Game at Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, crowd attendance: 6,000
Country
Argentina
Governing body
Argentine Basketball Confederation
National team(s)
Argentina
First played
1912
Club competitions
Liga Nacional de Básquet Liga Argentina de Básquet Liga Federal (es)
International competitions
FIBA World Cup FIBA AmeriCup South American Championship
Basketball was introduced in Argentina in 1912 by the "Asociación Cristiana de Jóvenes" (YMCA), with the first Federation created in 1921 to organise the competitions. In 1929, the Argentine Basketball Confederation ("Confederación Argentina de Basketball") was established. The body currently controls the Argentina national team.
The Campeonato Argentino de Clubes was the top clubs competition of Argentina until 1984 when the Liga Nacional was created as the request of León Najnudel. The league is controlled by the "Asociación de Clubes de Básquetbol"
Regarding the national team, Argentina is the only national team in the FIBA Americas zone that has won the quintuplet crown: FIBA World Cup (they won the first edition, in 1950), Olympic Gold Medal (2004) (the higher honor and most important title in the history of the national team), FIBA Diamond Ball (2008), FIBA AmeriCup (2001, 2011 and 2022) and Pan American Gold Medal (1995 and 2019). They have also won 13 South American Basketball Championships, as well as many youth championships.
The Argentine representative was also the first to defeat a United States national team with a full squad of NBA players. They did so by 87–80 in the 2002 FIBA World Championship held in Indianapolis.
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