The 2012 Men's Central American and Caribbean Basketball Championship, also known as 2012 Centrobasket, was the regional championship of

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for Central America and Caribbean subzone, played June 18–24, 2012. The top four teams qualified for the

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Participating teams

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Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Knockout round

Semifinals

Third place playoff

Finals

Final ranking

Suspension of Panama

In 2013,

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suspended the Panamanian Basketball Federation "for many problems that Panama has been going through for several years due to

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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

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