Centrobasket
Sport | Basketball |
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Founded | 1965 |
First season | 1965 |
No. of teams | 10 |
Country | FIBA Americas member nations |
Continent | FIBA Americas (Americas) |
Most recent champion(s) | M: Puerto Rico (11th title) W: Puerto Rico (4th title) |
Most titles | M: Puerto Rico (11 titles) W: Cuba (16 titles) |
Qualification | FIBA COCABA Championship FIBA CBC Championship |
Related competitions | FIBA AmeriCup |
Official website | FIBA Americas website |
The Centrobasket is a FIBA-sponsored international basketball tournament where national teams from Central America and the Caribbean participate. These countries make up the Central American and Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CONCENCABA). The top three or four Women's National teams typically earn berths to the FIBA Women's AmeriCup, from which they can qualify for the FIBA Basketball World Cup or Summer 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 23 Caribbean countries. In total, 31 countries have an opportunity to qualify their national teams for Centrobasket, yet all of them do not enter teams regularly.
History
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 earned large number of medals in every tournament that it has participated in.
Men's tournament
Summary
Performances by nation
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Puerto Rico | 11 | 10 | 3 | 24 |
2 | Cuba | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
3 | Panama | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
4 | Mexico | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
5 | Dominican Republic | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
6 | Virgin Islands | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
7 | Jamaica | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (8 entries) | 25 | 25 | 25 | 75 |
Participation details
Team | 1965 | 1967 | 1969 | 1971 | 1973 | 1975 | 1977 | 1981 | 1985 | 1987 | 1989 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2004 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | Total |
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Antigua and Barbuda | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | 10th | 4 |
Bahamas | – | – | – | – | – | 5th | – | – | 8th | – | 8th | – | – | 5th | – | – | – | 5th | – | – | – | – | 5th | 7th | 7th | 8 |
Barbados | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | – | – | 7th | – | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
Belize | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | – | 2 |
British Virgin Islands | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | 1 |
Costa Rica | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | 5th | – | 7th | – | 8th | – | 8th | – | 8th | 8th | – | 9th | 9th | 9th | 10 |
Cuba | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | – | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 6th | – | 5th | 6th | 4th | 4th | 8th | 4th | 6th | 23 |
Dominican Republic | – | – | 5th | 4th | 7th | 4th | 1st | 5th | 6th | 4th | 5th | – | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 1st | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 22 |
El Salvador | – | 5th | – | 5th | – | – | 5th | – | 7th | – | 10th | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | 10th | – | 8 |
Guatemala | – | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
Guyana | – | – | – | 7th | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
Haiti | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
Honduras | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | 6th | – | 9th | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 |
Jamaica | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | 5th | 3rd | 8th | – | 5 |
Mexico | 1st | 4th | – | – | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 5th | – | 4th | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 5th | 6th | 6th | 1st | 2nd | 22 |
Nicaragua | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10th | – | 8th | 2 |
Panama | 4th | 1st | 1st | – | 4th | – | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 4th | – | 4th | 3rd | – | 3rd | 1st | 6th | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 4th | 21 |
Puerto Rico | 2nd | – | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 24 |
Trinidad and Tobago | – | – | – | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | 9th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10th | – | – | – | 4 |
Virgin Islands | 5th | 3rd | – | – | 6th | – | – | 7th | 5th | – | 6th | – | 6th | – | 5th | 6th | 4th | 4th | – | 2nd | 2nd | 9th | 7th | 6th | 5th | 17 |
Venezuela | – | – | 4th | 3rd | 5th | – | – | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
Total | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Women's tournament
Summary
Performances by nation
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Cuba | 16 | 2 | 1 | 19 |
2 | Puerto Rico | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 |
3 | Mexico | 2 | 9 | 4 | 15 |
4 | Virgin Islands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
5 | Dominican Republic | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
6 | Jamaica | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
7 | Guatemala | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (8 entries) | 23 | 23 | 23 | 69 |
References
- FIBA Archive[Link to precise page]
- Panama History
- Puerto Rico & Dominican Republic History
- Cuba FIBA History
- Virgin Islands Partial History for first two competitions
- Caribbean Basketball Confederation
- Todor66.com Centrobasket
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- Mexico City 1965
- San Salvador 1967
- Havana 1969
- Caracas 1971
- San Juan 1973
- Santo Domingo 1975
- Panama City 1977
- San Juan 1981
- Mexico City 1985
- Santo Domingo 1987
- Havana 1989
- Monterrey 1991
- Ponce 1993
- Santo Domingo 1995
- Tegucigalpa 1997
- Havana 1999
- Toluca 2001
- Culiacán 2003
- Santo Domingo 2004
- Panama City 2006
- Chetumal & Cancún 2008
- Santo Domingo 2010
- Hato Rey 2012
- Tepic 2014
- Panama City 2016
- Caracas 1971
- Veracruz 1973
- Santo Domingo 1975
- Panama City 1977
- San Juan 1981
- Puebla 1985
- Havana 1989
- Ponce 1993
- Santo Domingo 1995
- Tegucigalpa 1997
- Havana 1999
- Santo Domingo 2001
- León 2003
- Guatemala City 2004
- Mexico City 2006
- Morovis 2008
- Mayagüez 2010
- Morovis 2012
- Monterrey 2014
- Saint Thomas 2017
- Manati 2018
- San Salvador 2021
- Chihuahua 2022