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{{Short description|Basketball championship}}
{{Infobox FIBA tourney
| type         = Centrobasket
| year         = 2006
| logo         = Centrobasket.jpg
| size         = 150
| caption      = 
| host         = Panama
| dates        = July 4 – July 8
| teams        = 8
| federations  = 
| venues       = 1
| cities       = 1
| champions    = Panama
| title_number = 4
| mvp          = {{flagicon|PAN}} [[Michael Hicks (basketball)|Michael Hicks]]
| ppg_p        = {{flagicon|PAN}} [[Michael Hicks (basketball)|Hicks]] (24.2)
| ppg_t        = {{Bk|PRI}} (87.4)
| rpg_p        = {{flagicon|PAN}} [[Antonio García Murillo|García]] (14.6)
| rpg_t        = {{Bk|PAN}} (47.8)
| apg_p        = {{flagicon|PAN}} [[Ed Cota|Cota]] (5.6)
| apg_t        = {{Bk|PAN}} (20.8)
| website      = [http://www.fibaamerica.com/torneos1_us.asp?t=SWPBOJJOAK FIBA Americas]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
| prevseason   = [[2004 Centrobasket|2004]]
| nextseason   = [[2008 Centrobasket|2008]]
}}

The '''2006 Men's Central American and Caribbean Basketball Championship''', also known as '''[[2006 in basketball|2006]] [[Centrobasket]]''', was hosted in [[Panama City, Panama]]. The [[Atlapa Convention Centre|ATLAPA Convention Center]] in [[Panama City]] served as the venue for all the games.

Four teams qualified for the [[FIBA Americas Championship 2007]] in [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]], three teams qualified for the [[2007 Pan American Games]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]] and seven teams qualified for the [[2006 Central American and Caribbean Games|2006 Centroamerican Games]] in [[Cartagena de Indias]], [[Colombia]].

==Qualification==
Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 2006.

*Host: {{Bk|Panama}}
*Gold Medal of Centrobasket 2004: {{Bk|Dominican Republic}}
*Silver Medal of Centrobasket 2004: {{Bk|Puerto Rico}}
*2 for [[FIBA COCABA Championship|Central America]]:{{Bk|Mexico}}, {{Bk|Costa Rica}}
*3 for the Caribbean:{{Bk|U.S. Virgin Islands}}, {{Bk|Cuba}}, {{Bk|Jamaica}}

==First phase==

===Group A===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=175                        |Team
!width=20  abbr="Points"          |Pts
!width=20  abbr="Played"          |Pld
!width=20  abbr="Won"             |W
!width=20  abbr="Lost"            |L
!width=20  abbr="Points"          |PF
!width=20  abbr="Points Against"   |PA
|-style=background:#ccffcc
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|PAN}} [[Panama]]
|'''6'''||3||3||0||274||229
|-style=background:#ccffcc
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|VIR}} [[US Virgin Islands]]
|'''5'''||3||2||1||262||205
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|DOM}} [[Dominican Republic]]
|'''4'''||3||1||2||249||261
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Costa Rica]]
|'''3'''||3||0||3||217||307
|}

{| cellspacing=0 width=80% style=background:#eeeeee
|-
|width=10% align=left|4 July
|align=center width=10%| 14:00
|align=right width=20%| [[Dominican Republic]]
|align=left width=5%| {{flagicon|DOM}}
|align=center width=10%| 60-91
|align=right width=5%| {{flagicon|VIR}}
|align=left width=20% | [[US Virgin Islands]]
|-
|width=10% align=left|4 July
|align=center width=10%| 21:30
|align=right width=20%| [[Panama]]
|align=left width=5%| {{flagicon|PAN}}
|align=center width=10%| 105-71
|align=right width=5%| {{flagicon|CRC}}
|align=left width=20% | [[Costa Rica]]
|-
|width=10% align=left|5 July
|align=center width=10%| 16:30
|align=right width=20%| [[Costa Rica]]
|align=left width=5%| {{flagicon|CRC}}
|align=center width=10%| 85-108
|align=right width=5%| {{flagicon|DOM}}
|align=left width=20% | [[Dominican Republic]]
|-
|width=10% align=left|5 July
|align=center width=10%| 21:30
|align=right width=20%| [[US Virgin Islands]]
|align=left width=5%| {{flagicon|VIR}}
|align=center width=10%|77-84
|align=right width=5%| {{flagicon|PAN}}
|align=left width=20% | [[Panama]]
|-
|width=10% align=left|6 July
|align=center width=10%| 16:30
|align=right width=20%| [[US Virgin Islands]]
|align=left width=5%| {{flagicon|VIR}}
|align=center width=10%| 94-61
|align=right width=5%| {{flagicon|CRC}}
|align=left width=20% | [[Costa Rica]]
|-
|width=10% align=left|6 July
|align=center width=10%| 21:30
|align=right width=20%| [[Panama]]
|align=left width=5%| {{flagicon|PAN}}
|align=center width=10%| 85-81
|align=right width=5%| {{flagicon|DOM}}
|align=left width=20% | [[Dominican Republic]]
|}

===Group B===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=175                        |Team
!width=20  abbr="Points"          |Pts
!width=20  abbr="Played"          |Pld
!width=20  abbr="Won"             |W
!width=20  abbr="Lost"            |L
!width=20  abbr="Points"          |PF
!width=20  abbr="Points Against"   |PA
|-style=background:#ccffcc
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|PRI}} [[Puerto Rican national basketball team|Puerto Rico]]
|'''6'''||3||3||0||260||237
|-style=background:#ccffcc
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Mexico]]
|'''5'''||3||2||1||253||232
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|CUB}} [[Cuba]]
|'''4'''||3||1||2||244||255
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|JAM}} [[Jamaica]]
|'''3'''||3||0||3||233||265
|}

{| cellspacing=0 width=80% style=background:#eeeeee
|-
|width=10% align=left|4 July
|align=center width=10%| 16:30
|align=right width=20%| [[Jamaica]]
|align=left width=5%| {{flagicon|JAM}}
|align=center width=10%| 69-85
|align=right width=5%| {{flagicon|MEX}}
|align=left width=20% | [[Mexico]]
|-
|width=10% align=left|4 July
|align=center width=10%| 19:00
|align=right width=20%| [[Cuba]]
|align=left width=5%| {{flagicon|CUB}}
|align=center width=10%| 74-86
|align=right width=5%| {{flagicon|PRI}}
|align=left width=20% | [[Puerto Rican national basketball team|Puerto Rico]]
|-
|width=10% align=left|5 July
|align=center width=10%| 14:00
|align=right width=20%| [[Mexico]]
|align=left width=5%| {{flagicon|MEX}}
|align=center width=10%| 87-72
|align=right width=5%| {{flagicon|CUB}}
|align=left width=20% | [[Cuba]]
|-
|width=10% align=left|5 July
|align=center width=10%| 19:00
|align=right width=20%| [[Puerto Rican national basketball team|Puerto Rico]]
|align=left width=5%| {{flagicon|PRI}}
|align=center width=10%| 83-82
|align=right width=5%| {{flagicon|JAM}}
|align=left width=20% | [[Jamaica]]
|-
|width=10% align=left|6 July
|align=center width=10%| 14:00
|align=right width=20%| [[Cuba]]
|align=left width=5%| {{flagicon|CUB}}
|align=center width=10%|97-82
|align=right width=5%| {{flagicon|JAM}}
|align=left width=20% | [[Jamaica]]
|-
|width=10% align=left|6 July
|align=center width=10%| 19:00
|align=right width=20%| [[Mexico]]
|align=left width=5%| {{flagicon|MEX}}
|align=center width=10%|81-91
|align=right width=5%| {{flagicon|PRI}}
|align=left width=20% | [[Puerto Rican national basketball team|Puerto Rico]]
|}

==Semifinals==
{| cellspacing=0 width=80% style=background:#eeeeee
|-
|width=10% align=left|7 July
|align=center width=10%| 19:00
|align=right width=20%|[[Puerto Rican national basketball team|Puerto Rico]] 
|align=left width=5%| {{flagicon|PRI}}
|align=center width=10%| 84-85
|align=right width=5%|{{flagicon|VIR}}
|align=left width=20%|[[US Virgin Islands]]
|-
|width=10% align=left|7 July
|align=center width=10%| 21:30
|align=right width=20%|[[Panama]]
|align=left width=5%| {{flagicon|PAN}}
|align=center width=10%| 81-66
|align=right width=5%|{{flagicon|MEX}}
|align=left width=20%|[[Mexico]]
|}

==Final==
{| cellspacing=0 width=80% style=background:#eeeeee
|-
|width=10% align=left|8 July
|align=center width=10%| 21:30
|align=right width=20%|[[US Virgin Islands]]
|align=left width=5%|{{flagicon|VIR}}
|align=center width=10%| 59 - 73
|align=right width=5%|{{flagicon|PAN}}
|align=left width=20% |[[Panama]]
|}

==Consolation Round==

Games 13 & 14
{| cellspacing=0 width=80% style=background:#eeeeee
|-
|width=10% align=left|7 July
|align=center width=10%| 14:00
|align=right width=20%|[[Dominican Republic]]
|align=left width=5%|{{flagicon|DOM}}
|align=center width=10%|94-90
|align=right width=5%|{{flagicon|JAM}}
|align=left width=20% |[[Jamaica]]
|-
|width=10% align=left|7 July
|align=center width=10%| 16:30
|align=right width=20%|[[Cuba]]
|align=left width=5%|{{flagicon|CUB}}
|align=center width=10%|102-59
|align=right width=5%|{{flagicon|CRC}}
|align=left width=20% |[[Costa Rica]]
|}

===7th & 8th Places===
{| cellspacing=0 width=80% style=background:#eeeeee
|-
|width=10% align=left|8 July
|align=center width=10%| 14:00
|align=right width=20%|[[Jamaica]]
|align=left width=5%|{{flagicon|JAM}}
|align=center width=10%| 100 - 57
|align=right width=5%|{{flagicon|CRC}}
|align=left width=20% |[[Costa Rica]]
|}

===5th & 6th Places===
{| cellspacing=0 width=80% style=background:#eeeeee
|-
|width=10% align=left|8 July
|align=center width=10%| 16:30
|align=right width=20%|[[Dominican Republic]]
|align=left width=5%|{{flagicon|DOM}}
|align=center width=10%| 84-78
|align=right width=5%|{{flagicon|CUB}}
|align=left width=20% |[[Cuba]]
|}

==Final ranking==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
<big>1. {{Bk|PAN}}<br>
<br>
2. {{Bk|ISV}}<br>
<br>
3. {{Bk|PUR}}<br>
<br>
4. {{Bk|MEX}}<br>
<br>
5. {{Bk|DOM}}<br>
<br>
6. {{Bk|CUB}}<br>
<br>
7. {{Bk|JAM}}<br>
<br>
8. {{Bk|CRC}}</big>
{{col-2}}
{{winners|bk|2006 Men's Centrobasket winners|PAN|Fourth}}
{{col-end}}

==Individual awards==
*'''All-Star Team''':
**'''[[Point guard]]''': {{flagathlete|[[Andy Love Ross]]|PUR}}
**'''[[Shooting guard]]''': {{flagathlete|[[Andy Love (basketball)|Raul Rosabal Sanchez]]|CUB}}
**'''[[Small forward]]''': {{flagathlete|[[Geoffrey Silvestre]]|CUB}}
**'''[[Power forward (basketball)|Power forward]]''': {{flagathlete|[[Jack Michael Martínez]]|DOM}}
**'''[[Center (basketball)|Center]]''': {{flagathlete|[[Horacio Llamas]]|MEX}}

==References==
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20060902162744/http://www.fibaamerica.com/ Official Web Site: FIBA Americas]}}
*[https://www.latinbasket.com/Centrobasket/basketball_2006.aspx LatinBasket]
*[http://todor66.com/basketball/Centrobasket/Men_2006.html Results]
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