Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
side that represent Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
in international competition and they hosted and played in the 1982 FIBA World Championship
1982 FIBA World Championship
The 1982 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Colombia from August 15 to 28 , 1982.-Venues:- Competing nations :- Preliminary round :-Group A:-Group B:-Group C:-Classification round:-Final round:...
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Current squad
| Position | Player | Current Club |
|---|---|---|
| Guard | Boss Rousseau |  Memphis GrizzliesMemphis Grizzlies The Memphis Grizzlies are a professional basketball team based in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. The team is part of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association . Along with the Toronto Raptors, the Grizzlies were established in 1995 as part of the NBA's... |
| Guard | Edgar Moreno |  Indios de MayagüezIndios de Mayagüez The Indios de Mayagüez are a baseball team in the Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League . Normally based in Mayagüez, the Indios have won 16 national championships and two Caribbean World Series... |
| Guard | Álvaro Contreras |  Arrieros de Medellín |
| Guard | Andrés Arcila | Arrieros de Medellín |
| Guard | Camilo Londono | Newman University Newman University Newman University is a coeducational Catholic liberal arts university in Wichita, Kansas, United States. The university offers both undergraduate and masters level programs.-History:... |
| Guard | Juan Felipe Montoya | Arrieros de Medellín |
| Guard & Forward | Felipe Barrios |  Cocodrilos de Caracas |
| Guard & Forward | Norbey Aragón | Guaiqueries de Margarita |
| Forward & Center | Enielsen Guevara | Gaiteros de Zulia |
| Forward & Center | Divier Pérez | Arrieros de Medellín |
| Forward & Center | Adinson Mosquera | Lon Morris JC |
| Center | Jorge Canedo | Colby County CC |
Performance at FIBA World Championships
| Year | Position | Tournament | Host |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 7 | 1982 FIBA World Championship 1982 FIBA World Championship The 1982 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Colombia from August 15 to 28 , 1982.-Venues:- Competing nations :- Preliminary round :-Group A:-Group B:-Group C:-Classification round:-Final round:... |
Colombia Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the... |
Performance at the South American Championship for Men
| Year | Position | Tournament Tournament A tournament is a competition involving a relatively large number of competitors, all participating in a sport or game. More specifically, the term may be used in either of two overlapping senses:... |
Host |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 6th place | 1945 South American Championship for Men South American Basketball Championship 1945 The South American Basketball Championship 1945 was the twelfth South American Basketball Championship. It was held in Guayaquil, Ecuador and won by the Brazil national basketball team. Six teams competed, including Colombia in their first appearance... |
Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| 1953 | 7th place | 1953 South American Championship for Men South American Basketball Championship 1953 The South American Basketball Championship 1953 was the fifteenth South American Basketball Championship, and the first to follow the first World Championship in 1950. It was held in Montevideo, Uruguay and won by the host Uruguay national basketball team... |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 1958 | 6th place | 1958 South American Championship for Men | Santiago, Chile Santiago, Chile Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level... |
| 1960 | 6th place | 1960 South American Championship for Men | Córdoba, Argentina Córdoba, Argentina Córdoba is a city located near the geographical center of Argentina, in the foothills of the Sierras Chicas on the Suquía River, about northwest of Buenos Aires. It is the capital of Córdoba Province. Córdoba is the second-largest city in Argentina after the federal capital Buenos Aires, with... |
| 1963 | 8th place | 1963 South American Championship for Men | Lima, Peru |
| 1966 | 7th place | 1966 South American Championship for Men | Mendoza, Argentina Mendoza, Argentina Mendoza is the capital city of Mendoza Province, in Argentina. It is located in the northern-central part of the province, in a region of foothills and high plains, on the eastern side of the Andes. As of the , Mendoza's population was 110,993... |
| 1968 | 7th place | 1968 South American Championship for Men | Asunción, Paraguay |
| 1969 | 6th place | 1969 South American Championship for Men | Montevideo, Uruguay |
| 1971 | 5th place | 1971 South American Championship for Men | Montevideo, Uruguay |
| 1973 | 6th place | 1973 South American Championship for Men | Bogotá, Colombia |
| 1976 | 5th place | 1976 South American Championship for Men | Medellín, Colombia |
| 1977 | 7th place | 1977 South American Championship for Men | Valdivia, Chile Valdivia, Chile Valdivia is a city and commune in southern Chile administered by the Municipality of Valdivia. The city is named after its founder Pedro de Valdivia and is located at the confluence of the Calle-Calle, Valdivia and Cau-Cau Rivers, approximately east of the coastal towns of Corral and Niebla... |
| 1983 | 6th place | 1983 South American Championship for Men | São José dos Campos, Brasil |
| 1985 | 5th place | 1985 South American Championship for Men | Medellín, Colombia |
| 1989 | 7th place | 1989 South American Championship for Men | Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| 1991 | 5th place | 1991 South American Championship for Men | Valencia, Venezuela Valencia, Venezuela Valencia is the capital city of Carabobo State, and the third largest city of Venezuela.The city is an economic hub that contains Venezuela's top industries and manufacturing companies. The population of Valencia reached some 1.5 million in the year 2003, and it is expected to grow dramatically... |
| 1997 | 5th place | 1997 South American Championship for Men | Maracaibo, Venezuela |
| 1999 | 9th place | 1999 South American Championship for Men | Bahía Blanca, Argentina |
| 2001 | 7th place | 2001 South American Championship for Men | Valdivia, Chile Valdivia, Chile Valdivia is a city and commune in southern Chile administered by the Municipality of Valdivia. The city is named after its founder Pedro de Valdivia and is located at the confluence of the Calle-Calle, Valdivia and Cau-Cau Rivers, approximately east of the coastal towns of Corral and Niebla... |
| 2006 | 5th place | 2006 South American Championship for Men | Caracas, Venezuela |
| 2008 | 5th place | 2008 South American Championship for Men | Puerto Montt Puerto Montt Puerto Montt is a port city and commune in southern Chile, located at the northern end of the Reloncaví Sound in the Llanquihue Province, Los Lagos Region. The commune spans an area of and had a population of 175,938 in 2002. It is located 1,055 km to the south of the capital, Santiago... , Chile Chile Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far... |
| 2010 | 6th place | 2010 South American Championship for Men South American Basketball Championship 2010 The 2010 South American Basketball Championship was the 44th edition of the South American Basketball Championship. Eight teams featured the competition, held in Neiva, Colombia from 26 to July 31 in the Coliseo Álvaro Sánchez Silva. Argentina was the defending champion, but lost in the final to... |
Neiva, Colombia |
Pan American Games
- 1951Basketball at the 1951 Pan American GamesThe Men's Basketball Tournament at the 1951 Pan American Games was held in the Luna Park Arena from February 28 to March 8, 1951 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.-Final ranking:-References:**...
: 10th - 1967Basketball at the 1967 Pan American GamesThe Men's Basketball Tournament at the 1967 Pan American Games was held from July 24 to August 2, 1967 in Winnipeg, Canada.-Participating nations:-Final ranking:-References:**...
: 10th - 1971Basketball at the 1971 Pan American GamesThe Men's Basketball Tournament at the 1971 Pan American Games was held from July 31 to August 12, 1971 in Cali, Colombia.-Participating nations:-Preliminary round:...
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