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2012 Centrobasket

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Host nation
  
Puerto Rico

Venues
  
1 (in 1 host city)

Dates
  
June 18 to June 24

Teams
  
10 (from 32 federations)

Champions
  
Dominican Republic (3rd title)

The 2012 Men's Central American and Caribbean Basketball Championship, also known as 2012 Centrobasket, is the regional championship of FIBA Americas for Central America and Caribbean subzone. The top 4 teams qualify for the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship.

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Participating teams

  • From the 2011 CBC Championship:
  •  U.S. Virgin Islands
  •  Bahamas
  •  Jamaica
  • From Central America:
  •  Costa Rica
  •  Mexico
  •  Nicaragua
  • Participants from 2011 FIBA Americas Championship:
  •  Cuba
  •  Dominican Republic
  •  Panama
  •  Puerto Rico

    • Suspension of Panama

    In 2013, FIBA suspended the Panamanian Basketball Federation "for many problems that Panama has been going through for several years due to conflicts of interest between two Directives that manifest hold the same authority," as announced by FIBA Secretary-General Patrick Baumann. This means Panama's "national teams and clubs and referees, cannot participate in any international competition."

    References

    2012 Centrobasket Wikipedia
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