2009 COCABA Basketball Championships
Event: COCABA Championship (discuss)
Location: Cancún, México
Information: The 2009 COCABA Championship will be played in Cancún, Mexico at the Gimnasio Polifuncional on August 10-14, 2009.
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This regional-qualifying tournament is the first of four possible steps that national teams have to place in qualifying for the 2012 Olympics in London. The eight teams participating in this tournament are hosts México, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, Panama, Guatemala, Belize, and Nicaragua.
The teams that place first, second or third place in COCABA will move onto the 2010 Centrobasket Tournament which is a qualifier for the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship. Depending on their succeses in the latter tournaments, they could qualify for the 2012 Olympics.
Already, five teams have qualified for the 2010 Centrobasket Tournament - Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, Jamaica, British Virgin Islands and Cuba.
The COCABA championships changed the date of the original tournament. This event was scheduled to be played August 5-9 but because of some organizational issues, the Central American Basketball Confederation decided to allow the organizing committee to move the tournament’s start date back five days to August 10th, 2009.
hi how u doing my name is erick watler and i was born in honduras but raised in the U.S. since i was 6 years old. i want to play basketball for honduras in this tournament aug. 10 im 25 years old 5’11 7/8 play high school ball tried out for some aba teams, can u email me please at erickwatler1983@yahoo.com
July 29th, 2009 at 3:07 am
Hi Erick, im Carlos Santos, a basketball coach in Honduras, send me a e-mail with your resume, i will try to conctac you with the national team coach José López ok?
csantosgamez@hotmail.com
July 30th, 2009 at 12:11 am
[...] Come over to SunBreeze Suites and meet the 13 basketball players that will represent Belize in the Cocaba Championship Tournament in [...]
July 31st, 2009 at 11:35 pm
hey thank u carlos i sent it
August 4th, 2009 at 5:51 am
Are the games going to be televised in the U.S
August 7th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
Hey guys, check out the thread for Cocaba http://forums.interbasket.net/f38/fiba-cocaba-championships-august-5-9-10128/
August 7th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
hey i heard the association is finding issues with the Belizean team is it that we are too good for them
August 10th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
The challenge to some of the Belizean players’ eligibility is ludicrous. They obviously fear us; ask Nicaragua…
August 10th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
Yeah, Belize just blew pass Nicaragua, 98-64. Blow out! Mexicans are afraid of us.
August 10th, 2009 at 2:44 pm
If you’d like to discuss more about the COCABA, you can visit our forum here: http://forums.interbasket.net/f38/fiba-cocaba-championships-august-5-9-10128/
August 10th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
[...] Cocaba Championship Tournament second game was just played today against Guatemala, ending a couple minutes ago. This final score [...]
August 11th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
Go team Belize….I feel bad for the Mexicans organisers….they fear little Belize. If only we could get our act together in all other sports discipline then they would not be so surprised when we put our best teams forward. Who’s your daddy now Guatemala? This is not Bertie Chimilio football team that you are facing…this is team Belize!
August 11th, 2009 at 5:53 pm
The issue of Belize’s eligibility is in poor taste. FIBA’s rules should be clear. How can FIBA say ok we’ll allow Palacio & Carcamo to play then say the other 5 or 6 are not eligible 15 minutes before tip-off. It makes it quite obvious that we are being attacked from the very nations around us afraid of the butt kicking they are going to get at our hands. FIBA you lack class.
August 11th, 2009 at 7:24 pm
[...] 13, 2009 Posted by San Pedro Sun in Uncategorized. trackback Belize’s third game in the Cocaba Championship Tournament was played yesterday against Panama. Belize had a good game and managed to secure a third [...]
August 13th, 2009 at 8:32 am
FIBA already hand picked who they wanted to advance in the 09 COCABA competition…. But now they are faced with a real challenge… they did not expect that Belize would send its POWERHOUSE(s) to GET THE JOB DONE, now they (FIBA & associates) are scared in their pants…. GO BELIZE GO…BUS’ DEH SHUT…& TAKE THEM TO COURT… RESPECT BELIZE!
August 13th, 2009 at 9:38 am
Go Belize, Go! We made it this far and now Mexico is afraid of us. Who is FIBA to decide our national identity. This is Belize we have a constitution just like other nations. Go Belize & we are proud of our national team BELIZE
August 13th, 2009 at 10:46 am
It is a downright shame and disgrace to see FIBA’s outright bias against the Belize Team that has Mexico shaking with fear. It is obvious that FIBA has planned for Mexico, Panama and Costa Rica to emarge from the COCABA Tournament. It is clear that the Belize Team is the most talented and the disqualification of Belize by FIBA is both riduculous and disgraceful. Al the players on the team are born Belizeans or Belizeans by descent via Belizean Parents. Obviously the Belize Team has spoiled the fraud being orchestrated by FIBA. FIBA wake up and recognize Belize!
August 13th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
fiba is a pile of crap i wish u kud recognize we are the best 100% belizean ago belize kick all thier asses including mexico gggggoooo belize
August 14th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Al the players on the team are born Belizeans or Belizeans by descent via Belizean Parents.
October 27th, 2010 at 6:07 am