Instruct: Given a question, retrieve relevant documents that answer the question.
Query: How many professional basketball teams are there in Argentina?
For the 1984 edition there was 64 teams. The association decided to retire 10 teams, moving them to "Primera Nacional A".[14] Of those teams, 4 were from city of Buenos Aires, and the provinces of Buenos Aires, Córdoba and Santa Fe were represented by 2 teams each.
Diego García (born September 15, 1979) is an Argentine professional basketball player. He currently plays for Club La Unión in Argentina. He is also a member of the Argentina national basketball team.
The Argentina mixed national 3x3 team is a national basketball team of Argentina, governed by the Confederación Argentina de Basquetbol.
It represents the country in international 3x3 (3 against 3) mixed men's and women's basketball competitions.
Bob Howes (born January 4, 1943) is a former professional Canadian football offensive lineman who played fourteen seasons in the Canadian Football League, mainly for the Edmonton Eskimos. He was a part of five Grey Cup championship teams with the Eskimos. Howes played college football and basketball at Queen's University, and has coached the Queen's Golden Gaels football team for many years, both as an assistant and as head coach. His son Beau Howes played quarterback for the Gaels during the 1990s.
Basketball was initially introduced to Brazil by Professor Augusto Shaw in 1896. In 1912, he began organizing the first state tournament and in 1922 the first national team made its debut at games against Argentina and Uruguay. As in the case of football, South America was initially ahead of the rest of the world and in 1930 held the first edition of the FIBA South American Championship. In that decade, Brazilian basketball was supported by professional football clubs, to include it as a new sports section, although amateur in nature. Later, these clubs became professional and supported the national team with world-class players.
In 1933 Club Atlético Palermo merged with Sportivo Palermo and the new club played the 1933 and 1934 AAF championships as "Atlético y Sportivo Palermo". After the 1934 season the AAF and the Liga Argentina de Football (the professional league) merged to form the "Asociación del Football Argentino" remaining the professional mode to date. Sportivo Palermo and CA Palermo separated, never playing an official tournament again although football has continued as sport at the club, but only for children.By 1945 football had lost its predominance within the club, being basketball its most representative sport. Palermo disputed many matches against its classic rival Club Parque in the 1940s. Palermo's most prominent player was Ricardo Primitivo González, who took part of the Argentina national basketball team that won the 1950 FIBA World Championship.
Argentina is the only national team in the FIBA Americas zone that has won the quintuplet crown: FIBA World Cup (they won the first edition, in 1950), Olympic Gold Medal (2004) (the highest honor and most important title of Argentina in the history of Argentina Basketball Men's Senior National Team), FIBA Diamond Ball (2008), FIBA AmeriCup (2001 and 2011) and Pan American Gold Medal (1995). They have also won 13 South American Basketball Championships, as well as many youth championships.
The Argentina national under-16 and under-17 basketball team is a national basketball team of Argentina, governed by the Confederación Argentina de Basquetbol.
The Argentina national basketball team, officially nicknamed El Alma Argentina[3] (Spanish: The Argentine Soul), is controlled by the Argentine Basketball Federation.
Basketball was introduced in Argentina in 1912 by the "Asociación Cristiana de Jóvenes" (Young Men's Christians Association – YCMA), with the first Federation created in 1921 to organise the competitions. In 1929, the Argentine Basketball Federation ("Confederación Argentina de Basketball") was established. The body currently controls the Argentina national team.
The South American Basketball Championship 1941 was the ninth South American Basketball Championship. It was held in Mendoza, Argentina and won by the host Argentina national basketball team. Six teams competed despite the World War that was currently under way.Each team played the other five teams once, for a total of five games played by each team and 15 overall in the tournament.
After turning professional, Assie has played for numerous teams throughout the world, including teams in Finland, Turkey, and Argentina. Currently, he plays for San Martin Corrientes in Argentina. Assie is also a member of the Côte d'Ivoire national basketball team and played for the team for the first time at the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey.
The Argentina national 3x3 team is a national basketball team of Argentina, governed by the Confederación Argentina de Basquetbol.
It represents the country in international 3x3 (3 against 3) basketball competitions.
The Copa Argentina de Básquet (English: Argentina Cup of Basketball) was an Argentine men's professional club basketball national cup competition. The competition was contested between the teams of the top-tier level Argentine League (LNB), and the second-tier level Argentine 2nd Division.
The Argentina women's national under-16 and under-17 basketball team is a national basketball team of Argentina, governed by the Confederación Argentina de Basquetbol.
The Albanian Basketball League consists of 12 professional basketball clubs in Albania and it is one of the oldest basketball competitions in the Balkans having started in 1946. The sport rapidly grew in Albania and by the 1970s almost every city and town had its own basketball club and basketball field. After communism fell many of the basketball clubs folded as many players left the country to play for foreign teams. The basketball attendance decreased and the popularity of this sport declined worryingly. However, after 1993 basketball rose up again with many cities re-establishing their teams. Now in Albania there are twelve professional teams while there are plenty of amateur teams ready to enter the league.
Over the following years, the retirement of many of Argentina's most experienced players, and the defection of many others to professional leagues (UAR's regulations of the time prevented any player who played professionally from playing for the national team) left Argentina with an inexperienced side. This led to disappointing performances in the 1991 and 1995 World Cups, although in the latter Argentina presented a powerful pack which was praised by the international media. Argentina's tighthead prop, Patricio Noriega and hooker, Federico Méndez, went to play in Australia and South Africa respectively after their performance. Noriega even played for the Wallabies.
The South American Basketball Championship 1934 was the third South American Basketball Championship. It was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina and won by the host Argentina national basketball team. 4 teams competed.Each team played the other three teams twice apiece, for a total of six games played by each team. The top two teams after this round played each other one more time in the final.
Fernández was born on July 22, 1990 in Rio Tercero, Argentina to Gustavo Fernández and Nancy Fiandrino. His father was a point guard for a number of professional basketball teams in Argentina. He earned the nickname "Lobito" (Spanish for "little wolf") after starring on a basketball team with a wolf mascot. Juan Fernández's little brother, also named Gustavo, fell out of a chair when he was a toddler and used a wheelchair for life. He is one of the top wheelchair tennis players in the world under the age of 18. The family operates the Pinot Grigio restaurant in Río Tercero.
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Despite the poor international performance, 1984 came to be one of the most important years in the history of Argentine basketball, as it was the debut season of the Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB), the first professional nationwide basketball league of the country.
Gimnasia y Esgrima (basketball) (abbreviated as GELP) is an Argentine professional basketball team located in the city of La Plata (Argentina). The team competes in the Torneo Nacional de Ascenso.
Fabricio Raúl Jesús Oberto (; born March 21, 1975) is an Argentine-Italian former professional basketball player. At and , he played as a center. With the LNB club Atenas, in his native Argentina, Oberto began playing professionally in 1993, and later played overseas with teams in Spain and Greece. In 2005, Oberto signed with the San Antonio Spurs, a team of the American National Basketball Association, and won a championship with the Spurs in 2007. He is also a former member of the senior Argentina national basketball team.
The Argentina women's national basketball team, nicknamed "Las Gigantes" ("The Giantesses"), is administered by the Argentine Basketball Federation.
The Argentina national basketball team represents Argentina in basketball international competitions, and is controlled by the Argentine Basketball Federation. (Spanish: Confederación Argentina de Basquetbol). The national team was formed in 1921, playing its first game v. Uruguay that same year.