Costa Rica men's national basketball team

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.

Summer Olympics
Yet to qualify

FIBA World Cup
Yet to qualify

FIBA AmeriCup
Yet to qualify

Pan American Games
Yet to qualify

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
• 1999 :

• 2004 : 5th

• 2006 :

• 2007 :

• 2009 : 4th

• 2013 :

• 2015 :

Central American and the Caribbean Games
• 1926-2002 : ?

• 2006-2010 : Did not participate

• 2014 : ?

• 2018 : Did not participate

• 2022 : To be determined

Current roster
At the 2016 Centrobasket:


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 * Head coach


 * Joshua Erickson


 * Assistant coaches
 * Edgardo Gamboa


 * Legend:

club before the tournament on 19 June 2016
 * Club – describes last
 * Age – describes age


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

Head coach position

 * Luis Blanco – 2006
 * 🇺🇸 Neil Gottlieb – 2007-2008
 * Luis Blanco – 2009
 * Jorge Arguello – 2010
 * Luis Blanco – 2011-2012
 * Jorge Arguello – 2013
 * Alexis Monge – 2014
 * Joshua Erickson – 2015-2016
 * Alexis Monge – 2017
 * Daniel Simmons – 2018

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

Manufacturer
2018: Nike

Videos

 * Belize v Costa Rica - FIBA AmeriCup 2021 Pre-Qualifier - Central America Youtube.com video