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1997 Tournament Of The Americas Squads
This article displays the rosters for the participating teams at the 1997 Tournament of the Americas played in Montevideo, Uruguay from August 21 to August 31, 1997. Group A Argentina *4 Gabriel Fernández *5 Héctor Campana *6 Luis Villar *7 Esteban de la Fuente *8 Lucas Victoriano *9 Marcelo Milanesio *10 Juan Espil *11 Diego Osella *12 Gabriel Díaz *13 Jorge Racca *14 Patricio Simoni *15 Rubén Wolkowyski :*Head coach: Julio Lamas Brazil *4 Raúl *5 Ratto *6 Caio *7 Olívia *8 Josuel *9 Demétrius *10 Alexei *11 Brasília *12 Sandro Varejão *13 Vanderlei *14 Rogério *15 Janjão :*Head coach: Hélio Rubens Garcia Cuba *4 Ángel Caballero *5 Yudi Abreu *6 Rabdel Echevarría *7 Ulises Goire *8 Héctor Pino *9 Roberto Herrera García *10 Leonardo Pérez *11 Lazaro Borrell *12 Leopoldo Vázquez *13 Eliécer Rojas *14 Ángel Núñez *15 Ruperto Herrera García :*Head coach: Miguel Calderón Gómez Mexico *4 Óscar Castellanos *5 Antonio Reyes *6 Andrés ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Tournament Of The Americas
The 1997 Tournament of the Americas, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup, was a basketball championship hosted by Uruguay from 21 to 31, August 1997. The games were played in Montevideo. This FIBA AmeriCup was to earn the four berths allocated to the Americas for the 1998 FIBA World Championship in Athens, Greece. The United States won the tournament, the country's third AmeriCup championship. Qualification Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 1997; two teams (USA and Canada) qualified automatically since they are the only members of the North America zone. * North America: , * Caribbean and Central America:, , , * South America: , , , The draw split the tournament into two groups: Group A Group B Format * The top four teams from each group advance to the quarterfinals. * Results and standings among teams within the same group are carried over. * The top four teams at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Luís Guimarães Fonseca
André Luís Guimarães Fonseca (born 4 March 1969), also commonly known as Ratto, is a Brazilian former professional basketball player and coach. Career With the senior Brazilian national basketball team, Ratto He at the 1994 FIBA World Cup, the 1996 Summer Olympics, and the 1998 FIBA World Cup. After his basketball playing career ended, Ratto began a career working as a basketball coach Basketball coaching is the act of directing and strategizing the behavior of a basketball team or individual basketball player. Basketball coaching typically encompasses the improvement of individual and team offensive and defensive skills, as wel .... References External links * FIBA Profile 1969 births [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yudi Abreu
Yudi may refer to: *Jade Emperor The Jade Emperor or Yudi ( or , ') in Chinese culture, traditional religions and myth is one of the representations of the first god ( '). In Daoist theology he is the assistant of Yuanshi Tianzun, who is one of the Three Pure Ones, the thre ... (), a god in Chinese culture * Yudi Township (), a township in Youyang County, Chongqing, China * Yudi language, a variety of Arabic spoken by Jews formerly living in Libya See also * Yu Di (died 818), Tang dynasty general and official {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ángel Caballero
Angel is a given name meaning "angel", "messenger". In the English-speaking world Angel is used for both boys and girls. From the medieval Latin masculine name ''Angelus'', which was derived from the name of the heavenly creature (itself derived from the Greek word ''ἄγγελος (angelos)'' meaning "messenger"). It has never been very common in the English-speaking world, where it is sometimes used as a feminine name in modern times. In the United States, while it is more common among girls (although not as common as Angela), it has seen some increase among boys, in particular as an English pronunciation of Spanish Ángel. Ángel is a common male name in Spanish-speaking countries. Variations * Albanian: Engjëll, Ankelo, Anxhelo * Asturian: Ánxel, Ánxelu, Xelu (short) * Bulgarian: Ангел (''Angel'') (masc.), Ангелина (''Angelina'') (fem.) * hr, Anđeo, Anđelko (masc.); Anđela, Anđelka (fem.) * French: Ange (masc.), Angèl (masc.), Angèle (fem.), Angéliqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hélio Rubens Garcia
Hélio Rubens Garcia (born Franca, Brazil, September 2, 1940), also commonly known as Hélio Rubens, is a former Brazilian professional basketball player and coach. Professional playing career During his pro club career, Rubens Garcia won 4 Brazilian Championships, in the years 1971, 1974, 1975, and 1980. National team playing career With the senior Brazilian national basketball team, Rubens Garcia played at the 1967, 1970, 1974 and 1978 editions of the FIBA World Cup. He also played at the 1968 Summer Olympic Games, and the 1972 Summer Olympic Games. National team coaching career Hélio Rubens was the head coach of the senior Brazilian national basketball team at the 1990 FIBA World Cup, the 1998 FIBA World Cup, and the 2002 FIBA World Cup The 2002 FIBA World Championship was the 14th edition of the competition now known as the FIBA Basketball World Cup, the international world championship for men's basketball teams. The tournament held by the International Basketball Fed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rogério Klafke
Rogério Klafke, also known simply as Rogério (born 26 March 1971) is a Brazilian former professional basketball player. During his pro club career, Klafke won 5 Brazilian Championships, in the years 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, and 2004. With the senior Brazilian national basketball team, Klafke competed at the 1994 FIBA World Cup, the 1996 Summer Olympics, the 1998 FIBA World Cup The 1998 FIBA World Championship was the 13th FIBA World Championship, an international basketball tournament held by the International Basketball Federation and hosted in Greece from 29 July to 9 August 1998. The tournament was contested by 16 n ..., and the 2002 FIBA World Cup. References External links * FIBA Profile [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanderlei Mazzuchini
Vanderlei is a given name popular in Brazil as well as a surname. The given name derives from the surname, which derives from the Dutch van der Lee. The Brazilian family name ''Vanderlei'' and '' Wanderley'', now also used as given names, was introduced in Brazil in 1637 by the Dutch cavalry captain Gaspar/Caspar van Niehof van der Leij, who may have been born in Gummersbach.Anne PostCaspar von Neuhof van der Ley at the Genealogy of the Neuhof van der Ley family site. (In Dutch and German) Notable people with the name include: Given name * Vanderlei José Alves or simply Vanderlei (born 1978), Brazilian football striker * Rubens Vanderlei Tavares Cardoso (born 1976), Brazilian retired left wingback, current assistant manager of Brasil de Pelotas * Vanderlei Francisco, Brazilian footballer *Vanderlei de Lima (born 1969), former long-distance runner who specialised in marathons * Vanderlei Luxemburgo (born 1952), Brazilian football manager and former player *Jean Raphael Vanderlei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandro Varejão
Sandro França Varejão (born April 9, 1972) is a Brazilian former professional basketball player. A 6'11" (2.10 m) center, he is the older brother of Anderson Varejão and played college basketball in the United States of America, United States from 1993 to 1997, initially with College of Southern Idaho, Southern Idaho in the NJCAA and then with West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball, West Virginia in the NCAA Division I. After going undrafted in the 1997 NBA Draft he started his professional career in Brazil, where he won several titles, among them 4 national championships and a Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol, Liga Sudamericana. He is a 6-time medalist with the Brazil national basketball team, Brazilian national team and participated in two FIBA World Championships in 1998 and 2002. College career Born in Vitória, Espírito Santo, Vitória, in the Espírito Santo state of Brazil, Varejão played basketball in high school at Colégio Salesiano Nossa Senhora da Vitória, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cláudio Antônio Gomes Clemente
Claudio is an Italian and Spanish first name. In Portuguese it is accented Cláudio. In Catalan and Occitan it is Claudi, while in Romanian it is Claudiu. Origin and history Claudius was the name of an eminent Roman gens, the most important members of which were: * Claudius, Emperor Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus * Appius Claudius Sabinus Regillensis (fl. 486 BC), founder of the family, originally a Sabine known as Attius Clausus. * Appius Claudius Crassus (fl.450BC), public official, decemvir in 451 BC, appointed to codify the laws. * Appius Claudius Caecus (fl.300BC), official orator, best known for the highway named after him, the Appian Way. Consul in 307 & 296. * Claudius Gothicus (210–270), officer in the Roman army and a provincial governor First name: Claudio Claudio became a popular first name due to the spread of Christianity during the Middle Ages. Claudio is also used in Spanish and in Portuguese, accented as Cláudio. Notable people with the name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexei Carvalho
Alexey, Alexei, Alexie, Aleksei, or Aleksey (russian: Алексе́й ; bg, Алексей ) is a Russian and Bulgarian male first name deriving from the Greek ''Aléxios'' (), meaning "Defender", and thus of the same origin as the Latin Alexius. Alexey may also be romanized as ''Aleksei'', ''Aleksey'', ''Alexej'', ''Aleksej'', etc. It has been commonly westernized as Alexis. Similar Ukrainian and Belarusian names are romanized as Oleksii (Олексій) and Aliaksiej (Аляксей), respectively. The Russian Orthodox Church uses the Old Church Slavonic version, Alexiy (Алексiй, or Алексий in modern spelling), for its Saints and hierarchs (most notably, this is the form used for Patriarchs Alexius I and Alexius II). The common hypocoristic is Alyosha () or simply Lyosha (). These may be further transformed into Alyoshka, Alyoshenka, Lyoshka, Lyoha, Lyoshenka (, respectively), sometimes rendered as Alesha/Aleshenka in English. The form Alyosha may b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demétrius Conrado Ferraciú
Demétrius Conrado Ferraciú, also commonly known simply as Demétrius (alternate spelling: Ferracciú) (born 17 July 1973) is a Brazilian former professional basketball player and coach. Career During his pro club career, Demétrius won 6 Brazilian Championships, in the years 1993, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, and 2005. With the senior Brazilian national basketball team, Demétrius competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, the 1998 FIBA World Cup, and the 2002 FIBA World Cup. After he retired from playing professional basketball, Demétrius began a career working as a basketball coach Basketball coaching is the act of directing and strategizing the behavior of a basketball team or individual basketball player. Basketball coaching typically encompasses the improvement of individual and team offensive and defensive skills, as wel .... References External linksFIBA Profile [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
