The DR lost 7-3 to Guatemala that landed the Grand Prix Futbol Sala held at the Volleyball pavilion of the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center in Santo Domingo over the weekend of 1-2 February. The team had defeated Cuba, 7-4, while Cuba had defeated Haiti.
National District Football Association president Adalberto Rodriguez said: “We passed the test, in organization as well as in competition… We know that baseball is the national sport, but football has lots of space to grow and become the most popular sport,” he said, as reported in Hoy.
The Grand Prix opened on Saturday, 1 February.