Peru men's national basketball team

Peru
FIBA ranking	NR (1 March 2024)
Joined FIBA	1936
FIBA zone	FIBA Americas
National federation	Peru Basketball Federation
Coach	Carlos Zanelatto
Olympic Games
Appearances	3
Medals	None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	4
Medals	None
FIBA AmeriCup
Appearances	None
Home	Away

The Peru national basketball team (Spanish: selección de baloncesto de Peru) is administered by the Peru Basketball Federation (Spanish: Federación Deportiva Peruana de Basketball) (F.D.P.B.).^[2]

Peru joined the International Federation of Basketball (FIBA) in 1936 and has one of the world's longest basketball traditions. Its best result to date was 7th place at the 1950 FIBA World Cup.

Until the mid-70s, Team Peru was one of South America's major basketball forces. It was the second best South American contender at the 1936 Summer Olympics. At the 1964 Summer Olympics, Peru was the only contender that kept the dominant United States to only 60 points. Between 1950 and 1967, Peru qualified for four out of five Basketball World Cups. From 1963 to 1973, it finished in the Top Four at the South American Basketball Championship at six straight events. However, after 1973, the team went through a steep decline. The team won its last victory at the South American Basketball Championship on 22 July 2001, when Peru beat Ecuador 72–58.

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Year	Position	Tournament	Host
1936	8	Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics	Berlin, Germany
1948	10	Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics	London, United Kingdom
1964	15	Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics	Tokyo, Japan
2020	Did not qualify	Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics	Tokyo, Japan
2024	To be determined	Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics	Paris, France

FIBA World Cup

Year	Position	Tournament	Host
1950	7	1950 FIBA World Championship	Buenos Aires, Argentina
1954	12	1954 FIBA World Championship	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1963	12	1963 FIBA World Championship	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1967	10	1967 FIBA World Championship	Uruguay
2019	Did not qualify	2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup	China
2023	Did not qualify	2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup	Philippines, Japan and Indonesia
2027	To be determined	2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup	Qatar

FIBA AmeriCup

yet to qualify

Pan American Games

1951–59 : Did not qualify
1963: 5th
1967: 8th
1971: 9th
1975–2019 : Did not qualify
2023 : To be determined

South American Basketball Championship

1937 : 4th
1938 :
1939 : 4th
1940 : 5th
1941 :
1942 : Did not participate
1943 :
1945 : Did not participate
1947 : 6th
1949 : 4th
1953 : 5th
1955 : 5th
1958 : 7th
1960 : Did not participate
1961 : 5th
1963 :
1966 :
1968 :
1969 : 4th
1971 : 4th
1973 :
1976 : 7th
1977 : 5th
1979 : 7th
1981 : 5th
1983 : Did not participate
1985 : 8th
1987 : 5th
1989 : 8th
1991 : 8th
1993 : Did not participate
1995 : Did not participate
1997 : 9th
1999 : 8th
2001 : 8th
2003–2012 : Did not participate
2014 : 8th
2016 : 10th

Current roster

At the 2018 South American Games:^[3]

Peru men's national basketball team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
G	Cesar Villalobos	18 – (2000-03-01)1 March 2000	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Real Club de Lima
G/F	Derek Calmet	16 – (2001-07-14)14 July 2001	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
G/F	Diego Gonzales	17 – (2000-08-12)12 August 2000	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
PG	Franco Naters	16 – (2001-07-10)10 July 2001	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
F	Gonzalo Bernabe	18 – (2000-03-23)23 March 2000	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
C	Jose Mesones	17 – (2000-11-02)2 November 2000	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	Colegio Inmaculada
PG	Juan Venegas	18 – (2000-02-06)6 February 2000	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
F/C	Julio Regalado	23 – (1994-06-11)11 June 1994	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	Real Club de Lima
PG	Matias Herrera	20 – (1998-02-20)20 February 1998	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	CD Aleman Puerto Varas Concepcion
F	Miro Egoavil	17 – (2000-10-05)5 October 2000	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
F	Roberto Ramirez	17 – (2000-12-17)17 December 2000	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	San Carlos Basketball
G	Rodrigo Rivera	18 – (2000-03-24)24 March 2000	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	Colegio Los Leones de Quilpué

Legend

Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 3 June 2018

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench
C
PF
SF
SG
PG

Head coach position

Gustavo De Benedetti
Carlos Zanelatto – 2016

Past rosters

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1936 Olympic Games: finished 8th among 21 teams

Miguel Godoy, Luis Jacob, Roberto Rospigliosi, Koko Cárdenas, Fernando Ruiz, "Canon" Ore, Jose Carlos Godoy, Armando Rossi, Rolando Bacigalupo, Manuel Fiestas, Willy Dasso, Antuco Flecha (Coach: Pedro Vera)

1948 Olympic Games: finished 10th among 23 teams

Eduardo Fiestas, Carlos Alegre, Rodolfo Salas, David Descalzo, Luis Sánchez, Soracco Ríos, José Vizcarra, Alberto Fernández, Ahrens Valdivia, Virgilio Drago, Ferreyros Pérez

1950 World Championship: finished 7th among 10 teams

Eduardo Fiestas, Carlos Alegre, David Descalzo, Alberto Fernández, Luis Gardella, Rodolfo Salas, Luis Vergara, Francisco de Zela, Virgilio Drago, Guillermo Airaldi, Mario Castro, Ernesto Ortiz (Coach: Carlos Rojas y Rojas)

1954 World Championship: finished 12th among 12 teams

Eduardo Fiestas, Hernán Sánchez, José Vizcarra, Virgilio Drago, Jorge Ferreyros, Isaac Loveday, Amalfi Lucioni, José Chocano, Rodolfo Salas, Álvaro Castro, Guillermo Toro, Aurelio Moreyra, Víctor Obando (Coach: Luis Alberto Sánchez)

1963 World Championship: finished 12th among 13 teams

Ricardo Duarte, Luis Gusmán, Jorge Vargas, Oscar Benalcazar, Fernando Claudet, Antonio Sangio, Ernesto Podestá, Enrique Duarte, Oscar Sevilla, Francisco Saldarriaga, Tomás Sangio, Raúl Duarte (Coach: Guillermo Ross / James McGregor)

1964 Olympic Games: finished 15th among 16 teams

Ricardo Duarte, Jorge Vargas, Oscar Benalcazar, Simón Paredes, Enrique Duarte, José Gusmán, Tomás Sangio, Carlos Vásquez, Raúl Duarte, Oscar Sevilla, Manuel Valerio, Luis Duarte (Coach: Fernando Cordova)

1967 World Championship: finished 10th among 13 teams

Ricardo Duarte, Jorge Vargas, Oscar Sevilla, Manuel Vigo, Tomás Sangio, César Vittorelli, José Verano, Manuel Valerio, Raúl Duarte, Walter Fleming, Simón Paredes, Carlos Vásquez (Coach: Carlos Alegre Benavides)

2008 Squad: According to Federacion Deportiva Peruana de Basketball^[4]

Players
Pos	Name	Ht.
C	Eduardo "papi" Coz	1.80 m
PG	Carlo Gismondi	1.85 m
F	Bryan Ortiz	1.87 m
C	Jack Garcia	1.90 m
PG	Miguel Farfan	1.85 m
F	Christian Giha	1.83 m
F	Fernando Dedios	1.80 m
C	Francisco Carulla	1.94 m
C	Giancarlo Risco	1.88 m
PG	Rodrigo Ruiz	1.80 m
C	Frank Lawal	2.22 m

Coaching staff
Position	Name
Coaching Manager	Mario Ramos Falconí
Head coach	Bradley Ortiz
Assistant coach
Physiotherapist	Janet Serrano Castro

At the 2016 South American Basketball Championship:^[5]

Peru men's national basketball team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
G	4	Jose Lopez Alva	26 – (1990-01-05)5 January 1990	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	Regatas Lima
C	5	Julio Regalado	22 – (1994-06-11)11 June 1994	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	Real Club
PG	6	Luis Barrios	25 – (1990-09-21)21 September 1990	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Faraday Club
C	7	Manuel Chavez	29 – (1987-04-19)19 April 1987	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	Inmaculada
F	8	Alejandro Bellatin	26 – (1990-01-21)21 January 1990	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Regatas Lima
SF	9	Manuel Morales	28 – (1987-12-28)28 December 1987	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	Regatas Lima
F	10	Martin La Rosa Peron	28 – (1988-06-22)22 June 1988	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	Inmaculada
PG	11	Kyle Fuller	24 – (1992-01-27)27 January 1992	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Regatas Lima
PF	13	Carlos Cespedes	27 – (1988-11-04)4 November 1988	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	Regatas Lima
C	14	Rodrigo Masias	35 – (1981-03-11)11 March 1981	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	Regatas Lima
F	15	Angelo Parodi	27 – (1989-05-24)24 May 1989	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Real Club
F	17	Gianfranco Sambuceti	28 – (1988-02-22)22 February 1988	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	Regatas Lima