FIBA COCABA Championship explained

FIBA COCABA Championship
Sport:Basketball
Founded:1999
Teams:7
Country:FIBA Americas member nations
Continent:FIBA Americas (Americas)
Champion: (3rd title)
Most Champs: (4 titles)
Website:FIBA Americas
Related Comps:Centrobasket
FIBA AmeriCup

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

Year!rowspan=2 width=13%
Host (Final phase/game)Gold medal gameBronze medal game
width=15%Goldwidth=6.5%Scorewidth=15%Silverwidth=15%Bronzewidth=6.5%Scorewidth=15%Fourth place
1999 Costa Rica
(San Jose)
77–5091–77
2004 El Salvador
(San Salvador)
89–6195–74
2006 Mexico
(?)
Series
4–1
98–92
2007 El Salvador
(San Salvador)
Round robinRound robin
2009 Mexico
(Quintana Roo)
106–10386–69
2011 Mexico
(Xalapa)
Not held tournament
2013 El Salvador
(San Salvador)
Round robinRound robin
2015 Costa Rica
(San Jose)
74–4675–71

Participation details

Team
1999

2004

2006

2007

2009

2013

2015
Total
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3rd 5th bgcolor=silver2nd bgcolor=silver2nd 4th 3rd bgcolor=silver2nd 7
3rd 4th 3rd 8th bgcolor=silver2nd 6th 6
5th bgcolor=silver2nd 7th 4th 5th 7th 6
bgcolor=silver2nd 4th 6th 5th 7th 4th 5th 7
bgcolor=gold1st bgcolor=gold1st bgcolor=gold1st bgcolor=gold1st 4th 5
4th 6th 5th 6th 6th 3rd 6
bgcolor=gold1st bgcolor=gold1st 3rd bgcolor=gold1st 4

Women's tournament

Year!rowspan=2 width=13%
Host (Final phase/game)Gold medal gameBronze medal game
width=15%Goldwidth=6.5%Scorewidth=15%Silverwidth=15%Bronzewidth=6.5%Scorewidth=15%Fourth place
2004 Guatemala
(Guatemala City)
Round RobinRound Robin
2006 El Salvador
(San Salvador)
Not held tournament
2007 El Salvador
(San Salvador)
70–59?
2009 Guatemala
(Cobán)
Round RobinRound Robin
2011 El Salvador
(San Salvador)
Not held women's tournament
2013 El Salvador
(San Salvador)
Round RobinRound Robin
2015 Costa Rica
(Cartago)
57–4957–39
2022 Mexico
(Chihuahua)
Round RobinRound Robin
2023 El Salvador
(San Salvador)
Round RobinRound Robin

Additional Sources

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