Panama Basketball Selection

The Panama Basketball National Team is the team formed by Panamanian nationality players who participate in different competitions such as the Pan American Games, Central American Games, Central American and Caribbean Games, World FIBA, Americanup, and the Panamanian Basketball Federation (Febapa) is commissioned of the same through the FIBA ​​regulation.

First golden age [ To edit ]

Between 1960 and 1970, Panama won the Centrobasket in 1967 and 1969, in addition to first classifying a 1968 Olympic Games where Davis Peralta Jr. was the top scorer of the tournament. They would also win the Gold Medal at the XI Central American and Caribbean Games of 1970 undefeated beating Puerto Rico, Cuba, Venezuela, Mexico and the Dominican Republic, led by the American Carl Carl Pirelli Minetti. Panama would manage to move to his first World Cup in Yugoslavia 1970.

It was the generation of Davis Peralta Jr, Pedro ‘El Mago’ Rivas, Luis ‘Babito’ Sinclair, Noé Alvarado, Eliécer Ellis, Norris Weeb and Julio Andrade among others.

Pan American Games 1967 [ To edit ]

In the Winnipeg 1967 Panama Games Panama won the bronze medal. This selection directed Francisco Prados was composed of Ernesto Agard, Perceibal Blades, Francisco Checa, Otway Messiah, Héctor Montalvo, Julio Osorio, Davis Peralta, Luis Sinclair, Ronald Walton and Norris Weeb.

Second golden age [ To edit ]

In early 1980, the “Size Operation” was given, an initiative that sought talent in young, good height and qualities for basketball. During that decade they conquered a gold medal and 3 of silver consecutively. They won the Central American and Caribbean Games of 1986, gold at the Bolivarian Games, a third place in the William Jones Cup in 1980, a fourth place in the FIBA ​​Americas championship and participated in 2 World Cups in which he highlighted among the top scorers Rolando Frazer .

Ernaldo Grenald, Edgar Macías, Ernesto Malcom, Louther francis, Braulio Rivas, Adolfo Medrick, Merxido “Flexible” Smith, Alfonso.

Third generation [ To edit ]

Panama needed a generational relief and this relay formed from local players and children of Panamanians in the United States. This generation won the Centrobasket 2006 at home by defeating US Virgin Islands in the final and classifying the 2006 World Cup in Japan. Part of this generation participated in the 2007 Pan -Americans where they even defeated the United States and remained in sixth place. Among the players who formed this group are Antonio García, Michael Hicks, Jaime Lloreda, Danilo Pinnock, Rubén Garcés, Ed Cota, Kevin Daley, Ruben Douglas, Jair Peralta and Joel Muñoz.

Due to administrative problems and lack of support, Panamanian basketball fell into a debacle during the 2010 decade leading to be suspended to participate in tournaments such as FIBA ​​Americas 2013.

Record in the FIBA ​​World Championship [ To edit ]

Panama has participated four times in the FIBA ​​World Cups. The last was in 2006 that they deserved that so many achievements obtained.
In addition, to get to the championship you had to go through the FIBA ​​Americas championship played in Puerto Rico where Panama deserved a fifth place and its direct pass to the FIBA ​​World Cup 2006.

Current template [ To edit ]

This is the Basketball National Team of Panama and represents the country for different events.

Trainers [ To edit ]

Olympic Games [ To edit ]

World Championships [ To edit ]

GENERAL RESULT: 28th place

Panamerican Games [ To edit ]

FIBA AMERICAS CUP [ To edit ]

Centrobasket [ To edit ]

Cocaba Championship [ To edit ]

Central American and Caribbean Games [ To edit ]

Bolivarian games [ To edit ]

Central American sports games [ To edit ]