What is the nickname of the Australian national basketball team?
Australia national basketball team Australia national basketball team The Australian men's national basketball team is known as the Boomers, a slang term for a male kangaroo. Australia finished 4th at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Australia is a regional power in basketball. Placed in the relatively weak FIBA Oceania region, the Boomers's qualification for the Summer Olympic Games and FIBA World Cup is often a three-match competition against the other regional power, the New Zealand Tall Blacks. Before the formation of the National Basketball League (NBL) in 1979, Boomers players were selected from state leagues around the country, with Victoria, South Australia, and to
History of the Argentina national basketball team History of the Argentina national basketball team The Argentina national basketball team represents Argentina in basketball international competitions, and is controlled by the Argentine Basketball Federation. (). The national team was formed in 1921, playing its first game v. Uruguay that same year. 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 higher honor and most important title in the history of the national team), FIBA Diamond Ball (2008), FIBA AmeriCup (2001 and 2011) and Pan American