Uruguayan national basketball team
Uruguay 
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| FIBA ranking | 26  1 |
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| Joined FIBA | 1936 | ||
| FIBA zone | FIBA Americas | ||
| National federation | Uruguayan Basketball Federation | ||
| Coach | Marcelo Signorelli | ||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Appearances | 7 | ||
| Medals |
 Bronze: (1952, 1956) |
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| FIBA World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 7 | ||
| Medals | None | ||
| FIBA AmeriCup | |||
| Appearances | 17 | ||
| Medals |
 Silver: (1984) |
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The Uruguay national basketball team participates in international competitions.
Uruguay is one of three South American countries to win medals at the Basketball Tournament of the Summer Olympics. It won the bronze medal in both the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics.
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 national basketball teams. Teams played each of the other three teams twice each; 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), the two countries played 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.
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