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{{Infobox national basketball team
| country = Panama
| logo = Fepaba logo.png
| logo_width = 120 px
| coach = [[Flor Meléndez]]
| fiba_ranking =  {{FIBA World Rankings|PAN}}
| joined_fiba = 1958
| fiba_zone = FIBA Americas
| national_fed = Federación Panameña de Baloncesto 
| oly_appearances = 1
| oly_medals = None
| wc_appearances = 4
| wc_medals = None
| zone_championship = [[FIBA AmeriCup]]
| zone_appearances = 13
| zone_medals = None
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The '''Panama men's national basketball team''' ({{langx|es|selección de baloncesto de Panamá}}) represents [[Panama]] in men's international [[basketball]] competitions,<ref>[https://www.laestrella.com.pa/deportes/baloncesto/190304/deportes-deportes-debe-caminar-panameno-baloncesto ¿Hacia dónde debe caminar el baloncesto panameño tras el Pre Mundial?] Julio Alfaro (La Estrella de Panama), 4 March 2019. Accessed 17 August 2020. {{in lang|es}}</ref> The team represents both [[FIBA]] and [[FIBA Americas]].

With four qualifications to the [[Basketball World Cup]], one qualification to the [[Basketball at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]], and one medal at the [[Basketball at the Pan American Games|Pan American Games]], Panama has traditionally been the dominant basketball power in [[Central America]].

==Tournament record==
===Olympic Games===
* [[Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics|1968]] – 12th

===FIBA World Cup===
* [[1970 FIBA World Championship|1970]] – 9th
* [[1982 FIBA World Championship|1982]] – 9th
* [[1986 FIBA World Championship|1986]] – 19th
* [[2006 FIBA World Championship|2006]] – 21st

===Pan American Games===
* [[Basketball at the 1951 Pan American Games|1951]] – 6th
* [[Basketball at the 1967 Pan American Games|1967]] – [[File:Bronze medal (Americas).svg|16px]] (''3rd place'')
* [[Basketball at the 1971 Pan American Games|1971]] – 6th
* [[Basketball at the 1979 Pan American Games|1979]] – 7th
* [[Basketball at the 1987 Pan American Games|1987]] – 6th
* [[Basketball at the 2007 Pan American Games|2007]] – 5th

===FIBA AmeriCup===
* [[1984 Tournament of the Americas|1984]] – 4th
* [[1989 Tournament of the Americas|1989]] – 11th
* [[1992 Tournament of the Americas|1992]] – 8th
* [[1993 Tournament of the Americas|1993]] – 8th
* [[1999 Tournament of the Americas|1999]] – 9th
* [[2001 Tournament of the Americas|2001]] – 6th
* [[2005 FIBA Americas Championship|2005]] – 5th
* [[2007 FIBA Americas Championship|2007]] – 9th
* [[2009 FIBA Americas Championship|2009]] – 8th
* [[2011 FIBA Americas Championship|2011]] – 8th
* [[2015 FIBA Americas Championship|2015]] – 7th
* [[2017 FIBA AmeriCup|2017]] – 12th
* [[2022 FIBA AmeriCup|2022]] – 11th

===Central American Championship===
* [[1995 Centrobasket|1995]] – ''4th place''
* [[1999 Centrobasket|1999]] – ''4th place''
* [[2001 Centrobasket|2001]] – [[File:Bronze medal (Americas).svg|16px]] (''3rd place'')
* [[2004 Centrobasket|2004]] – [[File:Bronze medal (Americas).svg|16px]] (''3rd place'')
* [[2006 Centrobasket|2006]] – [[File:Gold medal america.svg|16px]] (''1st place'')
* [[2008 Centrobasket|2008]] – 6th
* [[2010 Centrobasket|2010]] – [[File:Bronze medal (Americas).svg|16px]] (''3rd place'')
* [[2012 Centrobasket|2012]] – 4th
* [[2014 Centrobasket|2014]] – 5th

==Team==
===Current roster===
Roster for the [[2022 FIBA AmeriCup]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Panamá estará presente en la FIBA AmeriCup 2022|url=https://www.fepaba.com.pa/panama-estara-presente-en-la-fiba-americup-2022/|access-date=1 September 2022|work=fepaba.com.pa|date=1 September 2022|language=es}}</ref>

{{FIBA roster header
| team = Panama men's national basketball team – 2022 FIBA AmeriCup
| color1 = white | bg1 = #dd0000 | color2 = #ffffff | bg2 = #000099}}
<!-- list of players -->
{{FIBA player|df=y | num = 3 | name = Alejandro Grant | year = 1993 | month = 10 | date = 3 | pos = F | m = 1.98 | club = Panteras de Aguascalientes | compyear = 2022 | compmonth = 9 | compdate = 2 | nat = MEX }}
{{FIBA player|df=y | num = 4 | name = Isaac Hall | year = 2002 | month = 10 | date = 27 | pos = PG | m = 1.80 | club = Panteras de Aguascalientes | compyear = 2022 | compmonth = 9 | compdate = 2 | nat = MEX }}
{{FIBA player|df=y | num = 5 | name = Trevor Gaskins | year = 1989 | month = 11 | date = 24 | pos = PG | m = 1.93 | club = Unifacisa Paraiba | compyear = 2022 | compmonth = 9 | compdate = 2 | nat = BRA | note = C }}
{{FIBA player|df=y | num = 6 | name = Aldimir Castillo | year = 2003 | month = 1 | date = 2 | pos = C | m = 2.03 | club = Correcaminos de Colón | compyear = 2022 | compmonth = 9 | compdate = 2 | nat = PAN }}
{{FIBA player|df=y | num = 7 | name = Daniel King | dab = basketball | year = 1987 | month = 7 | date = 25 | pos = C | m = 2.04 | club = S.D. Atlético Nacional  | compyear = 2022 | compmonth = 9 | compdate = 2 | nat = PAN }}
{{FIBA player|df=y | num = 8 | name = Jonathan King | dab = basketball | year = 1990 | month = 1 | date = 25 | pos = C | m = 2.07 | club = S.D. Atlético Nacional  | compyear = 2022 | compmonth = 9 | compdate = 2 | nat = PAN }}
{{FIBA player|df=y | num = 10 | name = Josimar Ayarza | year = 1987 | month = 5 | date = 3 | pos = F | m = 2.05 | club = Titanes de Barranquilla | compyear = 2022 | compmonth = 9 | compdate = 2 | nat = COL }}
{{FIBA player|df=y | num = 16 | name = Eric Romero | year = 1999 | month = 6 | date = 1 | pos = F | m = 1.90 | club = Libertadores de Querétaro | compyear = 2022 | compmonth = 9 | compdate = 2 | nat = MEX }}
{{FIBA player|df=y | num = 20 | name = José Montenegro | year = 1998 | month = 9 | date = 3 | pos = PG | m = 1.90 | club = Caballos de Coclé | compyear = 2022 | compmonth = 9 | compdate = 2 | nat = PAN }}
{{FIBA player|df=y | num = 21 | name = Gil Atencio | year = 1996 | month = 6 | date = 5 | pos = F | m = 2.00 | club = Dragones de Don Bosco | compyear = 2022 | compmonth = 9 | compdate = 2 | nat = PAN }}
{{FIBA player|df=y | num = 24 | name = Aaron Gedeon | year = 1999 | month = 3 | date = 11 | pos = F | m = 1.98 | club = Toros de Chiriquí | compyear = 2022 | compmonth = 9 | compdate = 2 | nat = PAN }}
{{FIBA player|df=y | num = 55 | name = Carlos Rodríguez | dab = basketball | year = 1994 | month = 8 | date = 2 | pos = PG | m = 1.88 | club = Caballos de Coclé | compyear = 2022 | compmonth = 9 | compdate = 2 | nat = PAN }}
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{{FIBA roster footer
| head_coach =
*{{flagicon|PUR}} [[Flor Meléndez]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Team Roster: Panama|url=https://reports.fiba.basketball/reports/2022/FIBA%20AmeriCup/rosters.pdf|access-date=2 September 2022|work=fiba.basketball|date=2 September 2022|page=7}}</ref>
| asst_coach =
*{{flagicon|PAN}} Alberto Duque
| otherlegend = 
* '''(C)''' Team captain
*Club – describes current<br />or most recent club
*'''Age''' – describes age<br />on 2 September 2022
}}

===Former players===
{{FIBA roster header|nat=n|team=Panama men's national basketball team players
| color1 = white | bg1 = #dd0000 | color2 = #ffffff | bg2 = #000099}}
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{{FIBA player|df=y| num = — | first = Anell | last = Alexis | pos = SG | m = 1.98 | year = 1990 | month = 2 | date = 28 | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 30 | clublink = [[Norfolk State University|Norfolk St. Spartans]] | nat = USA}}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = — | first = Eduardo | last = Archibold | pos = C | m = 2.06 | year = 1987 | month = 5 | date = 19 | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 30 | club= Le Moyne College | nat = USA}}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = — | first = Josimar | last = Ayarza | pos = F | m =2.05 | year = 1987 | month = 5 | date = 3 | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 30 | clublink = [[Atletico Echague Parana]] | nat = ARG }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = — | first = Tony | last = Bishop | pos = F | m =2.01 | year = 1989 | month = 7 | date = 16 | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 30 | clublink = [[Eisbären Bremerhaven|Bremerhaven]] | nat = GER }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = — | first = Derrick | last = Bolanos | pos = PG | m = 1.86 | year = 1993 | month = 7 | date = 28 | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 30 | club = Barry Buccaneers | nat = USA }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = — | first = Nate | last = Butler | link = Nate Butler (basketball) | pos = SG | m = 1.96 | year = 1989 | month = 3 | date = 21 | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 30 | clublink = [[Atenienses de Manatí (basketball)|Atenienses de Manatí]] | nat = PUR }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = — | first = Gary | last = Forbes | pos = SF | m = 2.01 | year = 1985 | month = 2 | date = 25 | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 30 | club = Springfield Armor | nat = USA }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = — | first = Rubén | last = Garcés | pos = F/C | m = 2.06 | year = 1973 | month = 10 | date = 17 | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 30 | club = Club Malvin | nat = URU }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = — | first = Antonio | last = Garcia | dab = basketball| pos = F/C | m = 2.03 | year = 1976 | month = 5 | date = 11 | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 30 | clublink = [[Panteras de Aguascalientes|Panteras]] | nat = MEX }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = — | first = Trevor | last = Gaskins | pos = PG | m = 1.88 | year = 1989 | month = 11 | date = 24 | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 30 | clublink = [[Correcaminos Colon]] | nat = PAN }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = — | first = Miguel | last = Gotti | pos = F/C | m = 2.05 | year = 1990 | month = 10 | date = 28 | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 30 | club = C.E. Denver San Salvador | nat = SLV }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = — | first = Jordan | last = Henriquez | pos = F/C | m =2.11 | year = 1989 | month = 8 | date = 29 | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 30 | clublink = [[Science City Jena|Jena]] | nat = GER }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = — | first = Michael | last = Hicks | link = Michael Hicks (basketball) | pos = SF | m = 1.96 | year = 1976 | month = 8 | date = 4 | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 30 | club = Hebraica y Macabi | nat = URU }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = — | first = Jamelle | last = Horne | pos = F | m = 2.00 | year = 1988 | month = 11 | date = 4 | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 8| compdate = 30| club = Toyama Grouses | nat = JPN }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = — | first = Jhamar | last = Johnson | pos = SG | m = 1.92 | year = 1981 | month = 6 | date = 25 | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 30 | club = Navieros de Colón| nat = PAN }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = — | first = Edward | last = Jones | dab = basketball| pos = F | m = 2.01 | year = 1986 | month = 2 | date = 12 | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 30 | clublink = [[Cangrejeros de Santurce (basketball)|Santurce]] | nat = PUR }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = — | first = Daniel | last = King | dab = basketball | pos = F | m = 2.03 | year = 1987 | month = 7 | date = 25 | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 30 | club = Rapidos de la Union | nat = SLV }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = — | first = Jonathan | last = King | pos = SF | m = 1.98 | year = 1990 | month = 1 | date = 25 | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 30 | club = Cojute | nat = SLV }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = — | first = Jamaal | last = Levy | pos = C | m = 2.03 | year = 1983 | month = 1 | date = 8 | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 30 | clublink = [[Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca|Estudiantes Bahía Blanca]] | nat = ARG }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = — | first = Jose | last = Lloreda |  link = Jaime Lloreda | pos = C | m = 2.06 | year = 1980 | month = 11 | date = 10 | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 30 | clublink = [[Atenienses de Manatí (basketball)|Atenienses de Manatí]] | nat = PUR }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = — | first = Joel | last = Muñoz | pos = PG | m = 1.83 | year = 1980 | month = 6 | date = 24 | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 30 | club = Leones de Managua | nat = NIC }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = — | first = Ernesto | last = Oglivie | pos = SF | m = 1.99 | year = 1989 | month = 6 | date = 30 | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 30 | clublink = [[San Marcos, El Salvador|San Marcos]]  | nat = SLV }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = — | first = J. R. | last = Pinnock | pos = SG | m = 1.96 | year = 1983 | month = 12 | date = 11 | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 30 | club = Huracanes del Atlántico | nat = DOM }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = — | first = Gyno | last = Pomare | pos = PF | m = 2.04 | year = 1986 | month = 4 | date = 5 | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 8| compdate = 30| club = Aomori Wat's | nat = JPN }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = — | first = Chris | last = Prescott | pos = PG | m = 1.88 | year = 1989 | month = 1 | date = 20 | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 30 | clublink = [[Saint Peter's Peacocks and Peahens|Saint Peter's Peacocks]] | nat = USA }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = — | first = Isaac | last = St. Rose | pos = SG | m = 1.90 | year = 1983 | month = 11 | date = 12 | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 30 | clublink = [[Sanatura-Escazu]] | nat = CRC }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = — | first = Joel | last = Tesis | pos = F/C | m = 2.06 | year = 1982 | month = 3 | date = 19 | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 30 | clublink = [[Panteras de Aguascalientes|Panteras]] | nat = MEX }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = — | first = Chris Levour | last = Warren | link = Chris Warren (basketball, born 1981)| pos = SG | m = 1.96 | year = 1981 | month = 1 | date = 19 | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 30 | clublink = [[KK Karpoš Sokoli|Karpoš Sokoli]] | nat = MKD}}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = — | nat = |first = Jamahr | last = Warren | pos = PG | m = 1.90 | year = 1979 | month = 2 | date = 18 | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 30 | club= – }}
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{{FIBA roster footer
| head_coach = 
| asst_coach = 
| otherlegend = 
*'''Club''' field describes latest professional club
*'''Age''' field is age on August 30, 2015
}}

===Head coach position===
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Nolan Richardson]]: 2005
* {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Guillermo Vecchio]]: 2006
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Nolan Richardson]]: 2007

===Past 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]]:
{{FIBA roster header|nat=n|team=Panama men's national basketball team roster
| color1 = white | bg1 = #dd0000 | color2 = #ffffff | bg2 = #000099}}
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{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 4 | first = Joel | last = Muñoz | pos = PG | m = 1.83 | year = 1980 | month = 6 | date = 24 | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 30 | club = Leones de Managua | nat = NIC }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 5 | first = Trevor | last = Gaskins | pos = PG | m = 1.88 | year = 1989 | month = 11 | date = 24 | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 30 | clublink = [[Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca|Estudiantes Bahía Blanca]] | nat = ARG }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 6 | first = J. R. | last = Pinnock | pos = SG | m = 1.96 | year = 1983 | month = 12 | date = 11 | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 30 | club = Huracanes del Atlántico | nat = DOM }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 7 | first = Jamelle | last = Horne | pos = F | m = 2.00 | year = 1988 | month = 11 | date = 4 | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 8| compdate = 30| club = Toyama Grouses | nat = JPN }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 8 | first = Jonathan | last = King | link=Jonathan King (basketball) |pos = G/F | m = 1.98 | year = 1990 | month = 1 | date = 25 | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 30 | club = Cojute | nat = SLV }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 9 | first = Jamaal | last = Levy | pos = F/C | m = 2.06 | year = 1983 | month = 1 | date = 8 | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 30 | clublink = [[Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca|Estudiantes Bahía Blanca]] | nat = ARG }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 10 | first = Josimar | last = Ayarza | pos = SF | m =2.05 | year = 1987 | month = 5 | date = 3 | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 30 | clublink = [[Caballeros de Culiacán|Culiacán]] | nat = MEX }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 11 | first = Michael | last = Hicks | link=Michael Hicks (basketball) | pos = G/F | m = 1.96 | year = 1976 | month = 8 | date = 4 | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 30 | club = Hebraica y Macabi | nat = URU | note = C }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 12 | first = Ernesto | last = Oglivie | pos = SF | m = 1.99 | year = 1989 | month = 6 | date = 30 | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 30 | clublink = [[San Marcos, El Salvador|San Marcos]]  | nat = SLV }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 13 | first = Gyno | last = Pomare | pos = PF | m = 2.04 | year = 1986 | month = 4 | date = 5 | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 8| compdate = 30| club = Aomori Wat's | nat = JPN }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 14 | first = Jose | last = Lloreda |  link = Jaime Lloreda | pos = F/C | m = 2.06 | year = 1980 | month = 11 | date = 10 | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 30 | clublink = [[Atenienses de Manatí (basketball)|Atenienses de Manatí]] | nat = PUR }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 15 | first = Rubén | last = Garcés | pos = F/C | m = 2.06 | year = 1973 | month = 10 | date = 17 | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 30 | club = Club Malvin | nat = URU }}
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{{FIBA roster footer
| head_coach = 
*{{player||ESP|[[Joaquín Ruiz Lorente]]}}
| asst_coach = 
*{{player||PAN|[[Mario Butler]]}}
*{{player||PAN|[[Luis Julio]]}}
| otherlegend = 
*'''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 [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|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 in Division 1 Universities in the United States.  Since 2000, Panama has gone to 4 preolympic tournaments, 5 pre-world championships, one world championship (Japan 2006), and one youth basketball olympics (Singapore 2010). The local program is based in neighborhood leagues that collect talent and export it to the United States. This symbiotic action produces 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 Inc.|Nike]]<ref name="kit">[http://www.americas2015.com/en/equipos2.asp?t=&team=87&n=Panama&c=PAN 2015 FIBA Americas Championship - Panama] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628144033/http://www.americas2015.com/en/equipos2.asp?t=&team=87&n=Panama&c=PAN |date=28 June 2017 }}, FIBA.com, Retrieved 30 September 2015.</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website}}
*[https://www.fiba.basketball/federation/Panama FIBA profile]
*[https://www.latinbasket.com/Panama/basketball-National-Team.aspx Latinbasket.com - Panama Men National Team {{in lang|en}}]

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