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{{Infobox FIBA tourney
| type         = Centrobasket
| gender       = women
| year         = 2018
| logo         = 2018 Centrobasket Women's Championship.png
| size         = 270px
| caption      = 
| host         = {{PUR}}
| city         = [[Manatí, Puerto Rico|Manatí]]
| dates        = 20–24 August 2018
| teams        = 7
| confederations = 1
| venues       = 1
| cities       = 1
| champions    = PUR
| title_number = 2
| second       = CUB
| third        = MEX
| mvp          = {{flagicon|PUR}} [[Jennifer O'Neill (basketball)|Jennifer O'Neill]]
| ppg_p        = {{flagicon|PUR}} [[Jennifer O'Neill (basketball)|O'Neill]]
 (19.0)
| ppg_t        = {{bkw|PUR}} (86.8)
| rpg_p        = {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Ana Matamoros|Matamoros]] (11.0)
| rpg_t        = {{bkw|DOM}} (48.5)
| apg_p        = {{flagicon|CUB}} [[Lisdeyvi Martínez|Martínez]] (5.3)
| apg_t        = {{bkw|PUR}} (21.2)
| website      = [https://www.fiba.basketball/centrobasketwomen/2018 www.fiba.basketball]
| prevseason   = [[2017 Centrobasket Women|2017]]
| nextseason   = [[2021 Centrobasket Women|2021]]
}}

The '''2018 Women's Centrobasket Championship''' was the 21st edition of the women's [[Centrobasket]]. It was held in the city of [[Manatí, Puerto Rico|Manatí]], Puerto Rico, from 20 to 24 August 2018.<ref>[https://www.fiba.basketball/centrobasketwomen/2018 Centrobasket Women official website]</ref> The tournament was scheduled to include eight teams, including the [[Virgin Islands women's national basketball team|Virgin Islands]], but they withdrew.<ref>[https://www.fiba.basketball/centrobasketwomen/2018/news/draw-results-in-for-the-centrobasket-women-s-championship-2018 Draw results]</ref>

==Group stage==
In this round, the teams were drawn into two groups of three and four teams; each group played a [[Round-robin tournament|round-robin]]. The top two teams in each group advanced to the championship round, consisting of semifinals, a bronze medal game, and a gold medal game. Semifinalists also qualify for the [[2019 FIBA Women's AmeriCup]].

''All times are local ([[Atlantic Time Zone]] – [[UTC-4]]).''

===Group A===
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WL
|update=complete
|source=[https://www.fiba.basketball/centrobasketwomen/2018/groups#tab=round_1 FIBA]
|for_against_style=points

|team_order=CUB, DOM, GUA

|win_CUB=2 |loss_CUB=0 |gf_CUB=184 |ga_CUB=91
|win_DOM=1 |loss_DOM=1 |gf_DOM=134 |ga_DOM=114
|win_GUA=0 |loss_GUA=2 |gf_GUA=68  |ga_GUA=181

|name_CUB={{bkw|CUB}}
|name_DOM={{bkw|DOM}}
|name_GUA={{bkw|GUA}}

|res_col_header=Q
|result1=SF |result2=SF |result3=5-7
|col_SF=green1 |text_SF=Semifinals
|col_5-7=blue1 |text_5-7=5th–7th place playoffs
}}
{{clear}}
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|teamA = {{bkw|GUA}} |scoreA = 29
|teamB = '''{{bkw|DOM}}''' |scoreB = '''82'''
|Q1=7–'''24''' |Q2=11–'''25''' |Q3=7–'''16''' |Q4=4–'''17'''
|report =[https://www.fiba.basketball/centrobasketwomen/2018/game/2008/Guatemala-Dominican-Republic Boxscore]
|points1 = [[Linda Gonzalez|Gonzalez]] 13
|points2 = [[Giocelis Reynoso|Reynoso]] 20
|rebounds1 = [[Alma López (basketball)|López]] 8
|rebounds2 = [[Giocelis Reynoso|Reynoso]] 16
|assist1 = [[Krystha Cano|Cano]] 2
|assist2 = [[Yohanna Morton|Morton]] 5
|referee = Hortencia Sánchez (MEX), José Fernández (CRC), Rebeca Dávila (PUR)
}}
{{basketballbox |date=21 August 2018 |time=20:30 |place=[[Coliseo Juan Aubin Cruz]], [[Manatí, Puerto Rico|Manatí]]
|teamA = {{bkw|DOM}} |scoreA = 52
|teamB = '''{{bkw|CUB}}''' |scoreB = '''85'''
|Q1=12–'''19''' |Q2=14–'''18''' |Q3=15–'''20''' |Q4=11–'''28'''
|report =[https://www.fiba.basketball/centrobasketwomen/2018/game/2108/Dominican-Republic-Cuba Boxscore]
|points1 = [[Yohanna Morton|Morton]] 18
|points2 = [[Yamara Amargo|Amargo]] 24
|rebounds1 = [[Sugeiry Monsac|Monsac]] 8
|rebounds2 = [[Suchitel Ávila|Ávila]] 11
|assist1 = [[Genesis Evangelista|Evangelista]] 5
|assist2 = [[Lisdeyvi Martínez|Martínez]] 8
|referee = Maripier Malo (CAN), Hortencia Sánchez (MEX), Christian Wilmore (BAH)
}}
{{basketballbox|bg=#eeeeee |date=22 August 2018 |time=16:00 |place=[[Coliseo Juan Aubin Cruz]], [[Manatí, Puerto Rico|Manatí]]
|teamA = {{bkw|GUA}} |scoreA = 39
|teamB = {{bkw|CUB}} |scoreB = '''99'''
|Q1=12–'''20''' |Q2=14–'''28''' |Q3=6–'''29''' |Q4=7–'''22'''
|report =[https://www.fiba.basketball/centrobasketwomen/2018/game/2208/Guatemala-Cuba Boxscore]
|points1 = [[Linda González|González]] 14
|points2 = [[Suchitel Ávila|Ávila]] 18
|rebounds1 = [[Krystha Cano|Cano]] 4
|rebounds2 = [[Marlén Cepeda|Cepeda]] 7
|assist1 = [[Luisa Rivas|Rivas]] 4
|assist2 = [[Lisdeyvi Martínez|Martínez]], [[Suchitel Ávila|Ávila]] 6
|referee = José Fernández (CRC), Christian Wilmore (BAH), Rebeca Dávila (PUR)
}}

===Group B===
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WL
|update=complete
|source=[https://www.fiba.basketball/centrobasketwomen/2018/groups#tab=round_1 FIBA]
|for_against_style=points

|team_order=PUR, MEX, BAH, CRC

|win_PUR=3 |loss_PUR=0 |gf_PUR=279 |ga_PUR=136
|win_MEX=2 |loss_MEX=1 |gf_MEX=217 |ga_MEX=165
|win_BAH=1 |loss_BAH=2 |gf_BAH=162 |ga_BAH=226
|win_CRC=0 |loss_CRC=3 |gf_CRC=119 |ga_CRC=250

|name_PUR={{bkw|PUR}}
|name_MEX={{bkw|MEX}}
|name_BAH={{bkw|BAH}}
|name_CRC={{bkw|CRC}}

|res_col_header=Q
|result1=SF |result2=SF |result3=5-7 |result4=5-7
|col_SF=green1 |text_SF=Semifinals
|col_5-7=blue1 |text_5-7=5th–7th place playoffs
}}

{{basketballbox |date=20 August 2018 |time=16:00 |place=[[Coliseo Juan Aubin Cruz]], [[Manatí, Puerto Rico|Manatí]]
|teamA = '''{{bkw|MEX}}''' |scoreA = '''77'''
|teamB = {{bkw|CRC}} |scoreB = 42
|Q1='''23'''–7 |Q2='''19'''–11 |Q3='''17'''–14 |Q4='''18'''–10
|report =[https://www.fiba.basketball/centrobasketwomen/2018/game/2008/Mexico-Costa-Rica Boxscore]
|points1 = [[Jacqueline Luna|Luna]] 16
|points2 = [[Ana Matamoros|Matamoros]] 15
|rebounds1 = [[Gladiana Ávila|Ávila]], [[Jazmin Valenzuela|Valenzuela]] 7
|rebounds2 = [[Ana Matamoros|Matamoros]] 12
|assist1 = [[Brisa Silva|Silva]], [[Jazmin Valenzuela|Valenzuela]] 4
|assist2 = [[Daniela Quesada|Quesada]] 3
|referee = Maripier Malo (CAN), Natalia Cuello (DOM), Grant Todey (USA)
}}
{{basketballbox|bg=#eeeeee |date=20 August 2018 |time=18:30 |place=[[Coliseo Juan Aubin Cruz]], [[Manatí, Puerto Rico|Manatí]]
|teamA = {{bkw|BAH}} |scoreA = 50
|teamB = '''{{bkw|PUR}}''' |scoreB = '''95'''
|Q1=10–'''30''' |Q2=7–'''16''' |Q3=17–'''22''' |Q4=16–'''27'''
|report =[https://www.fiba.basketball/centrobasketwomen/2018/game/2008/Bahamas-Puerto-Rico Boxscore]
|points1 = [[Leashia Grant|Grant]] 24
|points2 = ''three players'' 12
|rebounds1 = [[Leashia Grant|Grant]] 6
|rebounds2 = [[Yolanda Jones|Jones]] 7
|assist1 = [[Leashia Grant|Grant]] 10
|assist2 = [[Tayra Meléndez|Meléndez]] 5
|referee = Andreia Silva (BRA), Yuliet Méndez (CUB), Kendell Henry (ISV)
}}
{{basketballbox |date=21 August 2018 |time=16:00 |place=[[Coliseo Juan Aubin Cruz]], [[Manatí, Puerto Rico|Manatí]]
|teamA = '''{{bkw|MEX}}''' |scoreA = '''74'''
|teamB = {{bkw|BAH}} |scoreB = 52
|Q1='''20'''–8 |Q2=14–'''18''' |Q3='''20'''–11 |Q4='''20'''–15
|report =[https://www.fiba.basketball/centrobasketwomen/2018/game/2108/Mexico-Bahamas Boxscore]
|points1 = [[Jacqueline Luna|Luna]] 18
|points2 = [[Leashia Grant|Grant]] 19
|rebounds1 = [[Jazmin Valenzuela|Valenzuela]] 11
|rebounds2 = [[Leashia Grant|Grant]] 15
|assist1 = [[Gladiana Ávila|Ávila]] 8
|assist2 = [[Brea Forbes|Forbes]] 3
|referee = Andreia Silva (BRA), Norval Young (BVI), Grant Todey (USA)
}}
{{basketballbox|bg=#eeeeee |date=21 August 2018 |time=18:30 |place=[[Coliseo Juan Aubin Cruz]], [[Manatí, Puerto Rico|Manatí]]
|teamA = {{bkw|CRC}} |scoreA = 20
|teamB = '''{{bkw|PUR}}''' |scoreB = '''113'''
|Q1=0–'''33''' |Q2=12–'''23''' |Q3=5–'''29''' |Q4=3–'''28'''
|report =[https://www.fiba.basketball/centrobasketwomen/2018/game/2108/Costa-Rica-Puerto-Rico Boxscore]
|points1 = [[Sofía Jiménez|Jiménez]], [[Mónica Malavassi|Malavassi]] 5
|points2 = [[Yolanda Jones|Jones]] 17
|rebounds1 = [[Ana Matamoros|Matamoros]] 5
|rebounds2 = [[Anushka Maldonado|Maldonado]], [[Jazmon Gwathmey|Gwathmey]] 8
|assist1 = ''four players'' 1
|assist2 = [[Pamela Rosado|Rosado]] 9
|referee = Natalia Cuello (DOM), Gregory Hamilton (CAY), Yuliet Méndez (CUB)
}}
{{basketballbox |date=22 August 2018 |time=18:30 |place=[[Coliseo Juan Aubin Cruz]], [[Manatí, Puerto Rico|Manatí]]
|teamA = {{bkw|PUR}} |scoreA = '''71'''
|teamB = {{bkw|MEX}} |scoreB = 66
|Q1='''15'''–13 |Q2='''26'''–16 |Q3=15–'''18''' |Q4=15–'''19'''
|report =[https://www.fiba.basketball/centrobasketwomen/2018/game/2208/Puerto-Rico-Mexico Boxscore]
|points1 = [[Jennifer O'Neill|O'Neill]] 21
|points2 = [[Brisa Silva|Silva]], [[Gladiana Ávila|Ávila]] 16
|rebounds1 = [[Jennifer O'Neill|O'Neill]] 12
|rebounds2 = [[Brisa Silva|Silva]] 9
|assist1 = [[Pamela Rosado|Rosado]] 4
|assist2 = [[Daniela Pardo|Pardo]] 5
|referee = Andreia Silva (BRA), Yuliet Méndez (CUB), Maripier Malo (CAN)
}}
{{basketballbox|bg=#eeeeee |date=22 August 2018 |time=20:30 |place=[[Coliseo Juan Aubin Cruz]], [[Manatí, Puerto Rico|Manatí]]
|teamA = {{bkw|CRC}} |scoreA = 57
|teamB = {{bkw|BAH}} |scoreB = '''60'''
|Q1=14–'''17''' |Q2=8–'''15''' |Q3='''19'''–12 |Q4=16–16
|report =[https://www.fiba.basketball/centrobasketwomen/2018/game/2208/Costa-Rica-Bahamas Boxscore]
|points1 = [[Natalia Galvez|Galvez]] 16
|points2 = [[Tracy Lewis (basketball)|Lewis]] 15
|rebounds1 = [[Ana Matamoros|Matamoros]] 8
|rebounds2 = [[Marvia Dean|Dean]]  7
|assist1 = [[Mónica Malavassi|Malavassi]] 5
|assist2 = [[Joette Fernander|Fernander]] 8
|referee = Hortencia Sánchez (MEX), Gregory Alexander (CAY), Norval Young (BVI)
}}

==5th–7th place playoffs==
{{#invoke:RoundN|N4
|widescore=yes
|bold_winner=high
|3rdplace=no
|skipmatch1=yes
|RD1=5th–7th place semifinal
|RD2=5th place match
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!--semi-finals -->
|||||
|23 August 2018|{{bkw|GUA}}|60|{{bkw|CRC}}|62
<!--final -->
|24 August 2018|{{bkw|BAH}}|55|{{bkw|CRC}}|49
}}

===5th–7th place semifinal===
{{Basketballbox
|bg=#eeeeee
|date=23 August 2018
|time=16:00
|place=[[Coliseo Juan Aubin Cruz]], [[Manatí, Puerto Rico|Manatí]]
|teamA={{bkw-rt|GUA}}
|teamB='''{{bkw|CRC}}'''
|scoreA=60
|scoreB='''62'''
|Q1='''18'''–10
|Q2='''17'''–13
|Q3='''15'''–13
|Q4=10–'''26'''
|report=[https://www.fiba.basketball/centrobasketwomen/2018/game/2308/Guatemala-Costa-Rica Boxscore]
}}

===5th place match===
{{Basketballbox
|bg=#eeeeee
|date=24 August 2018
|time=14:00
|place=[[Coliseo Juan Aubin Cruz]], [[Manatí, Puerto Rico|Manatí]]
|teamA='''{{bkw-rt|BAH}}'''
|teamB={{bkw|CRC}}
|scoreA='''55'''
|scoreB=49
|Q1='''13'''–7
|Q2=8–'''12'''
|Q3=14–'''21'''
|Q4='''20'''–9
|report=[https://www.fiba.basketball/centrobasketwomen/2018/game/2408/Bahamas-Costa-Rica Boxscore]
}}

==Championship playoffs==
{{#invoke:RoundN|N4
|widescore=yes
|bold_winner=high
|3rdplace=yes
|RD1=Semifinals
|RD3=3rd place match
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!--semi-finals -->
|23 August 2018|{{bkw|CUB}}|86|{{bkw|MEX}}|80
|23 August 2018|{{bkw|PUR}}|72|{{bkw|DOM}}|56
<!--final -->
|24 August 2018|{{bkw|CUB}}|54|{{bkw|PUR}}|83
<!--third place -->
|24 August 2018|{{bkw|MEX}}|85|{{bkw|DOM}}|81
}}

===Semifinals===
{{Basketballbox
|date=23 August 2018
|time=18:30
|place=[[Coliseo Juan Aubin Cruz]], [[Manatí, Puerto Rico|Manatí]]
|teamA='''{{bkw-rt|PUR}}'''
|teamB={{bkw|DOM}}
|scoreA='''72'''
|scoreB=56
|Q1=14–'''15'''
|Q2=12–'''15'''
|Q3='''20'''–13
|Q4='''26'''–13
|report=[https://www.fiba.basketball/centrobasketwomen/2018/game/2308/Puerto-Rico-Dominican-Republic Boxscore]
}}
{{Basketballbox
|bg=#eeeeee
|date=23 August 2018
|time=20:30
|place=[[Coliseo Juan Aubin Cruz]], [[Manatí, Puerto Rico|Manatí]]
|teamA='''{{bkw-rt|CUB}}'''
|teamB={{bkw|MEX}}
|scoreA='''86'''
|scoreB=80
|Q1='''16'''–9
|Q2='''23'''–17
|Q3=26–26
|Q4=21–'''28'''
|report=[https://www.fiba.basketball/centrobasketwomen/2018/game/2308/Cuba-Mexico Boxscore]
}}

===3rd place match===
{{Basketballbox
|bg=#eeeeee
|date=24 August 2018
|time=16:00
|place=[[Coliseo Juan Aubin Cruz]], [[Manatí, Puerto Rico|Manatí]]
|teamA='''{{bkw-rt|MEX}}'''
|teamB={{bkw|DOM}}
|scoreA='''85'''
|scoreB=81
|Q1='''23'''–13
|Q2=12–'''31'''
|Q3='''20'''–17
|Q4='''30'''–20
|report=[https://www.fiba.basketball/centrobasketwomen/2018/game/2408/Mexico-Dominican-Republic Boxscore]
}}

===Final===
{{Basketballbox
|bg=#eeeeee
|date=24 August 2018
|time=18:30
|place=[[Coliseo Juan Aubin Cruz]], [[Manatí, Puerto Rico|Manatí]]
|teamA={{bkw-rt|CUB}}
|teamB='''{{bkw|PUR}}'''
|scoreA=54
|scoreB='''83'''
|Q1=11–'''18'''
|Q2=17–'''20'''
|Q3=15–'''21'''
|Q4=11–'''24'''
|report=[https://www.fiba.basketball/centrobasketwomen/2018/game/2408/Cuba-Puerto-Rico Boxscore]
}}

==Final standings==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rank
! Team
|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=center| {{Gold1}}
|{{Bkw|PUR}}
|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=center| {{Silver2}}
|{{Bkw|CUB}}
|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=center| {{Bronze3}}
|{{Bkw|MEX}}
|-bgcolor="#ccffcc" 
|align=center| 4
|{{Bkw|DOM}}
|-
|align=center| 5
|{{Bkw|BAH}}
|-
|align=center| 6
|{{Bkw|CRC}}
|-
|align=center| 7
|{{Bkw|GUA}}
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|width=20px bgcolor="#ccffcc"| || Qualified for the [[2019 FIBA Women's AmeriCup]]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.fiba.basketball Official website of FIBA]

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