The 2014 Men's Central American and Caribbean Basketball Championship, also known as 2014

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championship of

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for the

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subzone. The top 4 teams qualify for the

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from August 1 to August 7.

Participating teams

* * * * * * * * * * Mexico qualified as host. Puerto Rico, Panama, Jamaica and Dominican Republic qualified as the 4 first places in the

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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

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. (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

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Preliminary round

The draw for the 2014 Centrobasket Championship was held in San Juan,

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on June 9, 2014. Ten teams were drawn into two pools with five teams in each.

Group A

Group B

Knockout round

Semifinals

Third place playoff

Finals

Final rankings

The top four teams qualified for the

. With

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,

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References

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