Mexico
FIBA Ranking	30th
Joined FIBA	1936
FIBA Zone	FIBA Americas
National Federation	Mexican Basketball Federation
Coach	Arturo Guerrero
Olympic Games
Appearances	7
Medals	Bronze : 1936
World Championships
Appearances	4
Medals	None
FIBA Americas Championship
Appearances	11
Medals	None
Uniforms
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The Mexico national basketball team is the side that represents Mexico in men's international basketball competitions.

Contents 1 Current Team 2 Olympic games 3 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 4 FIBA World Championships 5 Pan American Games 6 Centrobasket - Central American Championships 7 Centrobasket U17 Championship 8 FIBA COCABA Championship for men 9 William Jones Cup 10 Olympic Team Rosters 11 References

[edit] Current Team

This is the current roster that will represent Mexico in the 2009 FIBA Americas Championship in Puerto Rico August 26 - September 6.

• Karim Malpica (190-G-78)
• Jesus Lopez (205-F-83, college: Southwest Baptist University)
• Anthony Pedroza (191-G-79, college: University of Oregon)
• Horacio Llamas (212-C-73, college: Grand Canyon University)
• Adam Parada (213-C-81), college: UC Irvine)
• Romel Beck (203-G/F-82, college: UNLV)
• Miguel Ayala (198-F/G-82, college: UTEP)
• Omar Quintero (183-G-81, college: Southern Nazarene University)
• Noe Alonzo (200-F-83, college: Grand Canyon University)
• Enrique Zuñiga (193-G-76, college: Grand Canyon University)
• Gustavo Ayon (209-F/C-85, college: San Jose State University)
• Lorenzo Mata-Real (205-C-86, college: UCLA)

[edit] Olympic games

• 1936: Bronze medal
• 1948: 4th place
• 1952: 9th place
• 1960: 12th place
• 1964: 12th place
• 1968: 5th place
• 1976: 10th place

[edit] FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament

• 1964: Gold Medal
• 1976: Bronze medal

[edit] FIBA World Championships

• 1959: 13th place
• 1963: 9th place
• 1967: 8th place
• 1974: 9th place

[edit] Pan American Games

• 1951: 8th place
• 1955: 4th place
• 1959: 4th place
• 1963: 7th place
• 1967: Silver medal (Mexico finished second only to Team USA.)^[1]
• 1971: 4th place
• 1975: 4th place
• 1979: 8th place
• 1983: Bronze medal (This competition was memorable for Mexico taking a 20-4 lead against a Team USA squadron that featured Michael Jordan, Chris Mullin, Sam Perkins, Michael Cage, Ed Pinckney, Mark Price, and Wayman Tisdale. Team USA later came back for a 9 point win: 78-65. Team USA won the Gold and Brazil won the Silver.)^[2]
• 1987: 4th place
• 1991: Silver medal (Mexico finished ahead of a Team USA squadron that featured Grant Hill, Christian Laettner, Thomas Hill, Walt Williams, Clarence Weatherspoon, Tracey Murray, Jimmy Jackson, Terry Dehere, Adam Keefe, Eric Montross, and Tony Bennett. Puerto Rico won the Gold, Mexico won the Silver, and Team USA won the Bronze medal.)^[3]
• 1995: 5th place
• 1999: Did not participate
• 2003: 5th place
• 2007: Did not participate

[edit] Centrobasket - Central American Championships

• 1965 Gold Medal
• 1967 4th place
• 1975 Gold Medal
• 1987 Bronze Medal
• 1989 4th place
• 1991 Silver Medal
• 1997 4th place
• 2001 Silver Medal
• 2003 Bronze Medal ^[4]
• 2004 4th place
• 2006 4th place
• 2008 5th place

[edit] Centrobasket U17 Championship

• 2009 Silver medal

[edit] FIBA COCABA Championship for men

• 2006: Champions ^[5]
• 2007: Champions ^[6]
• 2009: Champions ^[7]

[edit] William Jones Cup

• 1990: Champions

[edit] Olympic Team Rosters

1936 Olympic Games: finished 3rd among 21 teams (Bronze Medal Team)

Jesus Olmos, Alfonso Rojo, Carlos Borja, Silvio Hernandez, Rodolfo Choperena, Jose Pamplona, Andres Gomez, Greer Skousen, Raul Fernandez, Victor Borja, Luis Ignacio de la Vega, Francisco Martinez

1948 Olympic Games: finished 4th among 23 teams

Hector Guerrero, Jose de la Cruz Cabrera, Jorge Cardiel, Emilio Lopez, Ignacio Romo, Rodolfo Diaz, Angel Acuna, Isaac Alfaro, Jose Rojas Herrera, Jorge Gudino, Francisco Galindo, Alberto Bienvenu, Josue Neri, Fernando Rojas Herrera

1952 Olympic Games: finished 9th among 23 teams

Hector Guerrero, Jose de la Cruz Cabrera, Jorge Cardiel, Jose Rojas Herera, Carlos Jose Bru Villarreal, Emilio Lopez, Jose Pioquinto Soto Villanueva, Fernando Rojas Herrera, Sergio Olguin Fierro, Ruben Almanza Garcia, Rolando Rubalcava Pena, Jose Meneses Luna, Filiberto Manzo Hernandez

1959 World Championship: finished 13th among 13 teams

Hector Aizpuro, Edmundo Marquez, Arturo Escalera, Felipe Manzo, Armando Herrera, Daniel Cuevas, Ignacio Chavira, Jaime Rodriguez, Jose Maria Lozano, Hugo Orozco, Jorge Renteria, Carlos Quintanar (Coach: Agustin Garcia)

1960 Olympic Games: finished 12th among 16 teams

Guillermo "Billy" Wagner, Hector Aizpuro, Armando Herrera, Gayle "Chato" Bluth, Jose Maria Lozano, Ignacio Chavira, Carlos Quintanar, Urbano Zea, Eulalio Avila, Cesar Herrera, Guillermo Torres, Alberto Almanza (Coach: Enrique "Kiki" Romero)

1963 World Championship: finished 9th among 13 teams

Manuel Raga, Carlos Vega, Guillermo Torres, Ricardo Pontvianne, Urbano Zea, Humberto Camero, Carlos Quintanar, Luis Enrique Grajeda, Mario Pena, Rafael Heredia, Jaime Castillo, Ruben Izaguirre (Coach: Pedro Barba Ramos)

1964 Olympic Games: finished 12th among 16 teams

Manuel Raga, Luis Enrique Grajeda, Ricardo Pontvianne, Mario Pena, Armando Herrera, Eulalio Avila, Carlos Quintanar, Alberto Almanza, Rafael Heredia, Miguel Arellano (Coach: Agustin Garcia Arreola)

1967 World Championship: finished 8th among 13 teams

Manuel Raga, Arturo Guerrero, Ricardo Pontvianne, Rafael Heredia, Eulalio Avila, Raul Palma, Antonio Ayala, Alejandro Guzman, Miguel Arellano, Fernando Tiscareno, Carlos Quintanar, Ricardo Monreal (Coach: Lester Lane)

1968 Olympic Games: finished 5th among 16 teams

Manuel Raga, Arturo Guerrero, Ricardo Pontvianne, Luis Enrique Grajeda, Rafael Heredia, Antonio Ayala, Alejandro Guzman, John Hatch, Carlos Quintanar, Miguel Arellano, Oscar Asiain, Fernando Tiscareno (Coach: Lester Lane)

1974 World Championship: finished 9th among 14 teams

Manuel Raga, Ricardo Pontvianne, Arturo Guerrero, Raul Palma, Antonio Ayala, Jesus Garcia, Ricardo Monreal, Guillermo Marquez, Jesus Alvarado, Manuel Saenz, Gustavo Hernandez, Oscar Asiain (Coach: Pedro Barba Ramos)

1976 Olympic Games: finished 10th among 12 teams

Manuel Raga, Arturo Guerrero, Antonio Ayala, Manuel Saenz, Jesus Garcia, Samuel Campis, Hector Rodriguez, Gabriel Nava, Ruben Alcala, Jorge Flores, Rafael Palomar, Anastasio Reyes (Coach: Carlos Jose Bru)

[edit] References

1. ^ USA Basketball
2. ^ USA Basketball
3. ^ USA Basketball
4. ^ Latinbasket - Central American Championships '01
5. ^ LATINBASKET - 5th Tournament Of The Americas (Copa America) 2005 Basketball, Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Standings, Pro Basketball
6. ^ LATINBASKET - COCABA - Centro America Championships Basketball, Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Standings, Pro Basketball
7. ^ [1]

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