# 2010 Centrobasket

The 2010 Men's Central American and Caribbean Basketball Championship, also known as 2010 Centrobasket, was hosted in the Dominican Republic. This edition was the first time that the Centrobasket featured ten teams in the finals; previously, eight teams had qualified. Puerto Rico won the title with an 89-80 victory over Dominican Republic. Panama captured the bronze medal with a 75-74 victory over Cuba. All four teams qualified for the FIBA Americas Championship 2011. Jamaica finished 5th for their best ever performance at the tournament while Belize finished 7th to match their best performance. The British Virgin Islands finished 8th after qualifying for Centrobasket for the first time in their history.

## First round
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tie-Break |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 4 | 0 | 314 | 253 | +61 | 8 | |
| Panama | 4 | 2 | 2 | 260 | 257 | +3 | 6 | +4 |
| Jamaica | 4 | 2 | 2 | 255 | 244 | +11 | 6 | –4 |
| British Virgin Islands | 4 | 1 | 3 | 223 | 281 | –58 | 5 | +9 |
| Virgin Islands | 4 | 1 | 3 | 285 | 302 | –17 | 5 | –9 |
* July 5 15:30
* Game 2
| British Virgin Islands | 59–50 | Virgin Islands |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–14, 15–10, 20–12, 10–14 |||
| Pts: Halstead Chiverton 23 Rebs: Steve Parillon 11 Asts: 3 tied with 3 | | Pts: Walter Hodge 16 Rebs: Frank Elegar 12 Asts: Hodge and Kashif Gumbs 3 |
* Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo
* July 5 20:30
* Game 4
| Dominican Republic | 63–56 | Panama |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–16, 12–18, 13–9, 25–13 |||
| Pts: Kelvin Peña 18 Rebs: Franklin Western 7 Asts: Jack Michael Martinez 4 | | Pts: Danilo Pinnock 21 Rebs: Gyno Pomare 13 Asts: Jaime Lloreda 5 |
* Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo
* July 6 15:30
* Game 6
| Panama | 75–61 | British Virgin Islands |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–18, 16–19, 12–10, 20–14 |||
| Pts: Jaime Lloreda and Danilo Pinnock 13 Rebs: Gyno Pomare 10 Asts: Joel Munoz 6 | | Pts: Kennedy Bass and Halstead Chiverton 17 Rebs: Steve Parillon 9 Asts: Kennedy Bass 3 |
* Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo
* July 6 20:30
* Game 8
| Jamaica | 62–68 | Dominican Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 22–11, 11–15, 12–21 |||
| Pts: Roy Hibbert 19 Rebs: Garfield Blair 9 Asts: Akeem Scott 4 | | Pts: Charlie Villanueva 13 Rebs: Jack Michael Martinez 13 Asts: Kelvin Peña 5 |
* Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo
* July 7 13:00
* Game 9
| Virgin Islands | 82–74 | Panama |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 29–11, 18–21, 19–27 |||
| Pts: Walter Hodge 22 Rebs: Frank Elegar 10 Asts: Walter Hodge 6 | | Pts: Danilo Pinnock 20 Rebs: Jaime Lloreda 10 Asts: Joel Munoz 3 |
* Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo
* July 8 15:30
* Game 10
| British Virgin Islands | 56–71 | Jamaica |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–13, 9–17, 18–17, 20–24 |||
| Pts: Halstead Chiverton 27 Rebs: Randy George and Kleon Penn 10 Asts: Kennedy Bass 3 | | Pts: Akeem Scott 18 Rebs: Kimani Ffriend 10 Asts: Garfield Blair 4 |
* Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo
* July 9 13:00
* Game 13
| Jamaica | 71–65 | Virgin Islands |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–13, 18–10, 12–13, 21–29 |||
| Pts: Garfield Blair 27 Rebs: Kimani Ffriend 12 Asts: Andre Smith 3 | | Pts: Walter Hodge 19 Rebs: Jason Edwin 10 Asts: Jason Edwin 4 |
* Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo
* July 9 20:30
* Game 16
| Dominican Republic | 85–47 | British Virgin Islands |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–9, 19–11, 21–14, 22–13 |||
| Pts: Charlie Villanueva 28 Rebs: Jack Michael Martinez 11 Asts: 2 tied with 4 | | Pts: Trevon Lewis 11 Rebs: Kleon Penn 11 Asts: Steve Parillon 2 |
* Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo
* July 10 13:00
* Game 17
| Panama | 55–51 | Jamaica |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–12, 10–12, 19–14, 16–13 |||
| Pts: Danilo Pinnock 19 Rebs: Jaime Lloreda 12 Asts: Joel Munoz 4 | | Pts: Kimani Ffriend 14 Rebs: Kimani Ffriend 7 Asts: 4 tied with 1 |
* Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo
* July 10 20:30
* Game 20
| Virgin Islands | 88–98 | Dominican Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 23–21, 18–18, 27–38 |||
| Pts: Walter Hodge 26 Rebs: Frank Elegar 11 Asts: Walter Hodge 6 | | Pts: Elpidio Fortuna and Jack Michael Martinez 21 Rebs: Charlie Villanueva 13 Asts: Ronald Ramon 5 |
* Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tie-Break |
| Puerto Rico | 4 | 3 | 1 | 355 | 318 | +37 | 7 | |
| Cuba | 4 | 2 | 2 | 301 | 289 | +12 | 6 | +4 |
| Mexico | 4 | 2 | 2 | 304 | 292 | +12 | 6 | +2 |
| Belize | 4 | 2 | 2 | 223 | 281 | –58 | 6 | –6 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 1 | 3 | 280 | 336 | –56 | 5 | |
* July 5 13:00
* Game 1
| Trinidad and Tobago | 71–80 | Belize |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–14, 21–26, 16–23, 17–17 |||
| Pts: Ian Young 15 Rebs: Julius Ashby 11 Asts: Sheldon Christian 5 | | Pts: Milt Palacio and Alex Carcamo 16 Rebs: Richard Troyer 9 Asts: Milt Palacio 5 |
* Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo
* July 5 18:00
* Game 3
| Mexico | 62–82 | Cuba |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–29, 16–25, 18–14, 13–14 |||
| Pts: Gustavo Ayon 16 Rebs: Michael Strobbe 9 Asts: 4 tied with 2 | | Pts: Allens Jemmott 22 Rebs: Yordanis Jaca 10 Asts: 2 tied with 4 |
* Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo
* July 6 13:00
* Game 5
| Belize | 63–85 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–12, 17–21, 12–27, 19–25 |||
| Pts: Milt Palacio 15 Rebs: Charles Burgess 7 Asts: 3 tied with 2 | | Pts: Omar Quintero and Jovan Harris 19 Rebs: Gustavo Ayon 12 Asts: Jovan Harris 7 |
* Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo
* July 6 18:00
* Game 7
| Puerto Rico | 91–97 (OT) | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–21, 25–15, 23–27, 11–21, Overtime: 7–13 |||
| Pts: Carlos Arroyo 24 Rebs: Renaldo Balkman and Peter John Ramos 9 Asts: Carlos Arroyo 9 | | Pts: Steven Lewis 24 Rebs: Wilfred Benjamin 11 Asts: Ian Young 5 |
* Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo
* July 8 18:00
* Game 11
| Cuba | 78–94 | Belize |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 15–27, 18–21, 24–28 |||
| Pts: Orestes Torres 18 Rebs: Orestes Torres 7 Asts: Juan Pinerio 7 | | Pts: Alex Carcamo 23 Rebs: Alex Carcamo and Richard Troyer 10 Asts: Milt Palacio 12 |
* Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo
* July 8 20:30
* Game 12
| Mexico | 82–95 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–27, 17–23, 22–27, 25–18 |||
| Pts: Jovan Harris 22 Rebs: Michael Strobbe 9 Asts: Jovan Harris 3 | | Pts: Peter John Ramos 16 Rebs: Renaldo Balkman 10 Asts: Jose Juan Barea 12 |
* Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo
* July 9 15:30
* Game 14
| Trinidad and Tobago | 52–75 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–15, 14–17, 13–16, 13–17 |||
| Pts: Maurice Joseph and Wilfred Benjamin 10 Rebs: Kibwe Trim 9 Asts: Ian Young 3 | | Pts: Victor Mariscal 21 Rebs: Gustavo Ayon 11 Asts: Jovan Harris 4 |
* Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo
* July 9 18:00
* Game 15
| Puerto Rico | 73–51 | Cuba |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 12–9, 20–14, 21–12 |||
| Pts: Carlos Arroyo 16 Rebs: Renaldo Balkman 14 Asts: Jose Juan Barea 9 | | Pts: Yordanis Jaca and Yoan Luis 9 Rebs: Yoan Luis and Orestes Torres 9 Asts: Juan Pinerio 3 |
* Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo
* July 10 15:30
* Game 18
| Cuba | 90–60 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–11, 25–20, 20–18, 18–11 |||
| Pts: Allens Jemmott 24 Rebs: Yoan Luis 9 Asts: Juan Pineiro 6 | | Pts: Ian Young 18 Rebs: Kibwe Trim 9 Asts: Kibwe Trim 4 |
* Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo
* July 10 18:00
* Game 19
| Belize | 88–96 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–25, 23–20, 22–24, 28–27 |||
| Pts: Milt Palacio 24 Rebs: Richard Troyer 11 Asts: Milt Palacio 6 | | Pts: Peter John Ramos 27 Rebs: Renaldo Balkman 12 Asts: Jose Juan Barea 8 |
* Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo

## Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| July 11–17:00 | July 11–17:00 |
| Puerto Rico | 77 |
| Puerto Rico | 77 | July 12–20:30 | July 12–20:30 |
| Panama | 70 | July 12–20:30 | July 12–20:30 |
| Panama | 70 | Puerto Rico | 89 |
| July 11–19:30 | July 11–19:30 | | Puerto Rico | 89 |
| July 11–19:30 | July 11–19:30 | Dominican Republic | 80 |
| Dominican Republic | 85 | Dominican Republic | 80 |
| Cuba | 71 | | |
| Cuba | 71 | Third place | Third place |
| | | July 12–18:00 | July 12–18:00 |
| | | Panama | 75 |
| | | Cuba | 74 |

## Semifinals

The top 2 teams from each group advance to the semifinals, in which the top team of Group A plays against the second place team of Group B and the top team of Group B plays against the second place team of Group A.
Three-team ties are determined by the point differential in games played between the three teams, not counting the margin of victory or loss against a non tied team.
* July 11 17:00
* Game 21
| Puerto Rico | 77–70 | Panama |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–13, 16–21, 20–23, 18–13 |||
| Pts: Carlos Arroyo 23 Rebs: Peter John Ramos 10 Asts: Carlos Arroyo 5 | | Pts: Jaime Lloreda 20 Rebs: Jaime Lloreda 11 Asts: Joel Munoz 6 |
* Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo
* July 11 19:30
* Game 22
| Dominican Republic | 85–71 | Cuba |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 22–22, 29–10, 17–24 |||
| Pts: Franklin Western 16 Rebs: Elys Guzman 11 Asts: Kelvin Peña 6 | | Pts: Yoan Luis 14 Rebs: Orestes Torres 7 Asts: Juan Pinerio 3 |
* Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo

## Third-place game

* July 12 18:00
* Game 23
| Cuba | 74–75 | Panama |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 19–12, 19–25, 19–15 |||
| Pts: Orestes Torres 16 Rebs: Orestes Torres 7 Asts: Orestes Torres 6 | | Pts: Jaime Lloreda 24 Rebs: Jaime Lloreda 12 Asts: Danilo Pinnock 5 |
* Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo

## Final

* July 12 20:30
* Game 24
| Dominican Republic | 80–89 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–19, 24–20, 17–24, 16–26 |||
| Pts: Charlie Villanueva 36 Rebs: Charlie Villanueva 11 Asts: Christian Aries 6 | | Pts: Carlos Arroyo 23 Rebs: Renaldo Balkman 8 Asts: Filiberto Rivera 6 |
* Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo

## Final standings

* Qualified for 2011 FIBA Americas Championship
| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Puerto Rico | 5–1 |
| | Dominican Republic | 5–1 |
| | Panama | 3–3 |
| 4 | Cuba | 2–4 |
| 5 | Jamaica | 2–2 |
| 6 | Mexico | 2–2 |
| 7 | Belize | 2–2 |
| 8 | British Virgin Islands | 1–3 |
| 9 | Virgin Islands | 1–3 |
| 10 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1–3 |