Centrobasket

Centrobasket is a FIBA-sponsored basketball tournament where national teams from Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean participate. These countries make up the Central American and Caribbean Confederation (CONCENCABA). The top three or four teams typically earn berths to the FIBA Americas Championship, from which they can qualify for the FIBA World Championship or Olympics. Teams qualify for these tournaments by finishing high (usually first or second place) in the previous Centrobasket or by placing high at the FIBA COCABA Championship for Mexico and the seven Central American countries and at the FIBA CBC Championship for the 24 Caribbean countries. In sum, 32 countries have an opportunity to qualify their national teams for Centrobasket, yet all of them do not enter teams regularly.

Celebration of the tournament typically is every two years. Initially played only in odd years, the tournament has, in recent years, it has moved to even years since 2004. The tournament was not held in either 1979 or 1983, but with those exceptions, the tournament has been held every other year, excepting for subsequent tournaments in 2003 and 2004.

Eight teams participate at the tournament, divided into two groups. The first round of the tournament consists of a round-robin, and then, in the second round, teams compete to define their final position at the tournament's standing.

Panama and Puerto Rico have been multiple medal winners at this event, both considered the strongest teams in the region, even though the Puerto Rican team almost never sends its best players for this competition (it mostly sends its second team). To date, Puerto Rico has medaled in every tournament that it has participated in.

Contents

Summaries

Year Host Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
1965
Details		  Mexico
(Mexico City)
Mexico		 –
Puerto Rico
Cuba		 –
Panama
1967
Details		  El Salvador
(San Salvador)
Panama		 –
Cuba
Virgin Islands		 –
Mexico
1969
Details		  Cuba
(Havana)
Panama		 – ?
Puerto Rico		 – ?
1971
Details		  Venezuela
(Valencia & Caracas)
Cuba		 –
Puerto Rico		 ? – ?
1973
Details		  Puerto Rico
(San Juan)
Puerto Rico		 – ? ? –
Panama
1975
Details		  Dominican Republic
(Santo Domingo)
Mexico		 –
Puerto Rico		 ? – ?
1977
Details		  Panama
(Panama City)
Dominican Republic		 –
Puerto Rico
Panama		 – ?
1981
Details		  Puerto Rico
(San Juan)
Panama		 –
Puerto Rico		 ? – ?
1985
Details		  Mexico
(Mexico City)
Puerto Rico		 – ?
Panama		 –
Dominican Republic
1987
Details		  Dominican Republic
(Santo Domingo)
Puerto Rico		 –
Panama
Mexico		 –
Dominican Republic
1989
Details		  Cuba
(Havana)
Puerto Rico		 –
Panama
Cuba		 –
Mexico
1991
Details		  Mexico
(Monterrey)
Puerto Rico		 –
Mexico
Cuba		 –
Panama
1993
Details		  Puerto Rico
(Ponce)
Puerto Rico		 87–77
Cuba
Panama		 96–83
Dominican Republic
1995
Details		  Dominican Republic
(Santo Domingo)
Cuba		 –
Dominican Republic
Puerto Rico		 –
Panama
1997
Details		  Honduras
(Tegucigalpa)
Cuba		 106–93
Puerto Rico
Dominican Republic		 92–75
Mexico
1999
Details		  Cuba
(Havana)
Cuba		 67–63
Puerto Rico
Dominican Republic		 86–74
Panama
2001
Details		  Mexico
(Toluca)
Puerto Rico		 86–73
Mexico
Panama		 93–82
Virgin Islands
2003
Details		  Mexico
(Culiacán)
Puerto Rico		 92–83
Dominican Republic
Mexico		 78–76
Virgin Islands
2004
Details		  Dominican Republic
(Santo Domingo)
Dominican Republic		 75–74
Puerto Rico
Panama		 98–89
Mexico
2006
Details		  Panama
(Panama City)
Panama		 73–59
Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico		 93–83
Mexico
2008
Details		  Mexico
(Chetumal & Cancún)
Puerto Rico		 87–70
Virgin Islands
Dominican Republic		 102–74
Cuba
2010
Details		  Dominican Republic
(Santo Domingo)
Puerto Rico		 89-80
Dominican Republic
Panama		 75-74
Cuba

Participation Details

Team
1965
1967
1969
1971
1973
1975
1977
1981
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2004
2006
2008
2008		 Total
 Antigua and Barbuda  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? - - - - - - - - 8th 7th - - - ≥2
 Bahamas  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? - 8th - - 5th - - - 5th - - - - ≥3
 Barbados  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? - - - - 6th - - 7th - 6th - - - ≥3
 Belize  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? - - - - - - 7th - - - - - 7th ≥2
 British Virgin Islands  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? - - - - - - - - - - - - 9th ≥1
 Costa Rica  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? - 7th 5th - 7th - 8th - 7th - 8th 8th - ≥7
 Cuba 3rd 2nd  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? 5th 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 6th - 5th 6th 4th 4th ≥14
 Dominican Republic - - 5th 5th 5th 4th 1st 5th 4th 4th 5th - 4th 2nd 3rd 3rd 5th 2nd 1st 5th 3rd 2nd 19
 El Salvador  ? 5th  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? - 10th - - - - - - - - - 7th - ≥3
 Guatemala  ? 6th  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? - - - - - - - - 6th 8th - - - ≥3
 Honduras  ? 7th  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? - - - - - 6th - 8th - - - - - ≥3
 Jamaica  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? - - - - - - - - - - 7th - 5th ≥2
 Mexico 1st 4th  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? 3rd 4th 2nd 5th - 4th 5th 2nd 3rd 4th 4th 5th 6th ≥13
 Panama 3rd 1st 1st - 4th - 3rd 1st 3rd 2nd 2nd 4th 3rd 4th - 4th 3rd - 3rd 1st 6th 3rd 18
 Puerto Rico 2nd - 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 22
 Trinidad and Tobago  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? 6th 9th - - - - - - - - - - 10th ≥3
 Virgin Islands 5th 3rd  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? - 6th - 6th - 5th 6th 4th 4th - 2nd 2nd 9th ≥11

Women's Centrobasket

2003

  1.  Cuba
  2.  Dominican Republic
  3.  Puerto Rico
  4.  Mexico
  5.  Virgin Islands
  6.  Costa Rica
  7.  Guatemala

2004

  1.  Cuba
  2.  Puerto Rico
  3.  Guatemala
  4.  Costa Rica

2006

The tournament was held in Mexico City from June 25 through June 29.

  1.  Cuba
  2.  Mexico
  3.  Jamaica
  4.  Puerto Rico
  5.  Barbados
  6.  Virgin Islands
  7.  Costa Rica
  8.  El Salvador

2008

The tournament was played in Morovis, Puerto Rico from July 17 through July 21.

  1.  Cuba
  2.  Puerto Rico
  3.  Dominican Republic
  4.  Mexico
  5.  Trinidad and Tobago
  6.  Guatemala
  7.  Barbados
  8.  Costa Rica

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