Argentina women's national basketball team

Argentina
FIBA ranking	15 1
FIBA zone	FIBA Americas
National federation	Argentine Basketball Federation
Nickname(s)	Las Gigantes[1]
Olympic Games
Appearances	None
Women's World Cup
Appearances	8
Medals	None
FIBA Americas Championship for Women
Appearances	13
Medals	Silver: 2009, 2011 Bronze: 2001, 2015
Pan American Games
Appearances	4
Medals	None
Uniforms
Home Away

The Argentina women's national basketball team is the women's basketball side that represents Argentina in international competitions. Nicknamed "Las Gigantes" ("The Giantesses"), it is administered by the Confederación Argentina de Basquetbol.^[2]

Roster

Las Gigantes at the 2014 South American Basketball Championship for Women, in Ecuador.

Roster for the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women (June 2016)

Argentina Women's National Basketball Team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age Ht. Club 3.5 !F 4 Rosset, Macarena 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1991-02-23)23 February 1991 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Bonfiglioli Ferrara ITA ! 5.0 !C 5 Santana, Ornella 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1990-09-17)17 September 1990 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Deportivo Berazategui ARG ! 4.0 !PF 6 Llorente, Victoria 7001200000000000000♠20 – (1996-06-05)5 June 1996 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Gernika Bizkaia ESP ! 3.5 !F 7 Cabrera, Diana 7001220000000000000♠22 – (1993-08-07)7 August 1993 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Union Florida ARG ! 3.0 !SF 8 Boquete, Andrea 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1990-09-24)24 September 1990 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Deportivo Berazategui ARG ! 5.0 !C 9 Fiorotto, Celia 7001240000000000000♠24 – (1992-06-02)2 June 1992 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Santa Maria ECU ! 4.0 !PF 10 Burani, Agostina 7001240000000000000♠24 – (1991-10-04)4 October 1991 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Atletico Lanus ARG ! 1.0 !PG 11 Gretter, Melissa 7001230000000000000♠23 – (1993-01-24)24 January 1993 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) Corinthians/Americana BRA ! 1.5 !G 12 Pavon, Sandra 7001310000000000000♠31 – (1985-06-01)1 June 1985 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) Velez Sarsfield ARG ! 3.0 !SF 13 Gonzalez, Debora 7001260000000000000♠26 – (1990-01-10)10 January 1990 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Passalacqua ITA ! 5.0 !C 17 Vega, Gisela 7001340000000000000♠34 – (1982-03-14)14 March 1982 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Gernika Bizkaia ESP ! 3.5 !F 21 Thomas, Sthefany 7001270000000000000♠27 – (1989-05-04)4 May 1989 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Uruguay Unemi ECU !	Head coach Christian Santander Assistant coaches Carlos Osvaldo Gomez Sebastian Alfredo Silva

Competition results

FIBA World Championship Year Position Pld W L 1953 6th 6 2 4 1957 9th 7 4 3 1959 Did not participate 1964 13th 8 1 7 1967 Did not participate 1971 11th 8 2 6 1975 to 1994 Did not participate 1998 15th 8 2 6 2002 10th 8 2 6 2006 9th 8 5 3 2010 14th 5 1 4 2014 Did not participate Total 58 19 39 Pan American Games Year Position Pld W L 1955 to 1987 Did not participate 1991 5th 4 0 4 1995 Competition cancelled 1999 5th 6 2 4 2003 5th 5 1 4 2007 6th 5 1 4 2011 5th 4 2 2 2015 5th 4 2 2 Total 28 8 20 FIBA Americas Championship Year Position Pld W L 1989 5th 5 3 2 1993 7th 4 1 3 1995 4th 5 1 4 1997 4th 6 2 4 1999 5th 4 2 2 2001 Bronze Medal 4 2 2 2003 5th 4 2 2 2005 4th 5 2 3 2007 4th 5 2 3 2009 Runner-up 5 4 1 2011 Runner-up 6 5 1 2013 5th 4 2 2 2015 Bronze Medal 6 5 1 Total 63 33 30

South American Championship Year Position Pld W L 1946 Bronze Medal 3 1 2 1948 Champions 4 4 0 1950 Runner-up 6 4 2 1952 4th 5 2 3 1954 Did not participate 1956 4th 6 4 2 1958 Runner-up 8 4 4 1960 5th 8 2 6 1962 4th 6 3 3 1965 4th 5 2 3 1967 5th 6 2 4 1968 Bronze Medal 5 3 2 1970 Runner-up 7 5 2 1972 4th 7 4 3 1974 Runner-up 6 4 2 1977 Bronze Medal 7 4 3 1978 Bronze Medal 4 2 2 1981 4th - - - 1984 4th 7 4 3 1986 4th 3 0 3 1989 Bronze Medal 5 3 2 1991 Bronze Medal 6 4 2 1993 Runner-up - - - 1995 Runner-up 5 3 2 1997 Runner-up 7 6 1 1999 Runner-up 5 4 1 2001 Runner-up 7 5 2 2003 Runner-up 6 4 2 2005 Bronze Medal 6 4 2 2006 Runner-up 5 4 1 2008 Runner-up 6 4 2 2010 Runner-up 4 3 1 2013 Runner-up 5 4 1 2014 Runner-up 5 4 1 2016 4th 5 2 3 Total 191 114 77 FIBA Under-19 World Championship Year Position Pld W L 1985 to 1993 Did not participate 1997 9th 7 3 4 2001 to 2005 Did not participate 2007 14th 5 1 4 2009 Bronze Medal 9 6 3 2011 13th 5 2 3 2013 14th 6 2 4 2015 15th 7 1 6 Total 33 13 20

See also

• Argentina men's national basketball team
• Argentina women's national under-19 basketball team
• Argentina women's national under-17 basketball team

References

External links

• Archived records of Argentina team participations

National sports teams of Argentina
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