With New Zealand?s win over Finland on Thursday, 4 September 2014, the Dominican Republic made it to the next eliminatory round in the 24-team FIBA World Championship.
This is the first time a Dominican team plays in a second round.
The teams passing to the eliminatory round in Group C are USA (5-0), Turkey (3-2), DR (2-3), and New Zealand (2-3). Ukraine and Finland were eliminated.
The Dominican Republic lost to the USA (106-71), Turkey (77-64), Ukraine (72-62), but defeated New Zealand (76-63) and Finland (74-68) to move to the next level. The DR?s arch-rival, Puerto Rico, did not make it to the next round.
The teams moving on to play in Barcelona and Madrid on 5-6 September 2014, their Fiba ranking at the start of the tournament, are:
1. USA
2. Spain
3. Argentina
4. Lithuania
5. Greece
7. Turkey
8. France
9. Australia
10. Brazil
11. Serbia
13. Slovenia
16. Croatia
19. New Zealand
24. Mexico
26. Dominican Republic
41. Senegal
This is the first time a Dominican team plays in a second round.
The teams passing to the eliminatory round in Group C are USA (5-0), Turkey (3-2), DR (2-3), and New Zealand (2-3). Ukraine and Finland were eliminated.
The Dominican Republic lost to the USA (106-71), Turkey (77-64), Ukraine (72-62), but defeated New Zealand (76-63) and Finland (74-68) to move to the next level. The DR?s arch-rival, Puerto Rico, did not make it to the next round.
The teams moving on to play in Barcelona and Madrid on 5-6 September 2014, their Fiba ranking at the start of the tournament, are:
1. USA
2. Spain
3. Argentina
4. Lithuania
5. Greece
7. Turkey
8. France
9. Australia
10. Brazil
11. Serbia
13. Slovenia
16. Croatia
19. New Zealand
24. Mexico
26. Dominican Republic
41. Senegal