Cuba men's national basketball team

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

 Cuba
FIBA ranking70 Steady (15 August 2024)[1]
Joined FIBA1937
FIBA zoneFIBA Americas
National federationCuba Basketball Federation
CoachEduardo Moya
Olympic Games
Appearances6
Medals Bronze: 1972
FIBA World Cup
Appearances4
MedalsNone
FIBA AmeriCup
Appearances10
MedalsNone
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away

The Cuba men's national basketball team represents Cuba at international competitions.[2] It won the bronze medal at 1972 Summer Olympics and finished in 4th place at the 1974 FIBA World Championship. It is the only team from the Caribbean to win a medal at a major global event.

Competitive record

Olympics

Year Position Tournament Host
1948 13th Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics London, United Kingdom
1952 9th Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics Helsinki, Finland
1968 11th Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics Mexico City, Mexico
1972 (3rd place) Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics Munich, West Germany
1976 7th Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics Montreal, Canada
1980 6th Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics Moscow, Soviet Union

Friendship Games

Year Position Tournament Host
1984 (3rd place) Basketball at the Friendship Games Moscow, Soviet Union

FIBA World Cup

Year Position Tournament Host
1970 8th 1970 FIBA World Championship Yugoslavia
1974 4th 1974 FIBA World Championship Puerto Rico
1986 11th 1986 FIBA World Championship Spain
1994 15th 1994 FIBA World Championship Canada

FIBA AmeriCup

Year Position Tournament Host
1980 6th 1980 Tournament of the Americas San Juan, Puerto Rico
1984 8th 1984 Tournament of the Americas São Paulo, Brazil
1989 7th 1989 Tournament of the Americas Mexico City, Mexico
1992 8th 1992 Tournament of the Americas Portland, United States
1993 5th 1993 Tournament of the Americas San Juan, Puerto Rico
1995 5th 1995 Tournament of the Americas Tucumán, Argentina
1997 6th 1997 FIBA Americas Championship Montevideo, Uruguay
1999 10th 1999 FIBA Americas Championship San Juan, Puerto Rico
2011 10th 2011 FIBA Americas Championship Mar del Plata, Argentina
2015 10th 2015 FIBA Americas Championship Mexico City, Mexico

Pan American Games

Centrobasket

Caribebasket

See also: Caribebasket
  • 1981-1996: ?
  • 1998-2002: Did not compete
  • 2004: 1st place, gold medalist(s)
  • 2006: 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
  • 2007: 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
  • 2009: 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
  • 2011: Did not compete
  • 2014: 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
  • 2015: Did not compete

Current roster

 Cuba

Cuba National Basketball Team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club
G/F 0 Karel Guzman 25 – (1995-02-07)7 February 1995 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Capitalinos Cuba
SF 2 Yoanki Mensia 22 – (1997-09-23)23 September 1997 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Gimnasia y Esgrima Argentina
PG 5 Osmel Oliva 32 – (1987-04-24)24 April 1987 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Capitalinos Cuba
F 9 Lisvan Valdes 32 – (1988-01-21)21 January 1988 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Santa Tecla BC El Salvador
PG 12 Yuniskel Molina 26 – (1993-03-28)28 March 1993 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
C 0 Jasiel Rivero 26 – (1993-10-31)31 October 1993 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) CB Miraflores Spain
PF 15 Marvin Cairo 28 – (1991-08-13)13 August 1991 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Piratas de Imbabura Ecuador
G/F 19 Pedro Bombino 19 – (2000-03-21)21 March 2000 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Gimnasia y Esgrima Argentina
23 Raudelis Guerra 26 – (1993-06-19)19 June 1993
24 Neslier Abreu 27 – (1993-01-16)16 January 1993
PF 36 Yoel Cubilla 25 – (1994-12-25)25 December 1994 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
G 55 Pedro Roque 24 – (1995-06-28)28 June 1995 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • Club field describes latest professional club
  • Age field is age on February 21, 2020
  • (C) – Team Captain

Past roster

Roster for the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship.

Cuba National Basketball Team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club
G/F 4 Karel Guzman 20 – (1995-02-07)7 February 1995 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Capitalinos Cuba
PG 5 Osmel Oliva 28 – (1987-04-24)24 April 1987 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Artemisa Cuba
C 6 Javier Justiz 22 – (1992-09-18)18 September 1992 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Basket Zaragoza Spain
G 7 Yaser Rodriguez 27 – (1988-01-01)1 January 1988 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Ciego de Avila (basketball) Cuba
SF 9 Livan Valdez 27 – (1988-01-21)21 January 1988 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Capitalinos Cuba
SG 10 William Granda (C) 30 – (1985-08-08)8 August 1985 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Club Atlético Tabaré Uruguay
PG 11 Yuniskel Molina 22 – (1993-03-28)28 March 1993 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Pinar del Rio Cuba
C 12 Joan Luis Haiti 33 – (1982-04-20)20 April 1982 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Ciego de Avila (basketball) Cuba
SF 13 Esteban Martinez 28 – (1987-05-08)8 May 1987 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Santiago de Cuba Cuba
PF 14 Orestes Torres 28 – (1987-02-26)26 February 1987 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Capitalinos Cuba
PF 15 Jasiel Rivero 21 – (1993-10-31)31 October 1993 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Club Atlético Tabaré Uruguay
F/C 16 Yoel Cubilla 20 – (1994-12-25)25 December 1994 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Ciego de Avila (basketball) Cuba
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • Club field describes latest professional club
  • Age field is age on August 30, 2015
  • (C) – Team Captain

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Javier Justiz Yoan Luis Abel Font
PF Yoel Cubilla Orestes Torres
SF Livan Valdez Yoanki Mensia Yordanis Jaca
SG Karel Guzman William Granda
PG Yaser Rodriguez Osmel Oliva

Head coach position

Past rosters

1948 Olympic Games: finished 13th among 23 teams

Alfredo "Bebo" Faget, Francisco "Frank" Lavernia, Raúl García Ordóñez, Federico "Fico" López, Casimiro García Artime, Juan García, José Llanusa, Ramón Wiltz, Mario Agüero, Joaquín Agüero, Mario Quintero, Fabio Ruiz, Llaneras Rodríguez, Otero Vázquez, José Miguel Álvarez Pozo

1952 Olympic Games: finished 14th among 23 teams

Alfredo "Bebo" Faget, Carlos García Ordóñez, Federico "Fico" López, Juan García, Casimiro García Artime, Ramón Wiltz, Mario Quintero, Fabio Ruiz, Mario Agüero, Felipe de la Pozas y Piad, Carlos Bea, Armando Estrada Rivero, Alberto Escoto Valdés

1968 Olympic Games: finished 11th among 16 teams

Ruperto Herrera Tabio, Pedro Chappe Garcia, Franklin Standard, Rafael Cañizares, Conrado Pérez, Pablo García, Cesar Valdés, Inocente Cuesta, Jacinto González, Miguel Montalvo, Miguel Calderón Gómez, Carlos del Pozo (Coach: Stepas Butautas)

1970 World Championship: finished 8th among 13 teams

Ruperto Herrera Tabio, Pedro Chappe Garcia, Franklin Standard, Conrado Pérez, Tomás Herrera Martínez, Rafael Cañizares, Juan Domecq, Miguel Álvarez Pozo, Alejandro Urgelles Guibot, Oscar Varona Varona, Miguel Calderón Gómez, Francisco Varona (Coach: Stepas Butautas)

1972 Olympic Games: finished 3rd among 16 teams

Ruperto Herrera Tabio, Pedro Chappe Garcia, Juan Domecq, Franklin Standard, Alejandro Urgelles Guibot, Rafael Cañizares, Oscar Varona Varona, Tomás Herrera Martínez, Miguel Álvarez Pozo, Miguel Calderón Gómez, Juan Roca Brunet, Conrado Pérez (Coach: Juan Carmelo Ortega Díaz)

1974 World Championship: finished 4th among 14 teams

Ruperto Herrera Tabio, Pedro Chappe Garcia, Miguel Álvarez Pozo, Tomás Herrera Martínez, Juan Domecq, Oscar Varona Varona, Miguel Calderón Gómez, Alejandro Urgelles Guibot, Rafael Cañizares, Conrado Pérez, Juan Roca Brunet, Alejandro Lázaro Ortiz (Coach: Juan Carmelo Ortega Díaz)

1976 Olympic Games: finished 7th among 12 teams

Ruperto Herrera Tabio, Pedro Chappe Garcia, Juan Domecq, Tomás Herrera Martínez, Oscar Varona Varona, Félix Morales, Alejandro Urgelles Guibot, Daniel Scott, Rafael Cañizares, Juan Roca Brunet, Alejandro Lázaro Ortiz, Ángel Padrón (Coach: Juan Carmelo Ortega Díaz)

1980 Olympic Games: finished 6th among 12 teams

Ruperto Herrera Tabio, Tomás Herrera Martínez, Miguel Calderón Gómez, Félix Morales, Daniel Scott, Alejandro Urgelles Guibot, Alejandro Lázaro Ortiz, Raúl Dubois, Pedro Abreu, Jorge More, Generoso Márquez, Noangel Luaces (Coach: Pedro Chappe Garcia)

1986 World Championship: finished 11th among 24 teams

Daniel Scott, Félix Morales, Raúl Dubois, Pedro Abreu, Luis Calderón, Noangel Luaces, Eduardo Cabrera, Luciano Rivero, Roberto Simón Salomón, Leonardo Pérez, José Carlos Caballero, Pedro Cobarrubia (Coach: Juan Carmelo Ortega Díaz)

1994 World Championship: finished 15th among 16 teams

Richard Matienzo, Leonardo Pérez, Lazaro Borrell, Roberto Carlos Herrera, Roberto Simón Salomón, Ángel Oscar Caballero, Augusto Duquesne, Ulises Goire, José Luis Díaz, Juan Leopoldo Vázquez, Edel Casanova, Yudit Abreu (Coach: Miguel Calderón Gómez)

See also

References

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. August 15, 2024. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
  2. ^ "Cuban national team will participate in men's basketball qualifying tournament". Radio Cadena Agramonte. November 26, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2021.[permanent dead link]

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