. It won the bronze medal in both the
. Uruguay is currently ranked 40th in the
Uruguay was the host and champion of the first major continental basketball championship, the
. The event was held in
and featured four South American national basketball teams. Teams played each of the other three teams twice each; Uruguay won all six of its games. In
in one of the two matches it played against the Chileans in the preliminary round. When each team finished at 3–1 (each having defeated
twice), the two countries played a third match to determine the champion, which Uruguay won.
The
competitions did not end so happily for the Uruguay team, as they finished in last place each year. With the larger fields of 5 teams each year in
, Uruguay fared somewhat better. They took second place in 1937 and 1939, and third in 1938.
Uruguay won their third championship in
, which saw the return of the series to Montevideo. There were a record six teams in competition that year; Uruguay beat each of the other five in turn to finish undefeated.
resulted in a bronze medal for Uruguay. The team played in their second tie-breaker final in
, this time losing to Argentina to take second place in the tournament. Uruguay advanced to the final round in the first two-round tournament, in
, finishing in second place overall.
Uruguay has won the South American Championship 11 times, the last two in 1995 and 1997. The team ranked in the top four in all editions as of 2016.
.
1936 Olympic Games: finished 6th among 21 teams
*Héctor González, Alberto Martí, Amílcar Mesa, Rodolfo Braselli, Carlos Gabin, Leandro Gómez, Gregorio Agos, Tabaré Quintans, Humberto Bernasconi, Prudencio de Pena, Alejo González Roig, Víctor Latou (Coach: Juan Collazo)
1948 Olympic Games: finished 5th among 23 teams
*Martín Acosta y Lara, Nelson Demarco, Héctor García Otero, Adesio Lombardo, Héctor Ruiz, Roberto Lovera, Carlos Rosello, Miguel Diab, Eduardo Folle, Abraham Eidlin Grossman, Gustavo Magarinos, Victorio Cieslinskas, Néstor Anton, Eduardo Gordon (Coach: Raúl Canale)
1952 Olympic Games: finished 3rd among 23 teams
*Martín Acosta y Lara, Héctor García Otero, Adesio Lombardo, Roberto Lovera, Sergio Matto, Wilfredo Peláez, Carlos Rossello, Victorio Cieslinskas, Héctor Costa, Nelson Demarco, Enrique Balino, Tabaré Larre Borges
1954 World Championship: finished 6th among 12 teams
*Oscar Moglia, Martín Acosta y Lara, Héctor García Otero, Roberto Lovera, Nelson Demarco, Adesio Lombardo, Carlos Rosello, Omar Zubillaga, Héctor Costa, Raúl Mera, Manuel Usher Ferrer, Julio César Gully, Sergio Matto, Enrique Balino (Coach:
Prudencio de Pena)
1956 Olympic Games: finished 3rd among 15 teams
*Oscar Moglia, Héctor García Otero, Carlos Blixen, Nelson Demarco, Raúl Mera, Héctor Costa, Ariel Olascoaga, Milton Scaron, Sergio Matto, Nelson Chelle, Carlos Gonzáles, Ramiro Cortés (Coach: Héctor López Reboledo)
1959 World Championship: finished 9th among 13 teams
*Héctor García Otero, Carlos Blixen, Milton Scaron,
Washington Poyet, Ramiro Cortés, Sergio Matto, Nelson Chelle, Raúl Mera, Manuel Usher Ferrer, Álvaro Roca, Octavio Pedragosa, Adolfo Lubnicki (Coach: Olguiz Rodríguez)
1960 Olympic Games: finished 8th among 16 teams
*Carlos Blixen,
Washington Poyet, Milton Scaron, Héctor Costa, Raúl Mera, Nelson Chelle, Sergio Matto, Adolfo Lubnicki, Manuel Gadea, Edison Ciavattone, Waldemar Rial, Danilo Coito (Coach: Héctor López Reboledo)
1963 World Championship: finished 10th among 13 teams
*Carlos Blixen, Ramiro de León, Julio Gómez, Sergio Pisano, Manuel Gadea, Álvaro Roca, Waldemar Rial, Atilio Caneiro, Edison Ciavattone, Oscar Ledesma, Francisco di Matteo, Walter Márquez (Coach: Dante Méndez)
1964 Olympic Games: finished 8th among 16 teams
*
Washington Poyet, Julio Gómez, Edison Ciavattone, Álvaro Roca, Manuel Gadea, Ramiro de León, Sergio Pisano, Luis García, Waldemar Rial, Jorge Maya, Walter Márquez, Luis Koster (Coach: Raúl Ballefin)
1967 World Championship: finished 7th among 13 teams
*Oscar Moglia,
Washington Poyet, Julio Gómez, Víctor Hernández, Omar Arrestia, Sergio Pisano, Ramiro de León, Luis García, Walter Márquez, Manuel Gadea, Daniel Borroni, Juan Ceriani (Coach: Raúl Ballefin)
1970 World Championship: finished 7th among 13 teams
*Omar Arrestia, Sergio Pisano, Manuel Gadea, Víctor Hernández, Ramiro de León, Luis García, Daniel Borroni, Valentín Rodríguez, José Barizo, Daniel Vannet, Walter Lage, Roberto Bomio (Coach: Héctor Bassaiztegui)
1982 World Championship: finished 11th among 13 teams
*Wilfredo Ruiz, Álvaro Tito, Walter Pagani, Víctor Frattini, Horacio Perdomo, Carlos Peinado, Gerardo Jauri, Germán Haller, Mario Viola, Luis Larrosa, Luis Pierri, Hebert Núñez (Coach: Ramón Etchamendi)
1984 Olympic Games: finished 6th among 12 teams
*Wilfredo Ruiz, Horacio López, Álvaro Tito, Víctor Frattini, Walter Pagani, Juan Mignone, Horacio Perdomo, Carlos Peinado, Luis Pierri, Hebert Núñez, Luis Larrosa, Julio Pereyra (Coach: Ramón Etchamendi)
1986 World Championship: finished 18th among 24 teams
*Horacio López, Ramiro Cortés,
Álvaro Tito, Joe McCall, Juan Mignone, Horacio Perdomo, Gabriel Waiter, Luis Larrosa, Luis Pierri, Carlos Peinado,
Hebert Núñez,
Gustavo Sczygielski. (Coach: Ramón Etchamendi)
1991 Pan American Games
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: finished 7th among 10 teams
*
Alejandro Costa,
Juan Blanc,
Marcelo Capalbo,
Jeffrey Granger,
Gustavo Sczygielski,
Javier Guerra,
Luis Larrosa,
Hebert Núñez,
Horacio Perdomo,
Álvaro Tito,
Daniel Koster, and
Enrique Tucuna. Head Coach:
Javier Espíndola
1995 Pan American Games
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: finished 4th among 6 teams
*
Marcel Bouzout,
Gonzalo Caneiro,
Marcelo Capalbo,
Federico Garcín,
Jeffrey Granger,
Adrián Laborda,
Diego Losada,
Alain Mayor,
Oscar Moglia Jr.,
Gustavo Sczygielski,
Luis Silveira
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Silveira was the Uruguayan Basketball League MVP, Uruguayan League MVP, and Uruguayan Basketball League Finals MVP, Uruguayan League ...
, and
Luis Pierri
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1999 Pan American Games
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: finished 8th among 8 teams
*
Adrián Bertolini,
Marcel Bouzout,
Bruno Abratansky,
Jorge Cabrera,
Diego Castrillón,
Diego Losada,
Nicolás Mazzarino
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,
Oscar Moglia Jr.,
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,
Luis Silveira
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Professional career
Silveira was the Uruguayan Basketball League MVP, Uruguayan League MVP, and Uruguayan Basketball League Finals MVP, Uruguayan League ...
,
Martín Suárez, and
Hugo Vázquez
2003 Pan American Games
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Al ...
: finished 8th among 8 teams
*
Mauricio Aguiar
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Esteban Batista
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...
,
Leandro García Morales
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,
Sebastián Leguizamón,
Nicolás Mazzarino
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Alejandro Muro
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,
Trelonnie Owens,
Gastón Paez,
Alejandro Pérez,
Luis Silveira
Luis Silveira (born 16 January 1971) is a former Uruguayan professional basketball player.
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Silveira was the Uruguayan Basketball League MVP, Uruguayan League MVP, and Uruguayan Basketball League Finals MVP, Uruguayan League ...
,
Gustavo Szczgielsky, and
Emiliano Taboada
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2007 Pan American Games
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: finished 3rd among 8 teams
*
Emilio Taboada,
Mauricio Aguiar
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Leandro García Morales
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,
Esteban Batista
Esteban Damián Batista Hernández (born September 2, 1983) is a Uruguayan professional basketball player for Club Nacional de Football of the Liga Uruguaya de Basketball. He was the first ever Uruguayan to play in the NBA.
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...
,
Gastón Paez,
Nicolás Mazzarino
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Fernando Martínez,
Panchi Barrera
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Claudio Charquero,
Martín Osimani,
Juan Pablo Silveira
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Sebastián Izaguirre
FIBA Americas Championship 2009
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: finished 6th among 10 teams
*
Sebastián Izaguirre,
Panchi Barrera
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Mauricio Aguiar
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Emilio Taboada,
Diego González,
Reque Newsome,
Leandro García Morales
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Martín Osimani,
Gastón Páez,
Juan Pablo Silveira
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Nicolás Borsellino, and
Esteban Batista
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South American Basketball Championship 2010: finished 3rd among 8 teams
*
Bruno Fitipaldo,
Fernando Martínez,
Martín Osimani,
Joaquín Izuibejeres,
Joaquín Osimani,
Iván Loriente,
Mauricio Aguiar
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Mathías Calfani
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In ...
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Reque Newsome,
Esteban Batista
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...
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Gastón Páez, and
Sebastián Izaguirre
FIBA Americas Championship 2013
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: finished 7th among 10 teams
*
Esteban Batista
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Professional career
...
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Frederico Bavosi,
Marcos Cabot,
Mathias Calfani
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Bruno Fitipaldo,
Leandro Garcia Morales Leandro may refer to:
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Sebastian Izaguirre,
Nicolás Mazzarino
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Reque Newsome,
Emilito Taboada,
Sebastián Vázquez, and
Kiril Wachsmann
Roster for the
2015 FIBA Americas Championship
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At the
2016 South American Basketball Championship
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