Costa_Rica_men's_national_basketball_team Knowpia

Costa Rica
FIBA ranking	89 (1 March 2024)
Joined FIBA	1969
FIBA zone	FIBA Americas
National federation	Federación Costarricense de Baloncesto Aficionado
Coach	Joshua Erickson
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 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 edit

Summer Olympics edit

Yet to qualify

FIBA World Cup edit

Yet to qualify

FIBA AmeriCup edit

Yet to qualify

Pan American Games edit

Yet to qualify

Centrobasket edit

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 edit

1999 :
2004 : 5th
2006 :
2007 :
2009 : 4th
2013 :
2015 :

Central American and the Caribbean Games edit

1926-2002 : ?
2006-2010 : Did not participate
2014 : ?
2018 : Did not participate
2022 : To be determined

Current roster edit

At the 2016 Centrobasket:^[2]

Costa Rica men's national basketball team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

Kit edit

Manufacturer edit

2018: Nike

References edit

^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
^ ^a ^b Costa Rica | 2016 Centrobasket, ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
^ 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)