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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.
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 (the highest honor and most important title of Argentina in the history of Argentina Basketball Men's Senior National Team), FIBA Diamond Ball , FIBA AmeriCup (2001 and 2011) and Pan ...
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 ...
Bahamas has never sent its men’s basketball team to the Olympics. Eric Gordon scored 27 points, Buddy Hield added 17 and Bahamas stunned Argentina 82-75 to win one of the five Olympic pre ...
Although handball in Argentina lacks the popularity of this sport on the European continent, both in terms of infrastructure and federated players, the Handball is a firmly growing sport in Argentina with the men's national team regularly qualifying for the World Championship. Argentina has started producing world class talent, such as the ...
Argentina and Lionel Messi progressed by the skin of their teeth on Tuesday after an 86th minute goal from Marcos Rojo gave them a 2-1 win over Nigeria.
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentina's oilseed sector workers lifted their two-day strike late on Tuesday after the lower house of Congress approved contentious reforms backed by President Javier ...
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 ...