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Argentina would reach the finals for the first time since the first World Championship in 1950, [7] 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 ...
The league was created through the efforts of basketball coach León Najnudel, and sports journalist Osvaldo Orcasitas, in the 1980s, to make Argentine men's club basketball more competitive, through the merging of the many existing local leagues. [3] It is designed like the NBA, with a regular season, all-star game, and playoffs.
The Argentine Basketball Confederation (Spanish: Confederación Argentina de Básquetbol, [a] CABB) is the governing body of basketball in Argentina. It is also one of the founding members of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), in 1932. It is a member of the FIBA Americas, and it is responsible for the Men's and the Women's national ...
On August 30, 1929, the Argentine Basketball Federation (current "Confederación Argentina") was established, [2] with founder members from Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Santa Fe, La Rioja, North Federation and Bahía Blanca. The Federación Argentina focused on the spread of basketball in Buenos Aires as in the rest of the provinces of Argentina.
Coached by Guillermo Vecchio, Argentina won first ever gold medal in senior men's Panamerican basketball, at the 1995 Pan American Games, after defeating the United States in the final, in Mar del Plata, Argentina. The team was composed by players as Marcelo Milanesio, Diego Osella, Ruben Wolkowisky, Estaban De la Fuente, Juan Espil, and a ...
The Liga Nacional de Básquet Statistical Leaders are the statistical leaders in various different categories of Argentina's top-tier level men's professional club basketball league, the Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB), or "La Liga".
The La Liga Argentina de Básquet (abbreviated "LLA", and literally in English "The Argentine Basketball League"), previously known as the Torneo Nacional de Ascenso (abbreviated "TNA", and literally in English "National Promotion Tournament") is the second division of the Argentine basketball league system. The La Liga's predecessor is the ...
The Argentina men's national 3x3 team is a national basketball team of Argentina, governed by the Confederación Argentina de Basquetbol. [1] It represents the country in international 3x3 (3 against 3) basketball competitions.