2014 Centrobasket

2014 Centrobasket
24th Central American and Caribbean Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Mexico
Dates	August 1 to August 7
Teams	10
Venues	1  (in 1 host city)
Champions	Mexico (3rd title)
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The 2014 Men's Central American and Caribbean Basketball Championship, also known as 2014 Centrobasket, was the regional basketball championship of FIBA Americas for the Central American and Caribbean subzone. The top 4 teams qualify for the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship. The tournament was held in the city of Tepic in Nayarit, Mexico from August 1 to August 7.

Participating teams[]

•  Virgin Islands
•  Bahamas
•  Jamaica
•  Costa Rica
•  Mexico
•  El Salvador
•  Cuba
•  Dominican Republic
•  Panama
•  Puerto Rico

Mexico qualified as host.

Puerto Rico, Panama, Jamaica and Dominican Republic qualified as the 4 first places in the 2012 Centrobasket

The Bahamas, U.S. Virgin Islands and Cuba qualified from the 2014 FIBA CBC Championship, which took place from July 1 to July 5 in Tortola, British Virgin Islands. (http://www.fibaamericas.com/torneos1.asp?xtab=1&t=EYXONZZFPF)

El Salvador and Costa Rica qualified from the , which took place from July 26 to July 28 in San Salvador, El Salvador. (http://www.fibaamericas.com/torneos1.asp?xtab=1&t=ZXSEXGVNUC)

Preliminary round[]

The draw for the 2014 Centrobasket Championship was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico on June 9, 2014. Ten teams were drawn into two pools with five teams in each.

Group A[]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Dominican Republic	4	4	0	305	243	+62	8
Cuba	4	3	1	285	264	+21	7
Panama	4	2	2	265	237	+28	6
Jamaica	4	1	3	245	261	−16	5
Costa Rica	4	0	4	210	305	−95	4

Group B[]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Mexico	4	4	0	346	250	+96	8
Puerto Rico	4	3	1	343	269	+74	7
Virgin Islands	4	2	2	313	320	−7	6
Bahamas	4	1	3	304	305	−1	5
El Salvador	4	0	4	239	401	−162	4

Knockout round[]

	Semifinals				Final
	6 August
	Dominican Republic	73
					7 August
	Puerto Rico	78
					Puerto Rico	60
	6 August
					Mexico	74
	Mexico	85
	Cuba	70
					3rd place
					7 August
					Dominican Republic	75
					Cuba	66

Semifinals[]

Third place playoff[]

Finals[]

2014 Centrobasket Winners
Mexico Third title

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Final Rankings[]

The top four teams qualified for the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship. With being named host, they were automatically qualified for the Championship. This meant an extra spot was open, which was given to the 5th place team, .

	Qualifies as host nation
	Qualifies to the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship

Rank	Team
	Mexico
	Puerto Rico
	Dominican Republic
4	Cuba
5	Panama
6	Virgin Islands
7	Bahamas
8	Jamaica
9	Costa Rica
10	El Salvador

References[]