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Panama

FIBA ranking	33
Joined FIBA	1958
FIBA zone	FIBA Americas
National federation	Federación Panameña de Baloncesto
Coach	Manolo Hussein
Olympic Games
Appearances	1
Medals	None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	4
Medals	None
FIBA AmeriCup
Appearances	12
Medals	None
Uniforms
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The Panama national basketball team participates in international competitions.

Tournament record

Olympic Games

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  1968: 12th

FIBA World Cup

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  1970: 9th


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  1982: 9th


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  1986: 19th


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  2006: 21st

Pan American Games

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  1951: 6th


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  1967: (3rd place)


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  1971: 6th


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  1979: 7th


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  1987: 6th


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  2007: 5th

FIBA AmeriCup

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  1984: 4th


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  1989: 11th


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  1992: 7th


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  1993: 8th


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  1999: 9th


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  2001: 6th


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  2005: 5th


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  2007: 9th


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  2009: 8th


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  2011: 8th


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  2015: 7th


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  2017: 12th

Central American championship

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  1995: 4th place
  


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  1999: 4th place
  


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  2001: (3rd place)


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  2004: (3rd place)


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  2006: (1st place)


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  2008: 6th


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  2010: (3rd place)


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  2012: 4th


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  2014: 5th

Team

Current roster

At the 2016 Centrobasket:^[1]

Panama men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. G 4 Joel Muñoz 7004131440000000000♠35 – (1980-06-24)24 June 1980 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Correcaminos Colon F 5 Eddie Jones (basketball) 7004110850000000000♠30 – (1986-02-12)12 February 1986 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Cangrejeros de Santurce (basketball) F 6 Tony Bishop 7003983500000000000♠26 – (1989-07-16)16 July 1989 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Atléticos de San Germán F 7 Daniel King (basketball) 7004105570000000000♠28 – (1987-07-25)25 July 1987 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Nacionales de El Salvador C 8 Jonathan King 7003964200000000000♠26 – (1990-01-25)25 January 1990 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Aguilas F 9 Warren, Chris 7004129350000000000♠35 – (1981-01-19)19 January 1981 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Obras Sanitarias PF 10 Josimar Ayarza 7004106400000000000♠29 – (1987-05-03)3 May 1987 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Fuerza Regia F 11 Michael Hicks (basketball) 7004145640000000000♠39 – (1976-08-04)4 August 1976 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Halcones Xalapa PG 12 Eugenio Luzcando 7003772700000000000♠21 – (1995-04-24)24 April 1995 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Idaho State F 13 Akil Mitchell 7003875900000000000♠23 – (1992-06-26)26 June 1992 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Olympique Antibes C 14 Jaime Lloreda 7004130350000000000♠35 – (1980-10-11)11 October 1980 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Correcaminos Colon SF 15 Ernesto Oglivie 7003985100000000000♠26 – (1989-06-30)30 June 1989 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Correcaminos Colon	Head coach Joaquin Ruiz Assistant coach(es) Alberto Codeso Dionisio Gomez Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 19 June 2016

Former players

Panama men's national basketball team players roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club SG — Alexis, Anell 7003931400000000000♠25 – (1990-02-28)28 February 1990 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Norfolk St. Spartans C — Archibold, Eduardo 7004103300000000000♠28 – (1987-05-19)19 May 1987 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Le Moyne College F — Ayarza, Josimar 7004103460000000000♠28 – (1987-05-03)3 May 1987 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Atletico Echague Parana F — Bishop, Tony 7003954100000000000♠26 – (1989-07-16)16 July 1989 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Bremerhaven PG — Bolanos, Derrick 7003806800000000000♠22 – (1993-07-28)28 July 1993 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Barry Buccaneers SG — Butler, Nate 7003965800000000000♠26 – (1989-03-21)21 March 1989 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Atenienses de Manatí SF — Forbes, Gary 7004111430000000000♠30 – (1985-02-25)25 February 1985 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Springfield Armor F/C — Garcés, Rubén 7004152920000000000♠41 – (1973-10-17)17 October 1973 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Club Malvin F/C — Garcia, Antonio 7004143550000000000♠39 – (1976-05-11)11 May 1976 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Panteras PG — Gaskins, Trevor 7003941000000000000♠25 – (1989-11-24)24 November 1989 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Correcaminos Colon F/C — Gotti, Miguel 7003907200000000000♠24 – (1990-10-28)28 October 1990 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) C.E. Denver San Salvador F/C — Henriquez, Jordan 7003949700000000000♠26 – (1989-08-29)29 August 1989 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Jena SF — Hicks, Michael 7004142700000000000♠39 – (1976-08-04)4 August 1976 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Hebraica y Macabi F — Horne, Jamelle 7003979500000000000♠26 – (1988-11-04)4 November 1988 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Toyama Grouses SG — Johnson, Jhamar 7004124840000000000♠34 – (1981-06-25)25 June 1981 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Navieros de Colón F — Jones, Edward 7004107910000000000♠29 – (1986-02-12)12 February 1986 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Santurce F — King, Daniel 7004102630000000000♠28 – (1987-07-25)25 July 1987 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Rapidos de la Union SF — King, Jonathan 7003934800000000000♠25 – (1990-01-25)25 January 1990 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Cojute C — Levy, Jamaal 7004119220000000000♠32 – (1983-01-08)8 January 1983 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Estudiantes Bahía Blanca C — Lloreda, Jose 7004127110000000000♠34 – (1980-11-10)10 November 1980 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Atenienses de Manatí PG — Muñoz, Joel 7004128500000000000♠35 – (1980-06-24)24 June 1980 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Leones de Managua SF — Oglivie, Ernesto 7003955700000000000♠26 – (1989-06-30)30 June 1989 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) San Marcos SG — Pinnock, J. R. 7004115850000000000♠31 – (1983-12-11)11 December 1983 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Huracanes del Atlántico PF — Pomare, Gyno 7004107390000000000♠29 – (1986-04-05)5 April 1986 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Aomori Wat's PG — Prescott, Chris 7003971800000000000♠26 – (1989-01-20)20 January 1989 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Saint Peter's Peacocks SG — St. Rose, Isaac 7004116140000000000♠31 – (1983-11-12)12 November 1983 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Sanatura-Escazu F/C — Tesis, Joel 7004122170000000000♠33 – (1982-03-19)19 March 1982 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Panteras SG — Warren, Chris Levour 7004126410000000000♠34 – (1981-01-19)19 January 1981 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Karpoš Sokoli PG — Warren, Jamahr 7004133420000000000♠36 – (1979-02-18)18 February 1979 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) –	Legend Club field describes latest professional club Age field is age on August 30, 2015

Head coach position

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  Nolan Richardson: 2005


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  Guillermo Vecchio: 2006


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  Nolan Richardson: 2007

Past rosters

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1968 Olympic Games: finished 12th among 16 teams

Davis Peralta, Norris Webb, Luis Sinclair, Pedro Rivas, Eliecer Ellis, Calixto Malcom, Nicolás Noé Alvarado, Ernesto Arturo Agard, Francisco Checa, Julio Osorio, Pércibal Eduardo Blades, Ramón Reyes (Coach: Eugenio Luzcando)

1970 World Championship: finished 9th among 13 teams

Davis Peralta, Luis Sinclair, Pedro Rivas, Ernesto Arturo Agard, Julio Osorio, Pércibal Eduardo Blades, Julio Andrade, Herbert Cousins, Ronald Walton, Cecilio Straker, Mario Peart, Hector Montalvo (Coach: Carl Pirelli Minetti)

1982 World Championship: finished 9th among 13 teams

Ernesto "Tito" Malcolm, Rolando Frazer, Mario Butler, Rodolfo Gill, Fernando Pinillo, Reggie Grenald, Braulio Rivas, Arturo Brown, Mario Galvez, Adolfo Medrick, Eddie Joe Chávez, Alfonso Smith (Coach: Jim Baron)

1986 World Championship: finished 19th among 24 teams

Ernesto "Tito" Malcolm, Mario Butler, Rolando Frazer, Reggie Grenald, Rodolfo Gill, Fernando Pinillo, Braulio Rivas, Adolfo Medrick, Cirilo Escalona, Mario Gálvez, Enrique Grenald, Daniel Macias (Coach: Frank Holness)

2006 World Championship: finished 21st among 24 teams

Ed Cota, Rubén Garcés, Jaime Lloreda, Ruben Douglas, Michael Hicks, Maximiliano "Max" Gómez, Eric Omar Cardenas, Kevin Daley, Antonio Enrique García, Jair Peralta, Jamaal Levy, Dionisio Gómez (Coach: Guillermo Edgardo Vecchio)

At the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship:

Panama men's national basketball team roster roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club PG 4 Muñoz, Joel 7004128500000000000♠35 – (1980-06-24)24 June 1980 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Leones de Managua PG 5 Gaskins, Trevor 7003941000000000000♠25 – (1989-11-24)24 November 1989 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Estudiantes Bahía Blanca SG 6 Pinnock, J. R. 7004115850000000000♠31 – (1983-12-11)11 December 1983 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Huracanes del Atlántico F 7 Horne, Jamelle 7003979500000000000♠26 – (1988-11-04)4 November 1988 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Toyama Grouses G/F 8 King, Jonathan 7003934800000000000♠25 – (1990-01-25)25 January 1990 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Cojute F/C 9 Levy, Jamaal 7004119220000000000♠32 – (1983-01-08)8 January 1983 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Estudiantes Bahía Blanca SF 10 Ayarza, Josimar 7004103460000000000♠28 – (1987-05-03)3 May 1987 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Culiacán G/F 11 Hicks, Michael (C) 7004142700000000000♠39 – (1976-08-04)4 August 1976 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Hebraica y Macabi SF 12 Oglivie, Ernesto 7003955700000000000♠26 – (1989-06-30)30 June 1989 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) San Marcos PF 13 Pomare, Gyno 7004107390000000000♠29 – (1986-04-05)5 April 1986 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Aomori Wat's F/C 14 Lloreda, Jose 7004127110000000000♠34 – (1980-11-10)10 November 1980 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Atenienses de Manatí F/C 15 Garcés, Rubén 7004152920000000000♠41 – (1973-10-17)17 October 1973 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Club Malvin	Head coach Joaquín Ruiz Lorente Assistant coach(es) Mario Butler Luis Julio Legend Club field describes latest professional club Age field is age on August 30, 2015 (C) – Team Captain

Panama Pipeline

During the late 1970s and early 1980s, various Panama players played their college basketball in the United States at NAIA school Briar Cliff College as part of head coach Ray Nacke's "Panama Pipeline". Some of the members included national team members Rolando Frazier, Ernesto "Tito" Malcolm, Mario Butler, Eddie Warren, Reggie Grenald, and Mario Galvez. These players helped Briar Cliff to many NAIA Regional Championships, National Tournament appearances, and in 1981 the Chargers were ranked No. 1 in the nation in the NAIA's final regular season poll.

The new millennium brought another set of very good players from Panama, coming out of the local Superior Basketball Circuit (CBS), the under 21 team, and local players playing in Division 1 Universities in the United States. Panama has gone to 4 preolympic tournaments, 5 pre-world championships, one world championship (Japan)in 2006, and one youth basketball olympics (Singapore 2010)since the year 2000. The local program is based in neighborhood leagues that collect talent and export it to the United States. This symbiotic philosophy produces back the talent for the National Team.

Usually underrated and underestimated, Panama Basketball always manages to qualify to big tournaments and give stunning surprises, such as beating the United States in the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2007. Its long basketball tradition dating back to 1904, and its street basketball mentality of fighting hard to the end in basketball games, has made this Central American basketball program a "Classic" in the international scene.

Kit

Manufacturer

2015: Nike^[2]

References

External links

• FIBA profile


• Latinbasket.com - Panama Men National Team (in English)