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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 it's 2nd team). To date, Puerto Rico has medaled in every tournament that it has participated in.
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Antigua and Barbuda? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? - - - - - - - - 8th 7th - - ≥2 
Bahamas? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? - 8th - - 5th - - - 5th - - - ≥3 
Barbados? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? - - - - 6th - - 7th - 6th - - ≥3 
Belize? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? - - - - - - 7th - - - - - ≥1 
Costa Rica? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? - 7th 5th - 7th - 8th - 7th - 8th 8th ≥7 Cuba3rd 2nd ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 5th 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 6th - 5th 6th 4th ≥13 Dominican Republic- - 5th 5th 5th 4th 1st 5th 4th 4th 5th - 4th 2nd 3rd 3rd 5th 2nd 1st 5th 3rd 18 El Salvador? 5th ? ? ? ? ? ? ? - 10th - - - - - - - - - 7th ≥3 
Guatemala? 6th ? ? ? ? ? ? ? - - - - - - - - 6th 8th - - ≥3 Honduras? 7th ? ? ? ? ? ? ? - - - - - 6th - 8th - - - - ≥3 
Jamaica? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? - - - - - - - - - - 7th - ≥1 Mexico1st 4th ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 3rd 4th 2nd 5th - 4th 5th 2nd 3rd 4th 4th 5th ≥12 Panama3rd 1st 1st - 4th - 3rd 1st 3rd 2nd 2nd 4th 3rd 4th - 4th 3rd - 3rd 1st 6th 17 
Puerto Rico2nd - 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 21 
Trinidad and Tobago? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 6th 9th - - - - - - - - - - ≥2 
Virgin Islands5th 3rd ? ? ? ? ? ? ? - 6th - 6th - 5th 6th 4th 4th - 2nd 2nd ≥10 Women's Centrobasket
2003
- Cuba
- Dominican Republic
- Puerto Rico
- Mexico
- Virgin Islands
- Costa Rica
- Guatemala
2004
- Cuba
- Puerto Rico
- Guatemala
- Costa Rica
2006
The tournament was held in Mexico City from June 25 through June 29.
- Cuba
- Mexico
- Jamaica
- Puerto Rico
- Barbados
- Virgin Islands
- Costa Rica
- El Salvador
2008
The tournament was played in Morovis, Puerto Rico from July 17 through July 21.
- Cuba
- Puerto Rico
- Dominican Republic
- Mexico
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Guatemala
- Barbados
- Costa Rica
References
Categories:- International national basketball competitions
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