Costa Rica men's national basketball team

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Costa Rica Costa Rica
Logo fcb.png
FIBA ranking92 Decrease 8 (7 December 2021)[1]
Joined FIBA1969
FIBA zoneFIBA Americas
National federation
CoachJoshua Erickson
Olympic Games
AppearancesNone
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
FIBA AmeriCup
AppearancesNone

The Costa Rica national basketball team is the national basketball team from Costa Rica.

Team Costa Rica has never qualified for the FIBA World Cup or the FIBA AmeriCup. Yet, the team has shown strong performances at the regional level. At the 2015 FIBA COCABA Championship, Costa Rica finished 2nd, its best performance so far.

Judged by the 2020 FIBA Ranking, Costa Rica has the 2nd best basketball national team in Central America, coming only behind Panama.

Competitions[]

Summer Olympics[]

Yet to qualify

FIBA World Cup[]

Yet to qualify

FIBA AmeriCup[]

Yet to qualify

Pan American Games[]

Yet to qualify

Centrobasket[]

See also: Centrobasket
  • 1971-1987 : Did Not Qualify
  • 1989 : 7th
  • 1991 : 5th
  • 1993 : Did Not Qualify
  • 1995 : 7th
  • 1997 : Did Not Qualify
  • 1999 : 8th
  • 2001 : Did Not Qualify
  • 2003 : 8th
  • 2004 : Did Not Qualify
  • 2006 : 8th
  • 2008 : 8th
  • 2010 : Did Not Qualify
  • 2012 : 9th
  • 2014 : 9th
  • 2016 : 9th

COCABA Championship[]

See also: FIBA COCABA Championship
  • 1999 : 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
  • 2004 : 5th
  • 2006 : 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
  • 2007 : 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
  • 2009 : 4th
  • 2013 : 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
  • 2015 : 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Central American and the Caribbean Games[]

See also:
  • 1926-2002 : ?
  • 2006-2010 : Did not participate
  • 2014 : ?
  • 2018 : Did not participate
  • 2022 : To be determined

Current roster[]

At the 2016 Centrobasket:[2]

Costa Rica men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
C 4 27 – (1988-11-23)23 November 1988 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Costa Rica
G 5 22 – (1994-05-22)22 May 1994 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Costa Rica
C 6 33 – (1982-10-02)2 October 1982 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Costa Rica
G 7 31 – (1985-03-30)30 March 1985 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Costa Rica
PF 8 36 – (1980-06-11)11 June 1980 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Costa Rica
SF 9 24 – (1991-10-17)17 October 1991 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Costa Rica
C 10 Carlos Quesada 30 – (1985-10-12)12 October 1985 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Costa Rica
PF 11 19 – (1996-08-11)11 August 1996 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
G 12 32 – (1984-05-21)21 May 1984 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Costa Rica
PF 13 26 – (1989-08-25)25 August 1989 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Costa Rica
PF 14 24 – (1992-04-29)29 April 1992 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Costa Rica
C 15 32 – (1983-07-13)13 July 1983 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Costa Rica
SF 30 – (1986-05-27)27 May 1986 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Costa Rica
Head coach
  • Costa Rica
Assistant coaches
  • Costa Rica
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 19 June 2016

At the 2016 Centrobasket in Panama City, Panama, Carlos Quesada played most minutes for Costa Rica whereas was the team's top scorer and also recorded most steals for the team.[2]

Depth chart[]

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Carlos Quesada Jefny Anderson Andres Umana Juan Rosich
PF Daniel Simmons Marcos Castrillo Daniel Shedden
SF Rohel Wilson George Letford Amaurys Ripool
SG Kay Martinez
PG Isaac Conejo Alonso Sanchez

Head coach position[]

  • Costa Rica – 2006
  • United States – 2007-2008
  • Costa Rica Luis Blanco – 2009
  • Costa Rica – 2010
  • Costa Rica Luis Blanco – 2011-2012
  • Costa Rica Jorge Arguello – 2013
  • Costa Rica – 2014
  • Costa Rica – 2015-2016
  • Costa Rica Alexis Monge – 2017
  • Costa Rica Daniel Simmons – 2018

3x3 Team[]

Costa Rica features 3x3 basketball national teams, from senior level all the way to U12 teams.[3]

Kit[]

Manufacturer[]

2018: Nike

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 7 December 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b Costa Rica | 2016 Centrobasket, ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  3. ^ Costa Rica es campeón latinoamericano de basket 3x3 por primera vez en la historia Walter Herrera (LaRepublica.net), 17 December 2019. Accessed 18 August 2020. (in Spanish)

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