The Dominican Republic’s national basketball team will be playing in Group A during the FIBA Americas Championship set for 25 August to 6 September 2015 in Monterrey, Mexico. The other group members will be Brazil, Panama, Uruguay and Mexico. Group B is made up of Canada, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Argentina and Venezuela. The event is a qualifier for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics in Brazil. Only the winner and the runner-up get a slot to the Olympics.