Olympic Games: the Argentine basketball team has 12 chosen for Tokyo 2020

Power forward Luis Scola, captain and most important reference of the Argentina basketball team, with more than 20 years in the team and two Olympic medals, gold in Athens 2004 and bronze in Beijing 2008, leads the squad of 12 players announced today by the coach Sergio Hernandez for the Tokyo Olympics.

“Sheep” Hernández revealed the list of the national team in Las Vegas, where the team carried out the set-up before leaving in the next few hours for Tokyo, with the expected appointments and three cuts that will miss the Games: Máximo Fjellerup, Juan Fernández and Lautaro Berra, and with nine of the 12 who participated in the 2019 World Cup played in China.

The three who were not world runners-up two years ago and are now joining are Juan Pablo Vaulet, Leandro Bolmaro and Francisco Cáffaro.

A pitch from Luis Scola during the game between Argentina and the United States in Las Vegas, during preparation. (NED DISHMAN /)

“Today was the worst day From the concentration, I had to make the decision of what the 12 are and communicate it, it is what I suffer the most from the whole process. Years go by but I don’t get used to it, ”Hernández explained, as reported by the Argentine Basketball Confederation on its official website. “12 go to Tokyo, but I want everyone to feel part of this process, as I want Pablo (Prigioni) to feel part of it. I love you, respect and admire you all ”, he completed. Argentina will compete from July 26 at the Group C of the Tokyo Olympics together with Spain, Slovenia and Japan.

The designated roster to compete in Tokyo

• Bases: Facundo Campazzo (Denver Nuggets), Nicolás Laprovittola (Real Madrid) and Luca Vildoza (New York Knicks).

• Escorts: Nicolás Brussino (Granada) and Leandro Bolmaro (Barcelona).

• Eaves: Gabriel Deck (Oklahoma City Thunder), Patricio Garino (Free) and Juan Pablo Vaulet (AEK Athens).

• Pivot Wing: Luis Scola (Varese).

• Pivots: Marcos Delia (Trieste), Tayavek Gallizzi (Instituto de Córdoba) and Francisco Cáffaro (University of Virginia).

An image of Argentina’s defeat against Nigeria in Las Vegas. The team travels to Tokyo today. (Twitter @ cabboficial /)

The Argentine delegation will travel this afternoon to Japan with 22 people, by the quota indicated by the Japanese government and the Olympic Games. The 12 players chosen, Hernández, his four assistants (Silvio Santander, Gabriel Piccato, Juan Gatti and Maxi Seigorman), two kinesiologists (Leandro Amigo and Paulo Maccari), a physical trainer (Manuel Alvarez), a doctor (Juan Dere) and a propilero (Facundo Vartanian). Of that delegation, 20 will be in the Olympic village and two assistants outside.