The main purpose of this study was to analyze the association between the intensity and direction of anxiety and self-confidence and competitive performance on two basketball teams of different gender and competitive level (G1: 1st National Women, G2: Provincial male). We administered the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory 2 (CSAI-2) with a scale of directionality 30 minutes prior to every match of the season and analyzed recordings each one, resulting in a single performance index (RI) of each player. The results revealed the existence of a curvilinear-U relationship between the somatic anxiety intensity and RI in G1 (11 ,4 %), and a negative linear relationship between the cognitive anxiety intensity and RI in G2 (21,1%). No relationship was found between directional perceptions of anxiety and self-confidence and IR in any both groups.