# 2014 Centrobasket

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 2013 COCABA Championship, 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 |
* August 1
| Cuba | 71–63 | Panama |
| Scoring by quarter: 25-20, 13-13, 16-14, 17-16 |||
| Pts: Oliva 17 Rebs: Oliva 6 Asts: Oliva 4 | | Pts: Hicks 17 Rebs: Lloreda 9 Asts: Muñoz 3 |
* Auditorio de la Gente, Tepic
* August 1
| Costa Rica | 47–85 | Dominican Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 11-14, 6-25, 10-27, 20-19 |||
| Pts: Conejo 17 Rebs: Anderson-Brown 6 Asts: Sánchez 3 | | Pts: Suero 13 Rebs: Roberts 10 Asts: Coronado 6 |
* Auditorio de la Gente, Tepic
* August 2
| Jamaica | 58–70 | Cuba |
| Scoring by quarter: 12-22, 15-9, 19-15, 12-24 |||
| Pts: Scott 20 Rebs: Alliman 8 Asts: Efejuku 3 | | Pts: Oliva 30 Rebs: Haití 16 Asts: Oliva 7 |
* Auditorio de la Gente, Tepic
* August 2
| Panama | 84–40 | Costa Rica |
| Scoring by quarter: 14-11, 26-9, 26-9, 18-11 |||
| Pts: Hicks 24 Rebs: Lloreda 17 Asts: Muñoz 7 | | Pts: Martínez 20 Rebs: Anderson-Brown 15 Asts: Sánchez 6 |
* Auditorio de la Gente, Tepic
* August 3
| Costa Rica | 56–64 | Jamaica |
| Scoring by quarter: 15-14, 13-13, 5-19, 23-18 |||
| Pts: Martínez 15 Rebs: Anderson-Brown 7 Asts: Conejo (4) | | Pts: Efejuku 23 Rebs: Alliman 10 Asts: Efejuku 3 |
* Auditorio de la Gente, Tepic
* August 3
| Dominican Republic | 71–56 | Panama |
| Scoring by quarter: 25-4, 6-31, 17-10, 23-11 |||
| Pts: Maye 16 Rebs: Fortuna 5 Asts: Fortuna 6 | | Pts: Pinnock 17 Rebs: Lloreda 11 Asts: Muñoz 5 |
* Auditorio de la Gente, Tepic
* August 4
| Cuba | 72–67 | Costa Rica |
| Scoring by quarter: 24-10, 14-22, 23-20, 11-15 |||
| Pts: Haití 15 Rebs: Haití 11 Asts: Oliva 5 | | Pts: Martínez 20 Rebs: Martínez 10 Asts: Martínez 4 |
* Auditorio de la Gente, Tepic
* August 4
| Jamaica | 68–73 | Dominican Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 17-16, 17-18, 11-18, 23-21 |||
| Pts: Efejuku 25 Rebs: Blair 9 Asts: Blair 3 | | Pts: Vargas 23 Rebs: Vargas 10 Asts: De León 6 |
* Auditorio de la Gente, Tepic
* August 5
| Panama | 62–55 | Jamaica |
| Scoring by quarter: 16-14, 14-16, 12-10, 20-15 |||
| Pts: Muñoz 13 Rebs: Garcés 11 Asts: Pinnock 5 | | Pts: Scott 14 Rebs: Alliman 9 Asts: Blair 2 |
* Auditorio de la Gente, Tepic
* August 5
| Dominican Republic | 76–72 | Cuba |
| Scoring by quarter: 20-24, 17-14, 17-18, 22-16 |||
| Pts: Vargas 13 Rebs: Roberts 10 Asts: Liz 3 | | Pts: Granda 16 Rebs: Justiz 5 Asts: Rodríguez 6 |
* Auditorio de la Gente, Tepic

### 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 |
* August 1
| Puerto Rico | 88–72 | Bahamas |
| Scoring by quarter: 19-10, 23-14, 23-25, 23-23 |||
| Pts: Barea 19 Rebs: López-Sosa 8 Asts: Barea 5 | | Pts: Hield 30 Rebs: Rolle 5 Asts: Rose 5 |
* Auditorio de la Gente, Tepic
* August 1
| Mexico | 74–64 | Virgin Islands |
| Scoring by quarter: 14-12, 21-18, 19-15, 20-19 |||
| Pts: Cruz 20 Rebs: Ayón 14 Asts: Stoll 5 | | Pts: Hart 11 Rebs: Victor 8 Asts: Hodge 3 |
* Auditorio de la Gente, Tepic
* August 2
| Bahamas | 96–47 | El Salvador |
| Pts: Hield 46 Rebs: Hield 15 Asts: Gray 7 | | Pts: Valladares 14 Rebs: Valladares 7 Asts: Perdomo 2 |
* Auditorio de la Gente, Tepic
* August 2
| Virgin Islands | 64–97 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 8-22, 20-20, 22-27, 14-28 |||
| Pts: Hart 11 Rebs: Victor 8 Asts: Hodge 4 | | Pts: Barea 25 Rebs: López-Sosa 8 Asts: F. Rivera 5 |
* Auditorio de la Gente, Tepic
* August 3
| El Salvador | 58–93 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 16-17, 15-22, 17-24, 10-30 |||
| Pts: Valladares 20 Rebs: C. Arias 7 Asts: Bandek 2 | | Pts: Rosario 19 Rebs: Clemente 8 Asts: C. Rivera 7 |
* Auditorio de la Gente, Tepic
* August 3
| Bahamas | 57–90 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 6-23, 14-30, 17-22, 20-15 |||
| Pts: Hield 17 Rebs: Coleby 6 Asts: Gray 3 | | Pts: Martínez 18 Rebs: Ayón 13 Asts: Stoll 5 |
* Auditorio de la Gente, Tepic
* August 4
| Virgin Islands | 80–79 | Bahamas |
| Scoring by quarter: 20-22, 20-19, 26-17, 14-21 |||
| Pts: Victor 15 Rebs: Victor 7 Asts: Hodge 5 | | Pts: Thompson 18 Rebs: Coleby 8 Asts: Hinds 4 |
* Auditorio de la Gente, Tepic
* August 4
| Mexico | 107–64 | El Salvador |
| Scoring by quarter: 23-16, 24-11, 38-16, 22-21 |||
| Pts: Stoll 18 Rebs: Zamora 6 Asts: Stoll 5 | | Pts: Valladares 24 Rebs: Perdomo 5 Asts: Bandek 7 |
* Auditorio de la Gente, Tepic
* August 5
| El Salvador | 70–105 | Virgin Islands |
| Scoring by quarter: 13-32, 19-30, 16-25, 22-18 |||
| Pts: A. Arias 16 Rebs: Perdomo 11 Asts: C. Arias 5 | | Pts: Gray 26 Rebs: Hart 9 Asts: Hodge 5 |
* Auditorio de la Gente, Tepic
* August 5
| Puerto Rico | 65–75 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 19-15, 16-15, 20-23, 10-22 |||
| Pts: Barea 24 Rebs: López-Sosa 7 Asts: Barea 4 | | Pts: Gutiérrez 24 Rebs: Ayón 6 Asts: Gutiérrez 5 |
* Auditorio de la Gente, Tepic

## Knockout round

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

### Semifinals

* August 6
| Dominican Republic | 73–78 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 15-16, 14-18, 23-17, 21-27 |||
| Pts: Santana 14 Rebs: Santana 10 Asts: Coronado 6 | | Pts: Barea 18 Rebs: Collier 7 Asts: Barea 7 |
* Auditorio de la Gente, Tepic
* August 6
| Mexico | 85–70 | Cuba |
| Scoring by quarter: 25-12, 17-20, 24-19, 19-19 |||
| Pts: Ayón 28 Rebs: Ayón 15 Asts: Ayón 6 | | Pts: Oliva 15 Rebs: Oliva 7 Asts: Oliva 2 |
* Auditorio de la Gente, Tepic

### Third place playoff

* August 7
| Dominican Republic | 75–66 | Cuba |
| Scoring by quarter: 17-18, 17-19, 31-14, 10-15 |||
| Pts: Santana 16 Rebs: Santana 8 Asts: Coronado 5 | | Pts: Haití 12 Rebs: Haití 7 Asts: Oliva 7 |
* Auditorio de la Gente, Tepic

### Finals

* August 7
| Puerto Rico | 60–74 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 14-16, 21-11, 13-25, 12-22 |||
| Pts: Rosario 14 Rebs: Barea 5 Asts: Barea 4 | | Pts: Ayón 16 Rebs: Ayón 16 Asts: Ayón 4 |
* Auditorio de la Gente, Tepic
* 2014 Centrobasket winners
* Mexico Third title

## Final rankings

The top four teams qualified for the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship. With Mexico 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, Panama.
* 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 |