| FIBA ranking | 44 | ||
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| JoinedFIBA | 1936; 89 years ago (1936) | ||
| FIBA zone | FIBA Americas | ||
| National federation | Uruguayan Basketball Federation | ||
| Coach | Gerardo Jauri | ||
| Nickname | Charrúas | ||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Appearances | 7 | ||
| Medals | |||
| FIBA World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 7 | ||
| Medals | None | ||
| FIBA AmeriCup | |||
| Appearances | 18 | ||
| Medals | |||
TheUruguay national basketball team (Spanish:Selección de baloncesto de Uruguay) representsUruguay in men's internationalbasketball competitions and it is governed byFederación Uruguaya de basketball.
The team has made seven appearances in theFIBA World Cup and the team representsFIBA andFIBA Americas.[2]
Uruguay is one of threeSouth American countries to win medals at theBasketball Tournament of the Summer Olympics. It won the bronze medal in both the1952 and1956 Summer Olympics.
In addition, it is the third most successful team in theSouth American Basketball Championship, with 11 titles.

Uruguay was the host and champion of the first major continental basketball championship, theSouth American Basketball Championship 1930. The event was held inMontevideo 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. In1932, Uruguay lost its first game of theSouth American Basketball Championship series when it was defeated byChile in one of the two matches it played against the Chileans in the preliminary round. When each team finished at 3–1 (each having defeatedArgentina twice), the two countries played a third match to determine the champion, which Uruguay won.
The1934 and1935 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 in1937,1938, and1939, Uruguay fared somewhat better. They took second place in 1937 and 1939, and third in 1938.
Uruguay won their third championship in1940, 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 in1942, this time losing to Argentina to take second place in the tournament. Uruguay advanced to the final round in the first two-round tournament, in1943, finishing in second place overall.
Uruguay has won the South American Championship 11 times, the last two in 1995 and 1997. The team ranked in the top four in all editions as of 2016.
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place Tournament played fully or partially on home soil
| Olympic Games record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Squad | Pos | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | |
| Quarter-finals | 6th | 6 | 3 | 3 | 142 | 146 | Squad | ||||||||
| Quarter-finals | 5th | 8 | 5 | 3 | 369 | 301 | Squad | ||||||||
| Bronze medalists | 3rd | 8 | 5 | 3 | 486 | 471 | Squad | Qualified as top six in 1948 Olympics | |||||||
| Bronze medalists | 3rd | 8 | 6 | 2 | 568 | 559 | Squad | Direct qualification | |||||||
| Semi-finals | 8th | 8 | 2 | 6 | 548 | 678 | Squad | Direct qualification | |||||||
| Preliminary round | 8th | 9 | 4 | 5 | 596 | 642 | Squad | Qualified as top eight in 1960 Olympics | |||||||
| Did not qualify | 3rd | 4 | 3 | 1 | 302 | 285 | |||||||||
| Did not participate | |||||||||||||||
| Tournament of the Americas served as qualifiers | |||||||||||||||
| Quarter-finals | 6th | 8 | 3 | 5 | 688 | 776 | Squad | ||||||||
| Did not qualify | |||||||||||||||
| Did not qualify | |||||||||||||||
| 5th | 2 | 0 | 2 | 165 | 175 | ||||||||||
| 4th | 4 | 1 | 3 | 277 | 290 | ||||||||||
| Total | 2 Bronzes | 7/21 | 55 | 28 | 27 | 3397 | 3573 | — | — | 10 | 4 | 6 | 744 | 750 | |
| FIBA Basketball World Cup record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Squad | Pos | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | |
| Qualified but later withdrew | South American Championship served as qualifiers | ||||||||||||||
| Final round | 6th | 9 | 4 | 5 | 535 | 544 | Squad | ||||||||
| Preliminary round | 9th | 6 | 2 | 4 | 356 | 384 | |||||||||
| Preliminary round | 10th | 8 | 4 | 4 | 571 | 586 | |||||||||
| Final round | 7th | 6 | 1 | 5 | 347 | 419 | Qualified as host | ||||||||
| Final round | 7th | 9 | 2 | 7 | 564 | 692 | South American Championship served as qualifiers | ||||||||
| Did not qualify | |||||||||||||||
| Preliminary round | 11th | 7 | 2 | 5 | 559 | 628 | |||||||||
| Preliminary round | 18th | 5 | 2 | 3 | 377 | 437 | Squad | ||||||||
| Did not qualify | Tournament of the Americas served as qualifiers | ||||||||||||||
| FIBA Americas Championship served as qualifiers | |||||||||||||||
| 4th | 12 | 6 | 6 | 824 | 909 | ||||||||||
| 5th | 12 | 5 | 7 | 867 | 935 | ||||||||||
| Qualification in progress | Qualified | ||||||||||||||
| Total | — | 7/19 | 50 | 17 | 33 | 3309 | 3690 | — | — | 24 | 11 | 13 | 1691 | 1844 | |
| FIBA AmeriCup record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Squad | Pos | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | |
| Round robin | 7th | 6 | 0 | 6 | 492 | 632 | Squad | South American Championship served as qualifiers | |||||||
| Runners-up | 2nd | 8 | 6 | 2 | 749 | 766 | Squad | ||||||||
| Fourth place | 4th | 8 | 3 | 5 | 696 | 664 | Squad | Qualified as host | |||||||
| Qualified but later withdrew | South American Championship served as qualifiers | ||||||||||||||
| Preliminary round | 10th | 4 | 0 | 4 | 367 | 451 | Squad | ||||||||
| Preliminary round | 10th | 4 | 0 | 4 | 314 | 414 | Squad | ||||||||
| Quarterfinal group | 6th | 8 | 4 | 4 | 676 | 686 | Squad | ||||||||
| Quarterfinal group | 8th | 8 | 3 | 5 | 602 | 648 | Squad | Qualified as host | |||||||
| Quarterfinal group | 7th | 8 | 2 | 6 | 602 | 730 | Squad | South American Championship served as qualifiers | |||||||
| Quarterfinal group | 8th | 8 | 1 | 7 | 627 | 782 | Squad | ||||||||
| Preliminary round | 9th | 4 | 0 | 4 | 290 | 352 | Squad | ||||||||
| Quarterfinal group | 8th | 8 | 1 | 7 | 628 | 672 | Squad | ||||||||
| Quarterfinal group | 6th | 8 | 3 | 5 | 638 | 732 | Squad | ||||||||
| Quarterfinal group | 6th | 8 | 3 | 5 | 546 | 569 | Squad | ||||||||
| Quarterfinal group | 7th | 8 | 2 | 6 | 561 | 626 | Squad | ||||||||
| Quarterfinal group | 7th | 8 | 2 | 6 | 561 | 657 | Squad | ||||||||
| Quarterfinal group | 8th | 8 | 2 | 6 | 590 | 657 | Squad | ||||||||
| Preliminary round | 6th | 3 | 2 | 1 | 211 | 199 | Squad | ||||||||
| Preliminary round | 10th | 3 | 0 | 3 | 208 | 230 | Squad | 1st | 6 | 3 | 3 | 478 | 471 | ||
| Quarter-finals | 7th | 4 | 2 | 2 | 332 | 340 | Squad | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 2 | 495 | 403 | ||
| Total | 1 silver | 19/20 | 124 | 36 | 88 | 9690 | 10807 | — | — | 12 | 7 | 3 | 973 | 874 | |
| Pan American Games record | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Squad |
| Did not participate | ||||||||
| Round robin | 4th | 6 | 2 | 4 | 371 | 402 | ||
| Did not participate | ||||||||
| Quarter-finals | 7th | 7 | 2 | 5 | 546 | 621 | ||
| Quarter-finals | 7th | 6 | 1 | 5 | 494 | 597 | ||
| Fourth place | 4th | 7 | 2 | 5 | 613 | 628 | ||
| Preliminary round | 8th | 4 | 0 | 4 | 282 | 329 | Squad | |
| Preliminary round | 8th | 5 | 1 | 4 | 366 | 422 | Squad | |
| Bronze medalists | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 2 | 398 | 389 | Squad | |
| Preliminary round | 8th | 4 | 1 | 3 | 277 | 300 | Squad | |
| Did not qualify | ||||||||
| Preliminary round | 6th | 4 | 1 | 3 | 262 | 324 | Squad | |
| Did not qualify | ||||||||
| Total | 1 bronze | 9/19 | 48 | 13 | 35 | 3609 | 4012 | — |
| South American Basketball Championship record | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Squad |
| Champions | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 225 | 88 | ||
| Champions | 1st | 5 | 4 | 1 | 125 | 99 | ||
| Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 2 | 4 | 72 | 71 | ||
| Third place | 3rd | 4 | 1 | 3 | 107 | 123 | ||
| Runners-up | 2nd | 8 | 5 | 3 | 201 | 198 | ||
| Third place | 3rd | 4 | 2 | 2 | 160 | 139 | ||
| Runners-up | 2nd | 4 | 3 | 1 | 151 | 122 | ||
| Champions | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 192 | 101 | ||
| Third place | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 2 | 206 | 151 | ||
| Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 2 | 196 | 173 | ||
| Runners-up | 2nd | 8 | 6 | 2 | 325 | 199 | ||
| Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 4 | 1 | 231 | 181 | ||
| Champions | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 225 | 183 | ||
| Champions | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 164 | 134 | ||
| Champions | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 309 | 200 | ||
| Champions | 1st | 8 | 7 | 1 | 463 | 389 | ||
| Runners-up | 2nd | 7 | 6 | 1 | 445 | 398 | ||
| Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 3 | 3 | 478 | 388 | ||
| Runners-up | 2nd | 7 | 5 | 2 | 434 | 420 | ||
| Third place | 3rd | 8 | 7 | 1 | 552 | 474 | ||
| Fourth place | 4th | 7 | 4 | 3 | 460 | 444 | ||
| Runners-up | 2nd | 7 | 5 | 2 | 451 | 397 | ||
| Champions | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 433 | 322 | ||
| Runners-up | 1st | 7 | 6 | 1 | 516 | 455 | ||
| Fourth place | 4th | 7 | 3 | 4 | 465 | 484 | ||
| Third place | 3rd | 6 | 4 | 2 | 452 | 456 | ||
| Runners-up | 2nd | 8 | 6 | 2 | 650 | 572 | ||
| Third place | 3rd | 6 | 4 | 2 | 530 | 494 | ||
| Champions | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 431 | 352 | ||
| Third place | 3rd | 6 | 4 | 2 | 524 | 449 | ||
| Runners-up | 2nd | 7 | 6 | 1 | 690 | 506 | ||
| Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 3 | 3 | 481 | 460 | ||
| Third place | 3rd | 8 | 5 | 3 | 720 | 674 | ||
| Fourth place | 4th | 7 | 4 | 3 | 634 | 571 | ||
| Fourth place | 4th | 7 | 3 | 4 | 621 | 595 | ||
| Champions | 1st | 7 | 6 | 1 | 660 | 569 | ||
| Champions | 1st | 7 | 5 | 2 | 646 | 500 | ||
| Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 3 | 3 | 542 | 480 | ||
| Fourth place | 4th | 9 | 5 | 4 | 766 | 642 | ||
| Third place | 3rd | 6 | 4 | 2 | 467 | 452 | ||
| Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 3 | 3 | 535 | 535 | ||
| Runners-up | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 2 | 298 | 324 | ||
| Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 2 | 531 | 493 | ||
| Third place | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 2 | 353 | 363 | ||
| Third place | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 2 | 438 | 339 | ||
| Fourth place | 4th | 5 | 2 | 3 | 387 | 309 | ||
| Third place | 3rd | 6 | 4 | 2 | 450 | 399 | Squad | |
| Total | 11 titles | 47/47 | 289 | 200 | 89 | 19392 | 16867 | — |
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Win Loss Fixture
| 21 February | Uruguay | 61–70 | Paysandú,Uruguay | ||
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| 20:10UTC−3 | Scoring by quarter: 13–21, 21–21,14–10, 13–18 | ||||
| Pts:Iglesias 14 Rebs:Three players 5 Asts:Rodríguez 6 | Boxscore | Pts:Georginho 20 Rebs: Georginho 11 Asts:Yago, Georginho 2 | Arena:Estadio 8 de Junio Attendance: 1,617 Referees: Daniel García (VEN), Williset Del Valle (PUR), Franco Anselmo (ARG) | ||
| 24 February | Uruguay | 107–60 | Paysandú,Uruguay | ||
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| 20:00UTC−3 | Scoring by quarter:30–12, 25–27,29–12,23–9 | ||||
| Pts:Pomoli 14 Rebs:Serres 9 Asts:Vescovi 8 | Boxscore | Pts:Mercado 16 Rebs:Ruiz 6 Asts:Benítez 5 | Arena:Estadio 8 de Junio Referees: Juan Fernández (ARG), Carmelo De la Rosa (PUR), Claudio Osorio (CHI) | ||
| 14 August Friendly | Colombia | 71–89 | Cali,Colombia | ||
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| 18:43UTC−5 | Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 23–29, 11–21,19–18 | ||||
| Pts:Roque 23 Rebs:Solis 8 Asts:Blanco, Roque 2 | Pts:Fitipaldo 17 Rebs:Three players 6 Asts: Fitipaldo 4 | Arena:Coliseo Evangelista Mora Attendance: 823 Referees: Luis Bedoya (COL), Fernando Gonzales (COL), Elizabeth Delgado (COL) | |||
| 15 August Friendly | Venezuela | 60–81 | Cali,Colombia | ||
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| 18:52UTC−5 | Scoring by quarter: 9–18, 9–23,21–18, 21–22 | ||||
| Pts:Graterol 11 Rebs: Graterol 9 Asts:Pirela,Sifontes 4 | Pts:Vescovi 26 Rebs: Vescovi 8 Asts:Parodi 5 | Arena:Coliseo Evangelista Mora Attendance: 214 Referees: Luis Bedoya (COL), Elizabeth Delgado (COL), Fernando Gonzales (COL) | |||
| 18 August Copa Latina "Rumbo a Nicaragua" Semifinals | Panama | 74–85 | Panama City,Panama | ||
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| 23:00UTC−5 | Scoring by quarter:20–15, 19–19, 22–26, 13–25 | ||||
| Pts:Rodríguez 14 Rebs:Atencio 14 Asts:Gaskins 6 | Pts:Parodi 17 Rebs:Iglesias 8 Asts:Fitipaldo 8 | Arena:COS Sports Plaza Attendance: 0 | |||
| 19 August Copa Latina "Rumbo a Nicaragua" Final | Brazil | 86–77 | Panama City,Panama | ||
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| 21:00UTC−5 | Scoring by quarter:29–20, 18–23,21–16, 18–18 | ||||
| Pts:Yago 16 Rebs:Georginho, Yago 6 Asts:Lucas Dias, Yago 5 | Pts:Martínez 19 Rebs:Vescovi 6 Asts:Fitipaldo 6 | Arena:Roberto Durán Arena | |||
| 23 August | Brazil | 81–76 | Managua,Nicaragua | ||
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| 13:10UTC−6 | Scoring by quarter:27–20, 19–24,19–18,16–14 | ||||
| Pts:Caboclo 13 Rebs: Caboclo 10 Asts:Yago 5 | Boxscore | Pts:Serres 14 Rebs: Serres,Vescovi 6 Asts:Fitipaldo 8 | Arena:Polideportivo Alexis Argüello Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Omar Bermúdez (MEX), Daniel García (VEN), Waseem Husainy (CAN) | ||
| 24 August | Uruguay | 86–85 | Managua,Nicaragua | ||
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| 21:10UTC−6 | Scoring by quarter:19–15, 20–27,25–18, 22–25 | ||||
| Pts:Vescovi 24 Rebs:Rodríguez 8 Asts:Fitipaldo 6 | Boxscore | Pts:Galloway 25 Rebs:Three players 7 Asts:Grant 7 | Arena:Polideportivo Alexis Argüello Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Carlos Vélez (COL), Waseem Husainy (CAN) | ||
| 26 August | Uruguay | 100–91 | Managua,Nicaragua | ||
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| 16:10UTC−6 | Scoring by quarter:22–16, 24–30, 20–26,34–19 | ||||
| Pts:Fitipaldo 33 Rebs: Fitipaldo 8 Asts: Fitipaldo 13 | Boxscore | Pts:Bridgewater 29 Rebs:Burrows 7 Asts:Hunter, Bridgewater 5 | Arena:Polideportivo Alexis Argüello Attendance: 300 Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Juan Fernández (ARG), Michael Scott (CAN) | ||
| 28 August | United States | 83–70 | Managua,Nicaragua | ||
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| 15:40UTC−6 | Scoring by quarter:18–15, 20–30,25–15,20–10 | ||||
| Pts:Smart 27 Rebs:Cooley 12 Asts:Galloway 4 | Boxscore | Pts:Vescovi 17 Rebs:Bianchi 8 Asts:Parodi 6 | Arena:Polideportivo Alexis Argüello Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Carlos Vélez (COL), Waseem Husainy (CAN) | ||
| 27 November | Panama | vs. | Panama City,Panama | ||
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| Boxscore | Arena:Roberto Durán Arena | ||||
Roster for the2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification matches on 27 and 30 November 2025 againstPanama.[3]
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| PF | Gonzalo Iglesias | Juan Ignacio Ducasse | |||
| SF | Emiliano Serres | Nicolás Martínez | Bernardo Barrera | ||
| SG | Joaquín Rodriguez | Santiago Vescovi | Patricio Prieto | ||
| PG | Bruno Fitipaldo | Luciano Parodi |
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1936 Olympic Games: finished6th among 21 teams
1948 Olympic Games: finished5th among 23 teams
1952 Olympic Games: finished3rd among 23 teams
1954 World Championship: finished6th among 12 teams
1956 Olympic Games: finished3rd among 15 teams
1959 World Championship: finished9th among 13 teams
1960 Olympic Games: finished8th among 16 teams
1963 World Championship: finished10th among 13 teams
1964 Olympic Games: finished8th among 16 teams
1967 World Championship: finished7th among 13 teams
1970 World Championship: finished7th among 13 teams
1982 World Championship: finished11th among 13 teams
1984 Olympic Games: finished6th among 12 teams
1986 World Championship: finished18th among 24 teams
1991 Pan American Games: finished7th among 10 teams
1995 Pan American Games: finished4th among 6 teams
1999 Pan American Games: finished8th among 8 teams
2003 Pan American Games: finished8th among 8 teams
2007 Pan American Games: finished3rd among 8 teams
FIBA Americas Championship 2009: finished6th among 10 teams
South American Basketball Championship 2010: finished3rd among 8 teams
FIBA Americas Championship 2013: finished7th among 10 teams
Roster for the2015 FIBA Americas Championship.
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