Cuba men's national basketball team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Cuba women's national basketball team.

The Cuba men's national basketball team represents Cuba at international competitions.^[2] It won the bronze medal at 1972 Summer Olympics and finished in 4th place at the 1974 FIBA World Championship. It is the only team from the Caribbean to win a medal at a major global event.

 Cuba

FIBA ranking	69 (18 November 2022)^[1]
Joined FIBA	1937
FIBA zone	FIBA Americas
National federation	Cuba Basketball Federation
Coach	Eduardo Moya
Olympic Games
Appearances	6
Medals	Bronze: 1972
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	4
Medals	None
FIBA AmeriCup
Appearances	10
Medals	None
Home Away

Competitive record

Olympics

Year	Position	Tournament	Host
1948	13th	Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics	London, United Kingdom
1952	9th	Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics	Helsinki, Finland
1968	11th	Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics	Mexico City, Mexico
1972	(3rd place)	Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics	Munich, West Germany
1976	7th	Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics	Montreal, Canada
1980	6th	Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics	Moscow, Soviet Union

Friendship Games

Year	Position	Tournament	Host
1984	(3rd place)	Basketball at the Friendship Games	Moscow, Soviet Union

FIBA World Cup

Year	Position	Tournament	Host
1970	8th	1970 FIBA World Championship	Yugoslavia
1974	4th	1974 FIBA World Championship	Puerto Rico
1986	11th	1986 FIBA World Championship	Spain
1994	15th	1994 FIBA World Championship	Canada

FIBA AmeriCup

Year	Position	Tournament	Host
1980	6h	1980 Tournament of the Americas	San Juan, Puerto Rico
1984	8th	1984 Tournament of the Americas	São Paulo, Brazil
1989	7th	1989 Tournament of the Americas	Mexico City, Mexico
1992	8th	1992 Tournament of the Americas	Portland, United States
1993	5th	1993 Tournament of the Americas	San Juan, Puerto Rico
1995	5th	1995 Tournament of the Americas	Tucumán, Argentina
1997	6th	1997 FIBA Americas Championship	Montevideo, Uruguay
1999	10th	1999 FIBA Americas Championship	San Juan, Puerto Rico
2011	10th	2011 FIBA Americas Championship	Mar del Plata, Argentina
2015	10th	2015 FIBA Americas Championship	Mexico City, Mexico

Pan American Games

• 1951:  
• 1955: 5th
• 1959: 6th
• 1963: Did not compete
• 1967: 4th
• 1971:  
• 1975: 5th
• 1979: 4th
• 1983: 7th
• 1987: Did not compete
• 1991: 4th
• 1995: Did not compete
• 1999: 7th
• 2003-2019: Did not compete
• 2023: To be determined

Centrobasket

• 1989:  
• 1991:  
• 1993:  
• 1995:  
• 1997:  
• 1999:  
• 2001: 6th
• 2003: Did not compete
• 2004: 5th
• 2006: 6th
• 2008: 4th
• 2010: 4th
• 2012: 8th
• 2014: 4th
• 2016: 6th

Caribebasket

See also: Caribebasket

• 1981-1996: ?
• 1998-2002: Did not compete
• 2004:  
• 2006:  
• 2007:  
• 2009:  
• 2011: Did not compete
• 2014:  
• 2015: Did not compete

Current roster

  Cuba

Cuba National Basketball Team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club G/F 0 Karel Guzman 25 – (1995-02-07)7 February 1995 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Capitalinos   SF 2 Yoanki Mensia 22 – (1997-09-23)23 September 1997 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Gimnasia y Esgrima   PG 5 Osmel Oliva 32 – (1987-04-24)24 April 1987 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Capitalinos   F 9 Lisvan Valdes 32 – (1988-01-21)21 January 1988 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Santa Tecla BC   PG 12 Yuniskel Molina 26 – (1993-03-28)28 March 1993 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) C 0 Jasiel Rivero 26 – (1993-10-31)31 October 1993 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) CB Miraflores   PF 15 Marvin Cairo 28 – (1991-08-13)13 August 1991 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Piratas de Imbabura   G/F 19 Pedro Bombino 19 – (2000-03-21)21 March 2000 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Gimnasia y Esgrima   23 Raudelis Guerra 26 – (1993-06-19)19 June 1993 24 Neslier Abreu 27 – (1993-01-16)16 January 1993 PF 36 Yoel Cubilla 25 – (1994-12-25)25 December 1994 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) G 55 Pedro Roque 24 – (1995-06-28)28 June 1995 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Head coach   Jose Andres Ramirez Paz Assistant coach(es)   Yoanis Zaldivar Anderson   Eduardo Moya Legend Club field describes latest professional club Age field is age on February 21, 2020 (C) – Team Captain

Past roster

Roster for the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship.

Cuba National Basketball Team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club G/F 4 Karel Guzman 20 – (1995-02-07)7 February 1995 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Capitalinos   PG 5 Osmel Oliva 28 – (1987-04-24)24 April 1987 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Artemisa   C 6 Javier Justiz 22 – (1992-09-18)18 September 1992 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Basket Zaragoza   G 7 Yaser Rodriguez 27 – (1988-01-01)1 January 1988 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Ciego de Avila (basketball)   SF 9 Livan Valdez 27 – (1988-01-21)21 January 1988 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Capitalinos   SG 10 William Granda (C) 30 – (1985-08-08)8 August 1985 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Club Atlético Tabaré   PG 11 Yuniskel Molina 22 – (1993-03-28)28 March 1993 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Pinar del Rio   C 12 Joan Luis Haiti 33 – (1982-04-20)20 April 1982 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Ciego de Avila (basketball)   SF 13 Esteban Martinez 28 – (1987-05-08)8 May 1987 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Santiago de Cuba   PF 14 Orestes Torres 28 – (1987-02-26)26 February 1987 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Capitalinos   PF 15 Jasiel Rivero 21 – (1993-10-31)31 October 1993 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Club Atlético Tabaré   F/C 16 Yoel Cubilla 20 – (1994-12-25)25 December 1994 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Ciego de Avila (basketball)	Head coach   Daniel Scott Assistant coach(es)   Leonardo Perez Legend Club field describes latest professional club Age field is age on August 30, 2015 (C) – Team Captain

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Javier Justiz	Yoan Luis	Abel Font
PF	Orestes Torres	Yoel Cubilla
SF	Yordanis Jaca	Livan Valdez	Yoanki Mensia
SG	William Granda	Karel Guzman
PG	Yaser Rodriguez	Osmel Oliva

Head coach position

•   Daniel Scott: 2001–2011
•   Leonardo Perez: 2012–2014
•   Daniel Scott: 2015–2017
•   Yoanis Zaldivar: 2017
•   José "Pepe" Ramírez: 2017-2019
•   Eduardo Moya: 2020-present

Past rosters

1948 Olympic Games: finished 13th among 23 teams

Alfredo "Bebo" Faget, Francisco "Frank" Lavernia, Raúl García Ordóñez, Federico "Fico" López, Casimiro García Artime, Juan García, José Llanusa, Ramón Wiltz, Mario Agüero, Joaquín Agüero, Mario Quintero, Fabio Ruiz, Llaneras Rodríguez, Otero Vázquez, José Miguel Álvarez Pozo

1952 Olympic Games: finished 14th among 23 teams

Alfredo "Bebo" Faget, Carlos García Ordóñez, Federico "Fico" López, Juan García, Casimiro García Artime, Ramón Wiltz, Mario Quintero, Fabio Ruiz, Mario Agüero, Felipe de la Pozas y Piad, Carlos Bea, Armando Estrada Rivero, Alberto Escoto Valdés

1968 Olympic Games: finished 11th among 16 teams

Ruperto Herrera Tabio, Pedro Chappe Garcia, Franklin Standard, Rafael Cañizares, Conrado Pérez, Pablo García, Cesar Valdés, Inocente Cuesta, Jacinto González, Miguel Montalvo, Miguel Calderón Gómez, Carlos del Pozo (Coach: Stepas Butautas)

1970 World Championship: finished 8th among 13 teams

Ruperto Herrera Tabio, Pedro Chappe Garcia, Franklin Standard, Conrado Pérez, Tomás Herrera Martínez, Rafael Cañizares, Juan Domecq, Miguel Álvarez Pozo, Alejandro Urgelles Guibot, Oscar Varona Varona, Miguel Calderón Gómez, Francisco Varona (Coach: Stepas Butautas)

1972 Olympic Games: finished 3rd among 16 teams

Ruperto Herrera Tabio, Pedro Chappe Garcia, Juan Domecq, Franklin Standard, Alejandro Urgelles Guibot, Rafael Cañizares, Oscar Varona Varona, Tomás Herrera Martínez, Miguel Álvarez Pozo, Miguel Calderón Gómez, Juan Roca Brunet, Conrado Pérez (Coach: Juan Carmelo Ortega Díaz)

1974 World Championship: finished 4th among 14 teams

Ruperto Herrera Tabio, Pedro Chappe Garcia, Miguel Álvarez Pozo, Tomás Herrera Martínez, Juan Domecq, Oscar Varona Varona, Miguel Calderón Gómez, Alejandro Urgelles Guibot, Rafael Cañizares, Conrado Pérez, Juan Roca Brunet, Alejandro Lázaro Ortiz (Coach: Juan Carmelo Ortega Díaz)

1976 Olympic Games: finished 7th among 12 teams

Ruperto Herrera Tabio, Pedro Chappe Garcia, Juan Domecq, Tomás Herrera Martínez, Oscar Varona Varona, Félix Morales, Alejandro Urgelles Guibot, Daniel Scott, Rafael Cañizares, Juan Roca Brunet, Alejandro Lázaro Ortiz, Ángel Padrón (Coach: Juan Carmelo Ortega Díaz)

1980 Olympic Games: finished 6th among 12 teams

Ruperto Herrera Tabio, Tomás Herrera Martínez, Miguel Calderón Gómez, Félix Morales, Daniel Scott, Alejandro Urgelles Guibot, Alejandro Lázaro Ortiz, Raúl Dubois, Pedro Abreu, Jorge More, Generoso Márquez, Noangel Luaces (Coach: Pedro Chappe Garcia)

1986 World Championship: finished 11th among 24 teams

Daniel Scott, Félix Morales, Raúl Dubois, Pedro Abreu, Luis Calderón, Noangel Luaces, Eduardo Cabrera, Luciano Rivero, Roberto Simón Salomón, Leonardo Pérez, José Carlos Caballero, Pedro Cobarrubia (Coach: Juan Carmelo Ortega Díaz)

1994 World Championship: finished 15th among 16 teams

Richard Matienzo, Leonardo Pérez, Lazaro Borrell, Roberto Carlos Herrera, Roberto Simón Salomón, Ángel Oscar Caballero, Augusto Duquesne, Ulises Goire, José Luis Díaz, Juan Leopoldo Vázquez, Edel Casanova, Yudit Abreu (Coach: Miguel Calderón Gómez)

See also

• Cuba women's national basketball team
• Cuba national under-19 basketball team
• Cuba national under-17 basketball team
• Cuba national 3x3 team
• Legionarios del Baloncesto Cubano

References

1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. November 18, 2022. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
2. "Cuban national team will participate in men's basketball qualifying tournament". Radio Cadena Agramonte. November 26, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2021.

External links

• Latinbasket.com - Cuba Men National Team
• Cuba Sport - Basketball
• FIBA Profile
• Cuba Basketball Records at FIBA Archive

Videos

• Cuba v Venezuela - Game Highlights - Group B - 2015 FIBA Americas Championship Youtube.com video