Argentina
- Leagues Played
- International 44 FIBA AmeriCup 27 FIBA World Cup Qualification 24 FIBA World Cup 14 FIBA AmeriCup Qualification 12 Pan American Games 10 FIBA South American Championship 10 Olympics 2024 Basketball - Men 6 South American Games 5 Olympic Qualification 4
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Results
| FIBA AmeriCup | 09/01 00:10 | 1 |
Argentina v
Brazil
|
L | 47-55 | |
| FIBA AmeriCup | 08/31 00:10 | 2 |
[1] Canada
v
Argentina [2]
|
W | 73-83 | |
| FIBA AmeriCup | 08/29 00:40 | 3 |
[2] Puerto Rico
v
Argentina [2]
|
W | 77-82 | |
| FIBA AmeriCup | 08/25 21:40 | 3 |
[2] Argentina v
Colombia
[3] 
|
W | 84-83 | |
| FIBA AmeriCup | 08/24 19:10 | 2 |
[2] Argentina v
Dominican Republic
[1] 
|
L | 83-84 | |
| FIBA AmeriCup | 08/23 00:40 | 1 |
Nicaragua
v
Argentina
|
W | 70-94 | |
| International | 08/14 18:00 | - |
Italy
v
Argentina
|
L | 84-72 | |
| FIBA AmeriCup Qualification | 02/23 23:10 | 6 |
[2] Colombia
v
Argentina [1]
|
W | 82-98 | |
| FIBA AmeriCup Qualification | 02/20 23:10 | 5 |
[4] Venezuela
v
Argentina [1]
|
L | 67-64 | |
| FIBA AmeriCup Qualification | 11/26 01:15 | 4 |
[2] Argentina v
Colombia
[3]
|
W | 88-68 | |
| FIBA AmeriCup Qualification | 11/23 01:15 | 3 |
[2] Argentina v
Venezuela
[1]
|
W | 72-61 | |
| International | 07/27 23:00 | - |
Uruguay
v
Argentina
|
L | 81-70 |
Wikipedia - Argentina men's national basketball team
The Argentina men's national basketball team (Spanish: selección de básquetbol de Argentina) represents Argentina in men's international basketball officially nicknamed The Argentine Soul (Spanish: El Alma Argentina), and it is controlled by the Argentine Basketball Federation.
Argentina's national basketball team remains among the most successful in the Americas and one of the most successful in the world. It is the only national team in the FIBA Americas zone that has won the quintuplet crown: FIBA World Cup (they won the first edition, in 1950), Olympic Gold Medal (2004, considered the highest honor and most important title in the history of the Argentine men's team), FIBA Diamond Ball (2008), FIBA AmeriCup (2001, 2011 and 2022) and Pan American Gold Medal (1995, 2019 and 2023). They are also one of only four countries to have won the Olympic gold medal and FIBA World Cup joining the Soviet Union, the United States of America, and Yugoslavia. They have also won 13 South American Basketball Championships, as well as many youth championships.
The Argentine representative were also the first country to defeat a United States national team with a full squad of NBA players. They did so by 87–80 in the 2002 FIBA World Championship held in Indianapolis. In that tournament, Argentina came second behind FR Yugoslavia, losing the final in overtime.
Due to the series of good results since the beginning of the 2000s, Argentina reached the first position in the FIBA Men's Ranking at the end of the 2008 Olympic Games. Argentina is a founding member of the International Federation of Basketball (FIBA) and has South America's longest basketball tradition.
History
The practice of basketball in Argentina was started by Asociación Cristiana de Jóvenes (Young Men's Christian Association – YMCA) in 1912, with the first Federation (Federación Argentina) established to organise competitions not only in Buenos Aires but in several cities around Argentina.
Argentina played its first international game against Uruguay in 1921.
In 1950 Argentina won its first and only World Championship to date, with a squad formed entirely of amateur players, after defeating France (twice), Brazil, Chile, Egypt and the United States in the decisive match.
With the creation of the Liga Nacional de Básquet in the mid-1980s, a new generation of players led Argentina to a moderate success in the 1986 World Championship where the squad defeated United States for the first time.
2001 was the year when the Golden Generation, winning Argentina's first FIBA Americas Championship – held in Neuquen – where they defeated all of their rivals in the competition. The progress of Argentine basketball would be shown in the 2002 FIBA World Championship, where they became the first team to defeat a United States roster composed entirely of NBA players and also reached the final, finally losing to Yugoslavia. Argentina would reach the finals for the first time since the first World Championship in 1950, but the most important achievement for the squad came in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens when Argentina won their first gold medal, including another victory over the United States at the semi-finals. The Olympics title in 2004 was the highest honor and most important title won in Argentine basketball history.