Host nation Mexico Venues 2 (in 2 host cities) | Dates August 26 – August 31 MVP José Juan Barea | |
Teams 8 (from 32 federations) Champions Puerto Rico (9th title) | ||
The 2008 Men's Central American and Caribbean Basketball Championship, also known as 2008 Centrobasket, was hosted in Cancún and Chetumal, México. The four semifinalists of this edition qualified for the 2009 FIBA Americas championship.
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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.
Final
Puerto Rico(5-0) V.S. USVI (3-2) Gold Medal Game
References
2008 Centrobasket Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA