FIBA COCABA Championship
Regional basketball qualifying tournament
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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.
| Sport | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1999 |
| No. of teams | 7 |
| Country | FIBA Americas member nations |
| Continent | FIBA Americas (Americas) |
Most recent champion |  Panama (3rd title) |
| Most titles |  Mexico (4 titles) |
| Related competitions | Centrobasket FIBA AmeriCup |
| Website | FIBA Americas |
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 | 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
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mexico | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Panama | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Costa Rica | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | El Salvador | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 |  Belize | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Guatemala | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Honduras | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 | Nicaragua | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
Participation details
| Team | 1999 |
2004 |
2006 |
2007 |
2009 |
2013 |
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
| 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 |
| 2025 | Nicaragua (Managua) |
Mexico |
75–56 | El Salvador |
Nicaragua |
59–49 | Panama |
References
Additional Sources
- "Belize Win Silver Medal In FIBA AmeriCup COCABA Championship". Krem Television. 23 July 2018. Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2018.