Panama national basketball team

Panama
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
Light Dark

The Panama national basketball team participates in international competitions.

Olympic Games

• 1968: 12th

FIBA World championship

• 1970: 9th
• 1982: 9th
• 1986: 19th
• 2006: 21st

Pan American Games

• 1951: 6th
• 1967: (3rd place)
• 1971: 6th
• 1979: 7th
• 1987: 6th
• 2007: 5th

FIBA Americas championship

• 1980: did not compete
• 1984: 4th
• 1988: did not compete
• 1989: 11th
• 1992: 7th
• 1993: 8th
• 1995: did not compete
• 1997: did not compete
• 1999: 9th
• 2001: 6th
• 2003: did not compete
• 2005: 5th
• 2007: 9th
• 2009: 8th
• 2011: 8th
• 2013: did not compete
• 2015: 7th

Central American championship

• 1995: 4th place
• 1997: did not compete
• 1999: 4th place
• 2001: (3rd place)
• 2003: did not compete
• 2004: (3rd place)
• 2006: (1st place)
• 2008: 6th
• 2010: (3rd place)
• 2012: 4th
• 2014: 5th

Current roster

At the 2016 Centrobasket:^[1]

Panama men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. 1.5 !G 4 Joel Muñoz 7001350000000000000♠35 – (1980-06-24)24 June 1980 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Correcaminos Colon PAN ! 3.5 !F 5 Eddie Jones (basketball) 7001300000000000000♠30 – (1986-02-12)12 February 1986 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Cangrejeros de Santurce (basketball) PUR ! 3.5 !F 6 Tony Bishop 7001260000000000000♠26 – (1989-07-16)16 July 1989 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Atléticos de San Germán PUR ! 3.5 !F 7 Daniel King (basketball) 7001280000000000000♠28 – (1987-07-25)25 July 1987 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Nacionales de El Salvador ESA ! 5.0 !C 8 Jonathan King 7001260000000000000♠26 – (1990-01-25)25 January 1990 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Aguilas PAN ! 3.5 !F 9 Warren, Chris 7001350000000000000♠35 – (1981-01-19)19 January 1981 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Obras Sanitarias ARG ! 4.0 !PF 10 Josimar Ayarza 7001290000000000000♠29 – (1987-05-03)3 May 1987 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Fuerza Regia MEX ! 3.5 !F 11 Michael Hicks (basketball) 7001390000000000000♠39 – (1976-08-04)4 August 1976 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Halcones Xalapa MEX ! 1.0 !PG 12 Eugenio Luzcando 7001210000000000000♠21 – (1995-04-24)24 April 1995 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Boston College USA ! 3.5 !F 13 Akil Mitchell 7001230000000000000♠23 – (1992-06-26)26 June 1992 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Antibes FRA ! 5.0 !C 14 Jaime Lloreda 7001350000000000000♠35 – (1980-10-11)11 October 1980 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Correcaminos Colon PAN ! 3.0 !SF 15 Ernesto Oglivie 7001260000000000000♠26 – (1989-06-30)30 June 1989 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Correcaminos Colon PAN !	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

 Panama

List of Panama national basketball team players.

Panama men's national basketball team players roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club 2.0 !SG — Alexis, Anell 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1990-02-28)28 February 1990 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Norfolk St. Spartans USA ! 5.0 !C — Archibold, Eduardo 7001280000000000000♠28 – (1987-05-19)19 May 1987 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Le Moyne College USA ! 3.5 !F — Ayarza, Josimar 7001280000000000000♠28 – (1987-05-03)3 May 1987 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Atletico Echague Parana ARG ! 3.5 !F — Bishop, Tony 7001260000000000000♠26 – (1989-07-16)16 July 1989 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Bremerhaven GER ! 1.0 !PG — Bolanos, Derrick 7001220000000000000♠22 – (1993-07-28)28 July 1993 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Barry Buccaneers USA ! 2.0 !SG — Butler, Nate 7001260000000000000♠26 – (1989-03-21)21 March 1989 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Atenienses de Manatí PUR ! 3.0 !SF — Forbes, Gary 7001300000000000000♠30 – (1985-02-25)25 February 1985 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Springfield Armor USA ! 4.5 !F/C — Garcés, Rubén 7001410000000000000♠41 – (1973-10-17)17 October 1973 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Club Malvin URU ! 4.5 !F/C — Garcia, Antonio 7001390000000000000♠39 – (1976-05-11)11 May 1976 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Panteras MEX ! 1.0 !PG — Gaskins, Trevor 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1989-11-24)24 November 1989 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Correcaminos Colon PAN ! 4.5 !F/C — Gotti, Miguel 7001240000000000000♠24 – (1990-10-28)28 October 1990 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) C.E. Denver San Salvador SLV ! 4.5 !F/C — Henriquez, Jordan 7001260000000000000♠26 – (1989-08-29)29 August 1989 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Jena GER ! 3.0 !SF — Hicks, Michael 7001390000000000000♠39 – (1976-08-04)4 August 1976 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Hebraica y Macabi URU ! 3.5 !F — Horne, Jamelle 7001260000000000000♠26 – (1988-11-04)4 November 1988 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Toyama Grouses JPN ! 2.0 !SG — Johnson, Jhamar 7001340000000000000♠34 – (1981-06-25)25 June 1981 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Navieros de Colón PAN ! 3.5 !F — Jones, Edward 7001290000000000000♠29 – (1986-02-12)12 February 1986 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Santurce PUR ! 3.5 !F — King, Daniel 7001280000000000000♠28 – (1987-07-25)25 July 1987 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Rapidos de la Union SLV ! 3.0 !SF — King, Jonathan 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1990-01-25)25 January 1990 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Cojute SLV ! 5.0 !C — Levy, Jamaal 7001320000000000000♠32 – (1983-01-08)8 January 1983 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Estudiantes Bahía Blanca ARG ! 5.0 !C — Lloreda, Jose 7001340000000000000♠34 – (1980-11-10)10 November 1980 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Atenienses de Manatí PUR ! 1.0 !PG — Muñoz, Joel 7001350000000000000♠35 – (1980-06-24)24 June 1980 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Leones de Managua NIC ! 3.0 !SF — Oglivie, Ernesto 7001260000000000000♠26 – (1989-06-30)30 June 1989 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) San Marcos SLV ! 2.0 !SG — Pinnock, J. R. 7001310000000000000♠31 – (1983-12-11)11 December 1983 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Huracanes del Atlántico DOM ! 4.0 !PF — Pomare, Gyno 7001290000000000000♠29 – (1986-04-05)5 April 1986 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Aomori Wat's JPN ! 1.0 !PG — Prescott, Chris 7001260000000000000♠26 – (1989-01-20)20 January 1989 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Saint Peter's Peacocks USA ! 2.0 !SG — St. Rose, Isaac 7001310000000000000♠31 – (1983-11-12)12 November 1983 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Sanatura-Escazu CRC ! 4.5 !F/C — Tesis, Joel 7001330000000000000♠33 – (1982-03-19)19 March 1982 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Panteras MEX ! 2.0 !SG — Warren, Chris Levour 7001340000000000000♠34 – (1981-01-19)19 January 1981 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Karpoš Sokoli MKD ! 1.0 !PG — Warren, Jamahr 7001360000000000000♠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

• Nolan Richardson – 2005
• Guillermo Vecchio – 2006
• Nolan Richardson – 2007

Rosters

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. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club 1.0 !PG 4 Muñoz, Joel 7001350000000000000♠35 – (1980-06-24)24 June 1980 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Leones de Managua NIC ! 1.0 !PG 5 Gaskins, Trevor 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1989-11-24)24 November 1989 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Estudiantes Bahía Blanca ARG ! 2.0 !SG 6 Pinnock, J. R. 7001310000000000000♠31 – (1983-12-11)11 December 1983 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Huracanes del Atlántico DOM ! 3.5 !F 7 Horne, Jamelle 7001260000000000000♠26 – (1988-11-04)4 November 1988 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Toyama Grouses JPN ! 2.5 !G/F 8 King, Jonathan 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1990-01-25)25 January 1990 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Cojute SLV ! 4.5 !F/C 9 Levy, Jamaal 7001320000000000000♠32 – (1983-01-08)8 January 1983 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Estudiantes Bahía Blanca ARG ! 3.0 !SF 10 Ayarza, Josimar 7001280000000000000♠28 – (1987-05-03)3 May 1987 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Culiacán MEX ! 2.5 !G/F 11 Hicks, Michael (C) 7001390000000000000♠39 – (1976-08-04)4 August 1976 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Hebraica y Macabi URU ! 3.0 !SF 12 Oglivie, Ernesto 7001260000000000000♠26 – (1989-06-30)30 June 1989 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) San Marcos SLV ! 4.0 !PF 13 Pomare, Gyno 7001290000000000000♠29 – (1986-04-05)5 April 1986 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Aomori Wat's JPN ! 4.5 !F/C 14 Lloreda, Jose 7001340000000000000♠34 – (1980-11-10)10 November 1980 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Atenienses de Manatí PUR ! 4.5 !F/C 15 Garcés, Rubén 7001410000000000000♠41 – (1973-10-17)17 October 1973 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Club Malvin URU !	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

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