Panama | |||
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FIBA ranking | 33 | ||
Joined FIBA | 1958 | ||
FIBA zone | FIBA Americas | ||
National federation | Federación Panameña de Baloncesto | ||
Coach | Joaquín Ruiz Lorente | ||
Olympic Games | |||
Appearances | 1 (1968) | ||
Medals | None | ||
FIBA World Cup | |||
Appearances | 4 (1970, 1982, 1986, 2006) | ||
Medals | None | ||
FIBA Americas Championship | |||
Appearances | 11 | ||
Medals | None | ||
Uniforms | |||
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The Panama national basketball team are the basketball side that represent Panama in international competitions.
At the 2016 Centrobasket:
List of Panama national basketball team players.
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:
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.