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The Costa Rica national basketball team is the national basketball team from
Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...
. Team Costa Rica has never qualified for the
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or the
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. Yet, the team has shown strong performances at the regional level. At the
2015 FIBA COCABA Championship The 2015 Men's FIBA COCABA Championship was the regional basketball championship of FIBA Americas for the Central America Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as border ...
, Costa Rica finished 2nd, its best performance so far. Judged by the 2020
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, Costa Rica has the 2nd best basketball national team in
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, coming only behind
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.


Competitions


Summer Olympics

''Yet to qualify''


FIBA World Cup

''Yet to qualify''


FIBA AmeriCup

''Yet to qualify''


Pan American Games

''Yet to qualify''


Centrobasket


COCABA Championship


Central American and the Caribbean Games


Current roster

At the
2016 Centrobasket The 2016 Men's Central American and Caribbean Basketball Championship, also known as 2016 Centrobasket, was the regional basketball championship of FIBA Americas for the Central American and Caribbean subzone. The top five teams automatically qual ...
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on 19 June 2016 At the
2016 Centrobasket The 2016 Men's Central American and Caribbean Basketball Championship, also known as 2016 Centrobasket, was the regional basketball championship of FIBA Americas for the Central American and Caribbean subzone. The top five teams automatically qual ...
in
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,
Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Cos ...
, 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.


Depth chart


Head coach position

* Luis Blanco – 2006 * Neil Gottlieb – 2007-2008 * Luis Blanco – 2009 * Jorge Arguello – 2010 * Luis Blanco – 2011-2012 * Jorge Arguello – 2013 *
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– 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.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.


Kit


Manufacturer

2018:
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See also

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Costa Rica women's national basketball team The Costa Rica women's national basketball team is the women's national basketball team of Costa Rica. It is managed by the '' Federación Costarricense de Baloncesto Aficionado''. The team participated at the 2015 FIBA COCABA Championship fo ...
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Costa Rica national under-19 basketball team Costa may refer to: Biology * Rib (Latin: ''costa''), in vertebrate anatomy * Costa (botany), the central strand of a plant leaf or thallus * Costa (coral), a stony rib, part of the skeleton of a coral * Costa (entomology), the leading edge of ...
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Costa Rica women's national under-19 basketball team Costa may refer to: Biology * Rib (Latin: ''costa''), in vertebrate anatomy * Costa (botany), the central strand of a plant leaf or thallus * Costa (coral), a stony rib, part of the skeleton of a coral * Costa (entomology), the leading edge of ...
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Costa Rica national 3x3 team Costa may refer to: Biology * Rib (Latin: ''costa''), in vertebrate anatomy * Costa (botany), the central strand of a plant leaf or thallus * Costa (coral), a stony rib, part of the skeleton of a coral * Costa (entomology), the leading edge of ...


References


External links


Official websiteLatinbasket.com - Costa Rica Men National TeamCosta Rica Basketball


Videos


Belize v Costa Rica - FIBA AmeriCup 2021 Pre-Qualifier - Central America
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