The El Salvador national basketball team is the official national representative of El Salvador in international men's

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. It is governed by the Federación Salvadoreña de Baloncesto (FESABAL). It plays in the

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division, and more specifically, within the

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n region. Most of its players come from the Liga Mayor de Baloncesto.

History

On April 20, 2021, after five days of play, El Salvador advanced to the second round of

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. The week of games were played at the

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in the city of

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.Costa Rica, Nicaragua & El Salvador basketball advance at FIBA World Cup Pre-Qualifiers Americas 2023
Boxscore World Sportswire, 20 April 2021. Accessed 9 June 2021. The hosts took a 68-66 victory over

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, a game in which a loss would have meant elimination. A three-pointer by José Araujo, with 49 seconds remaining sealed the win for El Salvador. Center

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was crucial in defense, as he blocked Kevin Foster at the end of the game and avoided the tie on the scoreboard. Jamaica came close to 67-66. Aguilar was sent to the free throw line and only hit the second shot with two seconds left on the clock. Jamaica was left without any timeouts and ran out of time to take a shot. The celebration was immediate between players and fans.

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was the offensive leader from El Salvador with 19 points. Aguilar and Araujo added 11 each. Jamaica was led by

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with 18 points and Marcel Robinson with 12 points.

Regional championships

CARICOM Men's Championships

COCABA championships

* 2004 3rd place * 2007 3rd place * 2013 2nd place

Pan American Games

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: 7th place

Centrobasket – Central American Championships

* 1967 5th place * 1971 5th place * 1977 5th place * 1985 7th place * 1989 10th place * 1997 7th place * 2008 7th place * 2014 10th place

Central American and Caribbean Games

*1959: Gold medal

Current roster

At the

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:http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2023/pre-qualifiers/americas/team/El-Salvador#tab=roster , 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Pre-Qualifiers], FIBA.COM. Retrieved 19 April September 2021.

Head coach history

* Agustín Garcia * Adolfo “el Jocote” Rubio (1959) * Fito "Jocote" Rubio *

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– (1995) * Ivan Barahona - (January 2013-2014),2017 * Luis Nicoletti (July 2015 - ) * Ivan Barahona - (-July 2017) * Ray Santana (July 2017- March 2023)

Past rosters

2014 Centrobasket The 2014 Men's Central American and Caribbean Basketball Championship, also known as 2014 Centrobasket, was the regional basketball championship of FIBA Americas for the Central American and Caribbean subzone. The top 4 teams qualify for the 2015 ...

References

External links

*http://www.latinbasket.com/El-Salvador/basketball-National-Team.asp {{DEFAULTSORT:El Salvador National Basketball Team Basketball in El Salvador Men's national basketball teams

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1956 establishments in El Salvador