FIBA COCABA Championship

The COCABA (Confederación Centroamericana de Baloncesto) championship is a regional basketball qualifying tournament and the first of four possible steps that Central American national teams have to participate in order to qualify for major international basketball competitions.

FIBA COCABA Championship
SportBasketball
Founded1999
No. of teams7
CountryFIBA Americas member nations
ContinentFIBA Americas (Americas)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Panama (3rd title)
Most titles Mexico (4 titles)
Related
competitions
Centrobasket
FIBA AmeriCup
Official websiteFIBA Americas

The teams that place first, second or third (and sometimes fourth) in COCABA will move on to the Centrobasket Tournament which is a qualifier for the FIBA AmeriCup. Depending on their successes in the latter tournaments, they could qualify for the Summer Olympics or FIBA Basketball World Cup.

Men's tournament

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Summaries

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Summaries
Year Host (Final phase/game) Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
1999   Costa Rica
(San Jose)
 
Panama
77–50  
Honduras
 
Costa Rica
91–77  
Nicaragua
2004   El Salvador
(San Salvador)
 
Panama
89–61  
Guatemala
 
El Salvador
95–74  
Honduras
2006   Mexico
(?)
 
Mexico
Series
4–1
 
Costa Rica
 
Belize
98–92  
El Salvador
2007   El Salvador
(San Salvador)
 
Mexico
Round robin  
Costa Rica
 
El Salvador
Round robin  
Guatemala
2009   Mexico
(Quintana Roo)
 
Mexico
106–103  
Belize
 
Panama
86–69  
Costa Rica
2011   Mexico
(Xalapa)
Not held tournament
2013   El Salvador
(San Salvador)
 
Mexico
Round robin  
El Salvador
 
Costa Rica
Round robin  
Honduras
2015   Costa Rica
(San Jose)
 
Panama
74–46  
Costa Rica
 
Nicaragua
75–71  
Mexico

Performance by team

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Mexico4004
2  Panama3014
3  Costa Rica0325
4  El Salvador0123
5  Belize0112
6  Guatemala0101
  Honduras0101
8  Nicaragua0011
Totals (8 entries)77721

Participation details

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Team  
1999
 
2004
 
2006
 
2007
 
2009
 
2013
 
2015
Total
  Belize 7th 3rd 2nd 3
  Costa Rica 3rd 5th 2nd 2nd 4th 3rd 2nd 7
  El Salvador 3rd 4th 3rd 8th 2nd 6th 6
  Guatemala 5th 2nd 7th 4th 5th 7th 6
  Honduras 2nd 4th 6th 5th 7th 4th 5th 7
  Mexico 1st 1st 1st 1st 4th 5
  Nicaragua 4th 6th 5th 6th 6th 3rd 6
  Panama 1st 1st 3rd 1st 4

Women's tournament

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Summaries
Year Host (Final phase/game) Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
2004   Guatemala
(Guatemala City)
 
Guatemala
Round Robin  
Costa Rica
 
Mexico
Round Robin  
Nicaragua
2006   El Salvador
(San Salvador)
Not held tournament
2007   El Salvador
(San Salvador)
 
Guatemala
70–59  
Costa Rica
 
El Salvador
?  
Honduras
2009   Guatemala
(Cobán)
 
Mexico
Round Robin  
Guatemala
 
Honduras
Round Robin  
El Salvador
2011   El Salvador
(San Salvador)
Not held women's tournament
2013   El Salvador
(San Salvador)
 
Mexico
Round Robin  
El Salvador
 
Costa Rica
Round Robin  
Honduras
2015   Costa Rica
(Cartago)
 
Mexico
57–49  
Guatemala
 
El Salvador
57–39  
Costa Rica
2022   Mexico
(Chihuahua)
 
Mexico
Round Robin  
El Salvador
 
Guatemala
Round Robin  
Costa Rica
2023   El Salvador
(San Salvador)
 
El Salvador
Round Robin  
Guatemala
 
Costa Rica
Round Robin  
Panama

References

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Additional Sources

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  • "Belize Win Silver Medal In FIBA AmeriCup COCABA Championship". Krem Television. 23 July 2018. Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
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