Mexico men's national basketball team

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

The Mexico national basketball team (Spanish: selección de baloncesto de México / selección Mexicana de básquetbol) represents Mexico in men's international basketball competitions, The team has made 6 appearances in FIBA World Cup and 5 appearances in the Summer Olympics. The governing body of the team is the Asociación Deportiva Mexicana de Básquetbol (ADEMEBA).

Mexico

FIBA ranking	30 (3 March 2026)
Joined FIBA	1933 (1933)
FIBA zone	FIBA Americas
National federation	Asociación Deportiva Mexicana de Básquetbol (ADEMEBA)
Coach	Omar Quintero
Nickname	12 Guerreros
Olympic Games
Appearances	5
Medals	Bronze: (1936)
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	6
FIBA AmeriCup
Appearances	15
Medals	Gold: (2013) Bronze: (2017)
First Second

In 2013, Mexico won the FIBA AmeriCup.

History

Fans of Team Mexico at the 2014 Basketball World Cup

Team Mexico celebrating a victory.

Until the late 1960s, team Mexico was a major force at the world stage. The team won the bronze medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics, finished 4th at the 1948 event and 5th in 1968. Mexico won the Pan American Games silver medal in Winnipeg 1967 led by Captain Carlos Quintanar with players like Arturo Guerrero and Manuel Raga.

At the FIBA Americas Championship 2009 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Mexico finished 7th, ahead of Panama, Venezuela and the United States Virgin Islands.

On individual performances, Gustavo Ayon finished among the tournament's top performers in steals (3rd), blocks (3rd) and minutes per game (9th).

Both Eduardo Nájera and Earl Watson expressed their interest in representing Mexico internationally. However, neither received permission by their NBA teams to participate at the FIBA Americas Championship 2009 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Mexico Beats Team USA

On 29 October 2011, Mexico defeated Team USA 71–55. This 16 point victory took place during the 2011 Pan Am Games.

"La Edad de Oro" (since 2013)

Mexico took part in the FIBA Americas Championship 2013 to replace Panama, who were disqualified. To the surprise of many they beat hosts Venezuela in their opening game, and advanced to the second round with wins over Paraguay and the Dominican Republic. They later finished top of the eight-team second round group and a semi-final win over heavy favourites Argentina saw them through to the final.

On 11 September 2013, they beat Puerto Rico 91–83 in the gold medal game to win the FIBA Americas Championship. Inside player Gustavo Ayón was voted as the tournament's Most Valuable Player.

2014 Basketball World Cup

The surprising gold medal at the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship secured Mexico a spot at the 2014 FIBA World Cup in Spain. This marked the first qualification to the Basketball World Cup in 40 years.

At the 2014 FIBA World Cup, the Mexicans won two of their five preliminary round games against Korea and Angola which earned them a playoff spot for the first time in their history. They would, however, come unstuck against eventual champions USA.

Especially noteworthy was Mexico’s 3 point field goal percentage, which was one of the highest among all the teams at the event.

2015 FIBA Americas Championship

Due to Mexico's strong performances of late, the country gained the right to host the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship.

Mexico Defeats Team USA Again

On 28 June 2018, Mexico defeated Team USA 78–70 during the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Qualifiers. Mexico was led by Gustavo Ayon and Juan Toscano-Anderson. Team USA was led by Alex Caruso, David Stockton, and coached by Jeff Van Gundy.

On 19 November 2021, Mexico defeated Team USA 97–88 during the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Qualifiers. Mexico was led by Orlando Méndez-Valdez (who was also part of Mexico's victory over Team USA in 2018) and Team USA was led by Isaiah Thomas and Luke Kornet.

On 2 September 2022, Mexico defeated Team USA 73–67 during the 2022 FIBA AmeriCup in Recife, Brazil. Mexico was led by Paul Stoll and Fabian Jaimes. Team USA was led by Jodie Meeks, Patrick McCaw, Frank Mason III, and Norris Cole.

On 16 August 2023, Team Mexico defeated the Kansas State University Wildcats 83–81 in an exhibition game in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Kansas State made it to the Elite Eight in the NCAA Tournament in the 2022–23 season.

Honours

Worldwide

• FIBA World Cup
  • 8th place: 1967

• Olympic Games
  • Third place: 1936

Continental

• FIBA AmeriCup
  • Champions (1): 2013
  • Third place: 2017

• Pan American Games
  • Runners-up (3): 1967, 1991, 2011
  • Third place: 1983

Regional

• FIBA Centrobasket
  • Champions (3): 1965, 1975, 2014
  • Runners-up (4): 1973, 1991, 2001, 2016
  • Third place: 1987, 2003

• FIBA COCABA Championship
  • Champions (4): 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013

• Central American and Caribbean Games
  • Champions (8): 1926, 1930, 1935, 1938, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1990
  • Runners-up (3): 1966, 2010, 2023
  • Third place: 1962, 1974, 1978, 1982, 2002

FIBA honours summary

Competition				Total
FIBA World Cup	0	0	0	0
Olympic Games	0	0	1	1
FIBA AmeriCup	1	0	1	2
FIBA Centrobasket	3	4	2	9
FIBA COCABA Championship	4	0	0	4
Total	8	4	4	16

Competitive record

Summer Olympics

Olympic Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Team
1936	Bronze medalists	3rd of 21	4	3	1	98	76	+22	Team
1948	Fourth place	4th of 23	7	5	2	364	264	+100	Team
1952	Fifteenth place	15th of 23	3	1	2	172	171	+1	Team
1956	Did not qualify
1960	Twelfth place	12th of 16	9	4	5	602	637	−35	Team
1964	Twelfth place	12th of 16	9	3	6	615	657	−42	Team
1968	Fifth place	5th of 16	9	7	2	641	580	+61	Team
1972	Did not qualify
1976	Tenth place	10th of 12	7	3	4	547	600	−53	Team
1980	Did not qualify
1988	Did not qualify
1992	Did not qualify
1996	Did not qualify
2000	Did not qualify
2004	Did not qualify
2008	Did not qualify
2012	Did not qualify
2016	Did not qualify
2020	Did not qualify
2024	Did not qualify
Total	Bronze medal	7/21	48	26	22	3,039	2,885	+154	—

FIBA World Olympic Qualifying

Year	Position	Pld	W	L
1964	1st place	9	8	1
1972	4th place	No data
1976	3rd place	No data
2016	4th place	3	1	2
2020	3rd place	3	1	2
2024	4th place	3	1	2

FIBA World Cup

FIBA World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Team
1950	Did not qualify
1954	Did not qualify
1959	Thirteen place	13th of 13	6	0	6	342	427	−85	Team
1963	Ninth place	9th of 13	8	4	4	629	624	+5	Team
1967	Eighth place	8th of 13	8	6	2	534	486	+48	Team
1970	Did not qualify
1974	Ninth place	9th of 14	8	6	2	746	705	+41	Team
1978	Did not qualify
1982	Did not qualify
1986	Did not qualify
1990	Did not qualify
1994	Did not qualify
1998	Did not qualify
2002	Did not qualify
2006	Did not qualify
2010	Did not qualify
2014	Round of 16	14th of 24	6	2	4	433	458	−25	Team
2019	Did not qualify
2023	Twenty-fifth place	25th of 32	5	2	3	410	467	−57	Team
2027	To be determined
2031	To be determined
Total	Round of 16	6/20	41	20	21	3,094	3,167	−73	—

FIBA AmeriCup

FIBA AmeriCup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Team
1980	Fifth place	5th of 7	6	2	4	538	589	–51	Team
1984	Fifth place	5th of 9	8	3	5	724	780	−56	Team
1988	Sixth place	6th of 7	6	2	4	546	549	−3	Team
1989	Ninth place	9th of 12	5	1	4	453	476	−23	Team
1992	Seventh place	7th of 10	4	1	3	328	331	−3	Team
1993	Did not qualify
1995	Did not qualify
1997	Tenth place	10th of 10	4	0	4	282	352	−70	Team
1999	Did not qualify
2001	Ninth place	9th of 10	4	0	4	362	407	−45	Team
2003	Sixth place	6th of 10	12	6	6	992	1091	−99	Team
2005	Tenth place	10th of 10	4	1	3	324	371	−47	Team
2007	Seventh place	7th of 10	11	3	8	991	1082	−91	Team
2009	Seventh place	7th of 10	11	2	9	663	845	−182	Team
2011	Did not qualify
2013	Champions	1st of 10	13	10	3	1,029	964	+65	Team
2015	Fourth place	4th of 10	13	10	3	1,042	950	+92	Team
2017	Third place	3rd of 12	5	4	1	396	361	+35	Team
2022	Fifth place	5th of 12	4	2	2	289	289	0	Team
2025	Did not qualify
2029	To be determined
Total	1 title	15/21	110	47	63	8,929	9,437	−508	—

Pan American Games

Pan American Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Team
1951	Eighth place	8th of 10	6	3	3	344	308	+36	Team
1955	Fourth place	4th of 6	5	2	3	360	351	+9	Team
1959	Fourth place	4th of 6	6	4	2	383	409	+26	Team
1963	Seventh place	7th of 7	6	1	5	415	528	–113	Team
1967	Sliver medalists	2nd of 10	9	8	1	625	595	+30	Team
1971	Fourth place	4th of 13	8	4	4	716	579	+137	Team
1975	Fourth place	4th of 10	9	5	4	776	710	+66	Team
1979	Eighth place	8th of 10	6	2	4	611	590	+21	Team
1983	Bronze medalists	3rd of 9	8	4	4	645	682	–37	Team
1987	Fourth place	4th of 10	7	2	5	639	667	–28	Team
1991	Sliver medalists	2nd of 10	7	4	3	556	561	–5	Team
1995	Fifth place	5th of 6	6	1	5	488	588	–100	Team
1999	Did not enter
2003	Fifth place	5th of 8	5	2	3	399	436	–37	Team
2007	Did not enter
2011	Sliver medalists	2nd of 8	5	3	2	374	323	+51	Team
2015	Eighth place	8th of 8	3	1	2	232	275	–43	Team
2019	Seventh place	7th of 8	3	1	2	194	201	–7	Team
2023	Fourth place	4th of 10	5	1	4	329	390	−64	Team
Total	Sliver medal	17/19	99	47	52	7,757	7,803	–46	—

Central American and Caribbean Games

Year	Position	Tournament	Host
1926		1926 Central American and Caribbean Games	Mexico City, Mexico
1930		1930 Central American and Caribbean Games	Havana, Cuba
1935		1935 Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador, El Salvador
1938		1938 Central American and Caribbean Games	Panama City, Panama
1946		1946 Central American and Caribbean Games	Barranquilla, Colombia
1950		1950 Central American and Caribbean Games	Guatemala City, Guatemala
1954		1954 Central American and Caribbean Games	Mexico City, Mexico
1959	–	1959 Central American and Caribbean Games	Caracas, Venezuela
1962		1962 Central American and Caribbean Games	Kingston, Jamaica
1966		1966 Central American and Caribbean Games	San Juan, Puerto Rico
1970	4	1970 Central American and Caribbean Games	Panama City, Panama
1974		1974 Central American and Caribbean Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
1978		1978 Central American and Caribbean Games	Medellin, Colombia
1982		1982 Central American and Caribbean Games	Havana, Cuba
1986	5	1986 Central American and Caribbean Games	Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
1990		1990 Central American and Caribbean Games	Mexico City, Mexico
1993	–	1993 Central American and Caribbean Games	Ponce, Puerto Rico
1998	10	1998 Central American and Caribbean Games	Maracaibo, Venezuela
2002		2002 Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador, El Salvador
2006	5	2006 Central American and Caribbean Games	Cartagena, Colombia
2010		2010 Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
2014	5	2014 Central American and Caribbean Games	Veracruz, Mexico
2018	5	2018 Central American and Caribbean Games	Barranquilla, Colombia
2023		2023 Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador, El Salvador
2026		2026 Central American and Caribbean Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

			Total
8	3	5	16

Results and fixtures

2025

Mexico v Costa Rica

8 August 2025 2027 FIBA World Cup – Americas Pre-qualifiers	Mexico	77–66	Costa Rica	Ciudad Obregón, Mexico
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 22–14, 25–22, 16–18, 14–12
	Pts: Girón 15 Rebs: Bonilla, Gutiérrez 9 Asts: Cruz 9	Boxscore	Pts: Martínez 13 Rebs: Arias 7 Asts: Alvarado 6	Arena: Arena ITSON Attendance: 2,242 Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Fernando Leite (BRA), Julirys Guzmán (PUR)

Mexico v Barbados

9 August 2025 2027 FIBA World Cup – Americas Pre-qualifiers	Mexico	113–78	Barbados	Ciudad Obregón, Mexico
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 25–24, 33–22, 32–16, 23–16
	Pts: Bonilla 22 Rebs: Bonilla 7 Asts: Cruz 8	Boxscore	Pts: Thorpe 16 Rebs: Thorpe 7 Asts: Alexander, Hurley 3	Arena: Arena ITSON Attendance: 1,718 Referees: Orlando Varela (HON), Nicolas Zivieri (BRA), Carlos Pallares (COL)

Jamaica v Mexico

10 August 2025 2027 FIBA World Cup – Americas Pre-qualifiers	Jamaica	61–90	Mexico	Ciudad Obregón, Mexico
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 8–24, 27–19, 12–23, 14–24
	Pts: Thomas 11 Rebs: Facey 7 Asts: Foster 6	Boxscore	Pts: Cruz 21 Rebs: Gutiérrez 12 Asts: Stoll 8	Arena: Arena ITSON Attendance: 3,107 Referees: Orlando Varela (HON), Nicolas Zivieri (BRA), Cooper Toppings (CAN)

Mexico v Dominican Republic

28 November 2025 2027 FIBA World Cup – Americas Qualifiers First Round	Mexico	85–92	Dominican Republic	Zacatecas, Mexico
20:40	Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 20–25, 15–26, 27–24
	Pts: Cruz 29 Rebs: Bonilla 10 Asts: Cruz 7	Boxscore	Pts: Feliz 21 Rebs: Duarte 8 Asts: Duarte 4	Arena: Gimnasio Marcelino González Attendance: 3,527 Referees: Andrés Bartel (URU), Daniel García (VEN), Diego Chiconato (BRA)

Dominican Republic v Mexico

1 December 2025 2027 FIBA World Cup – Americas Qualifiers First Round	Dominican Republic	88–89	Mexico	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
20:10	Scoring by quarter: 28–24, 26–23, 9–20, 25–22
	Pts: Feliz 22 Rebs: Feliz 9 Asts: Montero 8	Boxscore	Pts: Bonilla 20 Rebs: Bonilla 10 Asts: Cruz, Stoll 4	Arena: Pabellón Ricardo Gioriver Arias Attendance: 3,700 Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Waseem Husainy (CAN), Orlando Varela (HON)

2026

Nicaragua v Mexico

26 February 2026 2027 FIBA World Cup – Americas Qualifiers First Round	Nicaragua	72–99	Mexico	Managua, Nicaragua
19:10	Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 10–27, 16–21, 25–29
	Pts: Ruiz 26 Rebs: Pérez 10 Asts: Ruiz 5	Boxscore	Pts: Cruz, Girón 16 Rebs: Girón 11 Asts: Cruz 7	Arena: Polideportivo Alexis Argüello Referees: Alan dos Santos (BRA), Roberto Fernández (CRC), Nicolas Zivieri (BRA)

United States v Mexico

1 March 2026 2027 FIBA World Cup – Americas Qualifiers First Round	United States	123–88	Mexico	Oceanside, United States
16:10	Scoring by quarter: 40–14, 31–18, 17–35, 35–21
	Pts: Roddy 20 Rebs: Taylor 10 Asts: Payton 9	Boxscore	Pts: Stoll 25 Rebs: Avila, Gutiérrez 5 Asts: Cruz 6	Arena: Frontwave Arena Attendance: 3,367 Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Carlos Pallares (COL), César Gonçalves (BRA)

Mexico v Nicaragua

Mexico v United States

Team

Current roster

The roster for the 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Americas).

Mexico men's national basketball team – 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Americas) roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. SG 0 Karim Rodriguez 38 – (1988-01-17)17 January 1988 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Astros de Jalisco F 2 Gael Bonilla 23 – (2003-02-26)26 February 2003 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Diablos Rojos del México PF 3 Fabián Jaimes 33 – (1992-09-22)22 September 1992 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Dorados de Chihuahua PG 4 Paul Stoll 40 – (1985-12-14)14 December 1985 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Astros de Jalisco SG 8 Moisés Andriassi 26 – (2000-03-01)1 March 2000 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Astros de Jalisco G 9 Francisco Cruz 36 – (1989-10-03)3 October 1989 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Mersin MSK PG 10 Gabriel Girón (C) 38 – (1988-02-27)27 February 1988 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Toros Laguna PG 11 Víctor Álvarez 29 – (1996-04-07)7 April 1996 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Astros de Jalisco PF 15 Jorge Camacho 36 – (1989-04-16)16 April 1989 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Apaches de Chihuahua SG 18 Bryan Rivera 31 – (1995-01-30)30 January 1995 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Soles de Ojinaga C 25 Israel Gutiérrez 33 – (1993-01-15)15 January 1993 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Astros de Jalisco PF 31 J. J. Avila 34 – (1991-10-11)11 October 1991 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Astros de Jalisco PF 44 Daniel Amigo 30 – (1995-09-13)13 September 1995 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Astros de Jalisco	Head coach Omar Quintero Assistant coach(es) Gustavo Quintero Xavi Monferrer Carlos Morales Jr. Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 25 August 2023

Previous squads

Olympics

• 1936 Olympics squad
• 1948 Olympics squad
• 1952 Olympics squad
• 1960 Olympics squad
• 1964 Olympics squad
• 1968 Olympics squad
• 1976 Olympics squad

FIBA AmeriCup

• 1980 Tournament of the Americas squad
• 1984 Tournament of the Americas squad
• 1988 Tournament of the Americas squad
• 1989 Tournament of the Americas squad
• 1992 Tournament of the Americas squad
• 1993 Tournament of the Americas squad
• 1997 Tournament of the Americas squad
• 2001 Tournament of the Americas squad
• 2003 Tournament of the Americas squad
• 2005 FIBA Americas Championship squad
• 2007 FIBA Americas Championship squad
• 2009 FIBA Americas Championship squad
• 2013 FIBA Americas Championship squad
• 2015 FIBA Americas Championship squad
• 2017 FIBA AmeriCup squad
• 2022 FIBA AmeriCup squad

FIBA World Cup

• 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup squad
• 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup squad

Head coach position

• Augustin Garcia (1959)
• Enrique "Kiki" Romero (1960)
• Pedro Barba Ramos (1963)
• Agustin Garcia Arreola (1964)
• Lester Lane (1967–1968)
• Pedro Barba Ramos (1974)
• Carlos Bru (1976)
• Guillermo Vecchio (2003)
• Nolan Richardson (2007)
• Silvio Jose Santander (2008)
• Nolan Richardson (2009)
• Arturo Guerrero (2009)
• Josep Claros (2010–2011)
• Sergio Valdeolmillos (2011)
• Josep Claros (2012)
• Arturo Guerrero (2013)
• Sergio Valdeolmillos (2013–2014)
• Bill Cartwright (2014–2015)
• Eddie Casiano (2015)
• Sergio Valdeolmillos (2015–2017)
• Ramón Díaz Sánchez (2018)
• Iván Déniz (2018–2019)
• Sergio Valdeolmillos (2020–2021)
• Omar Quintero (2021–present)

Kit

Manufacturer

2015–2021: Under Armour

2022–present: Titan Sports

See also

• Mexico women's national basketball team
• Mexico national under-19 basketball team
• Mexico national under-17 basketball team
• Mexico national 3x3 team

External links

• Official website
• FIBA Profile
• Latinbasket – Mexico Men National Team

Videos

• Iran v Mexico – Highlights – 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Italy Youtube.com video