Country: ArgentinaFIBA bwin Ranking Men: No. 3Last participation in the FIBA Basketball World Cup: 2010 (7 wins, 2 defeats; 5th place)
Best result in the history of the FIBA Basketball World Cup: 2nd place (
2002)
Result in qualifying tournament for 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup: 3rd place at
2013 FIBA Americas Championship (6 wins, 4 defeats)
Argentina are going to show up at the FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain with a good mix of veterans and youngsters, and an experienced coach in Julio Lamas.
Lamas guided Argentina at the
1998 FIBA World Championshipduring his first spell as boss.
Four years later, and many of the young and promising players in the country broke into the senior team.
Among them was
Luis Scola.
The 2.04m power forward helped Argentina
reach the Final where Yugoslavia upended them in an overtime thriller.