The Dominican national men’s basketball team, ranked 26th in the world, put up a good fight to lose to the USA team 106-71 in Bilbao, Spain during the FIBA World Championship. The DR today goes up against Turkey, ranked 7th in the world.
The DR hopes to be one of 16 teams playing in the second round eliminatory. Of the 16 teams, nine have already qualified — Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Greece, Lithuania, Senegal, Slovenia, tournament hosts Spain and defending champions USA. The next round starts on Saturday, 6 September in Barcelona and Madrid.
The DR plays in Group C where only the USA has qualified for the second round. The second, third and fourth place need to be determined on Thursday, 4 September 2014.
The Dominican Republic can finish in second place if the team beats Turkey and if the USA beats Ukraine. If the DR loses the game to Turkey and Ukraine also loses to the US, the DR will finish in third or fourth place.
The final game of Turkey vs. Dominican Republic can be seen in the DR on Channel 21 at 3:30pm and then in the evening at 9pm.