Costa Rica men's national basketball team

Costa Rica

FIBA ranking	72 1 (26 November 2024)[1]
Joined FIBA	1969
FIBA zone	FIBA Americas
National federation	Federación Costarricense de Baloncesto Aficionado
Coach	Jose Nicolas Marín
Olympic Games
Appearances	None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	None
FIBA AmeriCup
Appearances	None
Home Away

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 the 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 :
• 2004 : 5th
• 2006 :
• 2007 :
• 2009 : 4th
• 2013 :
• 2015 :

Central American and the Caribbean Games

See also: Basketball at the 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:^[2]

Costa Rica men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. C 4 Juan Rosich 27 – (1988-11-23)23 November 1988 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Coopeservidores Escazu G 5 Isaac Conejo 22 – (1994-05-22)22 May 1994 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Coopenae Arba C 6 Andres Umana 33 – (1982-10-02)2 October 1982 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Super Cable Grecia G 7 Alonso Sanchez 31 – (1985-03-30)30 March 1985 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Brenes Barba PF 8 Daniel Simmons 36 – (1980-06-11)11 June 1980 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Coopenae Arba SF 9 George Letford 24 – (1991-10-17)17 October 1991 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Brenes Barba C 10 Carlos Quesada 30 – (1985-10-12)12 October 1985 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Brenes Barba PF 11 Daniel Shedden 19 – (1996-08-11)11 August 1996 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) G 12 Kay Martinez 32 – (1984-05-21)21 May 1984 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Brenes Barba PF 13 Rohel Wilson 26 – (1989-08-25)25 August 1989 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Brenes Barba PF 14 Marcos Castrillo 24 – (1992-04-29)29 April 1992 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Coopenae Arba C 15 Jefny Anderson 32 – (1983-07-13)13 July 1983 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Coopenae Arba SF Amaurys Ripool 30 – (1986-05-27)27 May 1986 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Coopeservidores Escazu	Head coach Joshua Erickson Assistant coaches Edgardo Gamboa 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 Kay Martinez 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

• 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
• Jose Nicolas Marín – 2021-present

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

• Costa Rica women's national basketball team
• Costa Rica national under-19 basketball team
• Costa Rica women's national under-19 basketball team
• Costa Rica national 3x3 team

References

1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
2. 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)

External links

• Official website
• Latinbasket.com - Costa Rica Men National Team
• Costa Rica Basketball

Videos

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