Uruguay national basketball team
The Uruguay national basketball team is the basketball side that represents Uruguay in international competitions.
Uruguay's best achievement in basketball was obtaining the bronze medal in the both the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics.
Olympic Games record
FIBA World Championship record
- 1954 FIBA World Championship: 6th
- 1959 FIBA World Championship: 3rd
- 1963 FIBA World Championship: 10th
- 1967 FIBA World Championship: 7th
- 1970 FIBA World Championship: 7th
- 1982 FIBA World Championship: 11th
- 1986 FIBA World Championship: 13th
South American Championships
Uruguay was the host and champion of the first major international basketball championship, the South American Basketball Championship 1930. The event was held in Montevideo and featured four South American teams. Teams played each of the other three teams twice apiece; Uruguay won all six of its games. In 1932, Uruguay lost its first game of the South American Basketball Championship series when it was defeated by Chile 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 Argentina twice), they played each other in a third match to determine the champion, which Uruguay won.
The 1934 and 1935 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 1937, 1938, and 1939, Uruguay fared somewhat better. They took second place in 1937 and 1939, and third in 1938.
Uruguay won their third championship in 1940, 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. 1941 resulted in a bronze medal for Uruguay. The team played in their second tie-breaker final in 1942, 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 1943, finishing in second place overall.
| Year | Place | # of teams | Wins | Losses | Notes |
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| 1930 | 1st | 4 | 6 | 0 | Host |
| 1932 | 1st | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3-1 preliminary, won final match |
| 1934 | 4th | 4 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1935 | 3rd | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1937 | 2nd | 5 | 5 | 3 | |
| 1938 | 3rd | 5 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1939 | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 1 | |
| 1940 | 1st | 6 | 5 | 0 | Host |
| 1941 | 3rd | 6 | 3 | 2 | |
| 1942 | 2nd | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3-1 preliminary, lost final match |
| 1943 | 2nd | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4-1 preliminary, 2-1 final round |
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