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2012 South American Basketball Championship
The 2012 South American Basketball Championship was the 45th edition of the South American Basketball Championship. Eight teams featured the competition, held in Resistencia, Chaco Province, Argentina from 18 to June 22 at the Stadium of Club Atlético Sarmiento. Brazil was the defending champion. The first four places qualified for the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship, the latter of which doubled as the FIBA Americas FIBA Americas ( es, Confederación Panamericana de Baloncesto, french: FIBA Amériques) is a zone within FIBA (International Basketball Federation). It is one of FIBA's five continental confederations. FIBA Americas is responsible for the organiz ... qualifier for the 2014 World Championship. Preliminary round Group A All times local ( UTC−3) ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group B All times local ( UTC−3) ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Knockout round Fifth place match Semifinals ---- Third place match Final Final standings References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South American Basketball Championship 2010
The 2010 South American Basketball Championship was the 44th edition of the South American Basketball Championship. Eight teams featured the competition, held in Neiva, Colombia from 26 to July 31 in the Coliseo Álvaro Sánchez Silva. Argentina was the defending champion, but lost in the final to Brazil. The first three places qualified for the basketball tournament at the 2011 Pan American Games and to the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship, the latter of which doubled as the FIBA Americas qualifier for the 2012 Olympics. Because Argentina, which automatically qualified for the FIBA Americas Championship as host, finished in an automatic qualifying spot, the fourth-place team was also invited to that competition. The fifth-place team did not initially qualify for that competition, but was later invited once the United States withdrew from that event because it had qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2010 FIBA World Championship. Preliminary round Group A ---- ---- - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregory Echenique
Gregory Joshue Echenique Carrillo (born November 20, 1990) is a Venezuelan professional basketball player for the Fukushima Firebonds of the Japanese B.League. College career Echenique played college basketball at Rutgers University, with the Rutgers Scarlet Knights from 2008 to 2009, and at Creighton University, with the Creighton Bluejays, from 2010 to 2013. Professional career After going undrafted in the 2013 NBA draft, Echenique signed with the German team MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg, that played in the Basketball Bundesliga. He was cut by the team in December 2013, after playing 10 games with the team. In January 2014, he signed a two-month contract with Belgian club Telenet Oostende, the defending Belgian League champion. After this period his contract was extended until the end of the season. He re-signed with Oostende in August 2014 until December 27, 2014. A day later, he signed with Venezuelan team Guaros de Lara. He won the 2016 FIBA Americas League championship and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregory Vargas
Gregory Maxdier Vargas Díaz (born 18 February 1986) is a Venezuelan professional basketball player who last played for Hapoel Haifa of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He was the Israeli Basketball Premier League Defensive Player of the Year in 2016 and 2017, and the Israeli Premier League Assists Leader in 2017 and 2020. Professional career In the 2015–16 season, Vargas averaged 13.9 points and 6.4 assists per game in the Israeli Premier League, with Maccabi Haifa. Vargas also played against the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies as a part of Maccabi Haifa, in an NBA preseason game. He scored over 20 points in 8 games, and had 10 or more assists in 3 games as well, during the 2015–16 season. On 7 July 2016, Vargas signed with French club SLUC Nancy. In November 2016, he left Nancy after appearing in eight games. On 17 December 2016, he returned to his former club Maccabi Haifa., During his season with the club he won Israeli Super League Defensive Player of the Year award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Gregorio Vargas
José Gregorio Vargas (born January 23, 1982) is a Venezuelan professional basketball player. He is a shooting guard-small forward. Professional career Vargas has played in several Venezuelan and Mexican teams during his pro career. In 2001, he was selected as rookie of the year in the Venezuelan League. For the 2016–17 season, he signed with La Unión de Formosa, of the top-tier level Argentine League. National team career Vargas is a member of the senior men's Venezuelan national basketball team. As a member of the team at the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship, he helped Venezuela to defeat Uruguay and Canada to win the gold medal. That was Venezuela's first FIBA Americas Championship, and allowed them to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio Rio or Río is the Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and Maltese word for "river". When spoken on its own, the word often means Rio de Janeiro, a major city in Brazil. Rio or Río may also refer to: Geography Brazil * Rio de Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonardo Gutiérrez
Leonardo "Leo" Martín Gutiérrez (born May 16, 1978) is an Argentine former professional basketball coach and former player. He played as a power forward. Professional career Gutiérrez had a career average of 13.1 points per game in the top-tier level , while playing in 1,106 games over 23 seasons. He scored a total of 14,531 points in the Argentina top League. He is also[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianluca Bacci
Gianluca is an Italian masculine given name. Its English translation is "John Luke" and it is often a shorter form of " Giovanni Luca". * Gianluca Alfenoni (born 1996), Argentine footballer *Gianluca Arrighi (born 1972), Italian writer *Gianluca Attanasio (born 1979), Italian singer-songwriter, composer, and film director *Gianluca Atzori (born 1971), Italian footballer and manager * Gianluca Bacchiocchi (born 1987), Italian footballer * Gianluca Barattolo (born 1978), Italian rowing coxswain *Gianluca Barba (born 1995), Italian footballer *Gianluca Barilari (born 1964), Swiss basketball coach *Gianluca Basile (born 1975), Italian basketball player * Gianluca Berti (born 1967), Italian footballer *Gianluca Bezzina (born 1989), Maltese singer and doctor, also known by the mononym Gianluca *Gianluca Bocchi (born 1954), Italian philosopher * Gianluca Bollini (born 1980), Sammarinese footballer * Gianluca Bortolami (born 1968), Italian road cyclist *Gianluca Brambilla (born 1987), I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolás Laprovíttola
Nicolás "Nico" Laprovíttola (born January 31, 1990) is an Argentine professional basketball player for FC Barcelona of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He is also a member of the Argentina national basketball team. His mother is politician Margarita Stolbizer. Professional career Club Atlético Lanús (2007–2013) Laprovíttola's beginnings in basketball first started with Deportivo Morón, and then at Lanús, when he was 17 years old. In 2007, he made his pro debut with Lanús when the team played in the Argentine 2nd Division. They achieved promotion that season to the top Argentine League. Laprovíttola led his team to the Argentine League Final Series in the 2012–13 season against Regatas Corrientes. But the experience of the opposing team, led by Paolo Quinteros, Federico Kammerichs, and Jerome Meyinsse, was crucial during the series, and the team of Corrientes won the national title. Laprovíttola played for six seasons with Club Atlético Lanús. Flamengo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Fernández (basketball)
Juan Manuel "Lobito" Fernández (born July 22, 1990) is an Argentine-Italian professional basketball player for Pallacanestro Trieste of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). His father, Gustavo, was a point guard for a number of professional basketball teams in Argentina. Pepe Sánchez convinced Fernández to play basketball at his alma mater, Temple University, and Fernández joined the Temple Owls men's basketball, Temple Owls team in December 2008. As a sophomore, he was named Atlantic 10 Tournament Most Valuable Player. After struggling through a prolonged shooting slump as a junior, he hit an off-balance 18-foot shot with .4 seconds remaining to defeat 2010–11 Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball team, Penn State in the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament and was named to the All-Atlantic 10 Third Team. In addition to his college exploits, he defended Argentina bringing home a gold medal at the 2008 Under-18 World Championship. Early life Fernández was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcos Mata
Marcos Daniel Mata (born August 1, 1986) is an Argentine professional basketball player. He is a small forward, but he can also play at the shooting guard position. He plays professionally for Boca Juniors, and has also been a member of the senior men's Argentine national basketball team. Professional career Mata began his pro career playing in the Argentine League with Peñarol Mar del Plata. In the 2009–10 season, he helped the team win its first ever Argentine League title, while also winning the FIBA Americas League 2009–10 season. He moved to the Spanish League club CB Sevilla before the 2013–14 season. On July 27, 2020, Mata signed with Saga Ballooners of the Japanese B. League. National team career Mata is also a member of the senior men's Argentine national basketball team. He made his debut with the senior Argentina national team at the 2008 South American Championship, helping the team to a gold medal. He later won a silver medal with the team at the 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |