title: 1997 Centrobasket
text: # 1997 Centrobasket
  
  This page shows the results of the 1997 Men's Central American and Caribbean Basketball Championship, also known as the 1997 Centrobasket, which was held in the city of Tegucigalpa, Honduras from May 25 to June 1, 1997. The top four teams qualified for the 1997 Pan American Tournament, held from August 21 to August 31 in Montevideo, Uruguay.
  
  ## Competing nations
  
  | Group A | Group B |
  | - | - |
  | Cuba  Honduras  Mexico  Virgin Islands | Dominican Republic  El Salvador  Jamaica  Puerto Rico |
  
  ## Preliminary round
  
  | Group A | Pts | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Cuba | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 290 | 189 | +101 |
  | Mexico | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 243 | 237 | +6 |
  | Virgin Islands | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 227 | 246 | –19 |
  | Honduras | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 178 | 266 | –88 |
  
  * 1997-05-24
  
  | Cuba | 113 – 73 | Mexico |
  | - | - | - |
  | Virgin Islands | 90 – 75 | Honduras |
  
  * 1997-05-25
  
  | Cuba | 100 – 72 | Virgin Islands |
  | - | - | - |
  | Honduras | 59 – 99 | Mexico |
  
  * 1997-05-26
  
  | Virgin Islands | 65 – 71 | Mexico |
  | - | - | - |
  | Cuba | 77 – 44 | Honduras |
  | Group B | Pts | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
  | Puerto Rico | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 192 | 119 | +73 |
  | Dominican Republic | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 267 | 232 | +35 |
  | Jamaica | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 168 | 149 | +19 |
  | El Salvador | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 167 | 294 | –127 |
  
  * 1997-05-25
  
  | Puerto Rico | 103 – 36 | El Salvador |
  | - | - | - |
  | Dominican Republic | 88 – 73 | Jamaica |
  
  * 1997-05-26
  
  | Jamaica | 95 – 59 | El Salvador |
  | - | - | - |
  | Puerto Rico | 87 – 83 | Dominican Republic |
  
  * 1997-05-27
  
  | Dominican Republic | 96 – 72 | El Salvador |
  | - | - | - |
  | Puerto Rico | 2 – 0 | Jamaica |
  