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FIBA COCABA Championship

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 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.

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

Summaries

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

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

Participation details

Team Costa Rica
1999
El Salvador
2004
Mexico
2006
El Salvador
2007
Mexico
2009
El Salvador
2013
Costa Rica
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

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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