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Venezuela men's national basketball team

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Field	Value
country	Venezuela
logo	FVB logo.png
logo_width	180px
nickname	La Vinotinto de las alturas
coach	Fernando Duró
fiba_ranking
joined_fiba	1938
fiba_zone	FIBA Americas
national_fed	Venezuelan Basketball Federation
oly_appearances	2
wc_appearances	5
zone_championship	FIBA AmeriCup
zone_appearances	17
zone_medals	[[File:Gold medal america.svg	16px]] Gold: (2015)
[[File:Silver medal america.svg	16px]] Silver: (1992)
[[File:Bronze medal (Americas).svg	16px]] Bronze: (2005)
a_body	800020
a_pattern_b	_venbk16a
a_shorts	800020
a_pattern_s	_venbk16a
h_body	800020
h_pattern_b	_venbk16h
h_shorts	800020
h_pattern_s	_venbk16h
h_title	Home
a_title	Away

Note

the men's team

The Venezuela national basketball team is organized and run by the Venezuelan Basketball Federation (FVB). () They won the 2015 FIBA AmeriCup.

Venezuela qualified for two Summer Olympiads: 1992, and then 2016. Venezuela hosted the 2012 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the country's most prestigious basketball event ever. Later, the country also hosted the 2013 FIBA AmeriCup.

Venezuela has participated in international competitions: International Basketball Federation (FIBA), Summer Olympic Games, the FIBA World Cup, the South American Championship, the Pan American Games and the Bolivarian Games.

Honours

FIBA AmeriCup :Winners: 2015

Achievements

Summer Olympics

Year	Position	Tournament	Host
1992	11	1992 Summer Olympics	Barcelona, Spain
2016	10	2016 Summer Olympics	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

FIBA Basketball World Cup

Year	Position	Tournament	Host
1990	11	1990 FIBA World Championship	Argentina
2002	14	2002 FIBA World Championship	Indianapolis, United States
2006	23	2006 FIBA World Championship	Japan
2019	14	2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup	China
2023	30	2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup	Philippines, Japan and Indonesia
2027	TBD	2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup	Qatar

FIBA AmeriCup

Year	Position	Tournament	Host
1988	7	1988 Tournament of the Americas	Montevideo, Uruguay
1989	4	1989 Tournament of the Americas	Mexico City, Mexico
1992		1992 Tournament of the Americas	Portland, United States
1993	6	1993 Tournament of the Americas	San Juan, Puerto Rico
1995	9	1995 Tournament of the Americas	Tucumán, Argentina
1997	7	1997 FIBA Americas Championship	Montevideo, Uruguay
1999	5	1999 FIBA Americas Championship	San Juan, Puerto Rico
2001	5	2001 FIBA Americas Championship	Neuquén, Argentina
2003	5	2003 FIBA Americas Championship	San Juan, Puerto Rico
2005		2005 FIBA Americas Championship	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2007	8	2007 FIBA Americas Championship	Las Vegas, United States
2009	9	2009 FIBA Americas Championship	San Juan, Puerto Rico
2011	5	2011 FIBA Americas Championship	Mar del Plata, Argentina
2013	5	2013 FIBA Americas Championship	Caracas, Venezuela
2015		2015 FIBA Americas Championship	Mexico City, Mexico
2017	9	2017 FIBA AmeriCup	four cities in Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay
2021	7	2022 FIBA AmeriCup	Recife, Brazil
2025	9	2025 FIBA AmeriCup	Managua, Nicaragua

Pan American Games

1955 – 6th
1975 – 8th
1983 – 8th
1987 – 8th
1991 – 10th
2015 – 7th
2019 – 5th
2023 –

FIBA South American Championship

1961 – 8th
1979 – 5th
1985 – 4th
1987 –
1991 –
1993 –
1995 – 4th
1997 –
1999 –
2001 –
2003 – 4th
2004 –
2006 – 4th
2008 –
2010 – 4th
2012 –
2014 –
2016 –

Bolivarian Games

1961 –
1970 –
1977 –
1981 –
1985 –
1997 –
2001 –
2005 –
2009 –
2013 –
2017 –

Team

Current roster

2025 FIBA AmeriCup qualification

Opposition: Argentina (20 February)

Venue: Parque Miranda, Caracas

Opposition: Chile (23 February)

Venue: Parque Miranda, Caracas

VEN Ronald Guillén
VEN Yonaiker Ecker
(C) Team captain
Club – describes last club before the tournament
Age – describes age on 20 February 2025

Notable players

Other notable players from Venezuela:

Club – describes current club
Age – describes age on 11 July 2017

Head coach position

VEN Jesus Cordobés: 1990
PUR Julio Toro: 1992
ARG Guillermo Vecchio: 1998
VEN Bruno D'Adezzio: 1999
USA Jim Calvin: 2002
VEN Néstor Salazar: 2003–2007
VEN Nelson Solórzano: 2008
VEN Nestor Salazar: 2009–2010
USA Eric Musselman: 2011–2012
ARG Che García: 2013–2017
ARG Fernando Duró: 2018–present

Past rosters

1990 World Championship: finished 11th among 16 teams

4 David Díaz, 5 Cesar Portillo, 6 Armando Becker, 7 Nelson Solorzano, 8 Rostin González, 9 Luis Jiménez, 10 Sam Shepherd, 11 Carl Herrera, 12 José Echenique, 13 Gabriel Estaba, 14 Iván Olivares, 15 Alexander Nelcha (Coach: Jesus Cordobés)

1992 Olympic Games: finished 11th among 12 teams

4 Víctor Díaz, 5 David Diaz, 6 Melquiades Jaramillo, 7 Nelson Solorzano, 8 Rostin González, 9 Luis Jiménez, 10 Sam Shepherd, 11 Carl Herrera, 12 Omar Walcott, 13 Gabriel Estaba, 14 Iván Olivares, 15 Alexander Nelcha (Coach: Julio Toro)

2002 World Championship: finished 14th among 16 teams

4 Víctor Díaz, 5 Pablo Ezequiel Machado, 6 Yumerving Ernesto Mijares, 7 Richard Lugo, 8 Alejandro "Alex" Quiroz, 9 Óscar Torres, 10 Diego Guevara, 11 Carl Herrera, 12 Héctor "Pepito" Romero, 13 Vladimir Heredia, 14 Tomas Aguilera, 15 Carlos Morris (Coach: Jim Calvin)

2006 World Championship: finished 21st among 24 teams

4 Víctor Díaz, 5 Pablo Machado, 6 Yumerving Ernesto Mijares, 7 Richard Lugo, 8 Tomás Aguilera, 9 Óscar Torres, 10 Carlos Alberto Cedeno, 11 Miguel Marriaga, 12 Gregory Vallenilla, 13 Manuel Alejandro Barrios, 14 Heberth Alberto Bayona, 15 Carlos Morris (Coach: Néstor Salazar)

References

[https://web.archive.org/web/20120109063610/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/presRele/p/newsid/50139/presReleArti.html FIBA.com – FIBA – Venezuela and Turkey to host 2012 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments]

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