(By FIBA Americas)

ADEMEBA gave a list of 22 players called for the Mexican National Team that will train for the 2009 FIBA Americas Championship to be played in San Juan, Puerto Rico from August 26 to September 6.

The practices begin on June 28 at Centro Nacional de Alto Rendimiento in Mexico City under head coach Arturo Guerrero .

The players called are:

Omar Quintero (183-G-81, college: S.Nazarene),

Enrique Zuniga (193-G-76, college: Grand Canyon),

Pedro Meza (187-G-85, college: Arizona W. CC),

Christopher Hernandez (188-G-83, agency: Octagon, college: Stanford),

Raymond Castillo (196-G/F-82, college: UTPA),

Anthony Pedroza (191-G-79, agency: Edge Sports, college: Oregon),

Miguel Ayala (198-F/G-82, college: UTEP),

Victor Mariscal (198-F-72),

Anthony Esparza (196-F, college: Pacific),

Jesus Lopez (205-F-83, college: SW Baptist),

Noe Alonzo (200-F-83, college: Grand Canyon),

Stephen Soriano (201-F-84, college: Mesa St.),

Romel Beck (203-G/F-82, agency: Interperformances, college: UNLV),

Omar Lopez (203-C-80, college: Cal.Baptist),

Hector Hernandez (206-F-85, agency: European Basketball Agency, college: Fresno St.),

Arim Abdul Solares (202-F/C-83), Gustavo Ayon (209-F/C-85, college: San Jose St.),

Lorenzo Mata (205-C-86), Ramses Benitez (210-C-79),

Victor Avila (209-C-77, college: Oklahoma),

Horacio Llamas (212-C-73, agency: Interperformances)

and Adam Parada (213-C-81, agency: Octagon, college: Cal-Irvine).

In the last FIBA Americas Championship (World Qualifier), Mexico finished tenth in the standings and in the 2007 FIBA Americas Championship (Olympic Qualifier) they ended seventh. The Mexican teams wants to qualify for their first FIBA World Championship since 1974.