The Dominican Republic national basketball team matches Bahamas on 22 February 2018 and the Virgin Islands three days later as the team endeavors to keep their spot in Group D of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Americas Qualifier. The Dominican Basketball Federation (Fedombal) last week announced the senior men’s national team roster.
Team members are: Dagoberto Peña, Victor Liz, Adris De Leon, Ronald Ramon, Rigoberto Mendoza, Sadiel Rojas, Luis Montero, Jonathan Araujo, Gelvis Solano, Edward Santana, Eloy Vargas and Juan Guerrero.
In the first round 27 November 2017 round in Santiago de los Caballeros, the Dominican team opened their qualifying campaign with victories against Virgin Islands (99-89) and Canada (88-76) for a 2-0 record.
The DR is one of 16 teams competing in the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Americas qualifiers. The Americas region is widely regarded as the most competitive FIBA region in the world.
Of these only seven will advance to the FIBA Basketball World Cup to be held in China in 2019. The seven top contenders from the FIBA Basketball World Cup will then qualify directly for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
19 February 2018
