Tickets are on sale online to watch the Dominican Republic national team play Canada in the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Americas Qualifier in Toronto. Canada is hosting the Dominican Republic at Ricoh Coliseum at 7:30pm ET on Friday, 29 June 2018.
Both teams seek a berth in the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019. Canada and the Dominican Republic are in Group D of the qualifying rounds with the Bahamas and the US Virgin Islands. The DR leads the group with a record (4-0) that enabled it to qualify for the second round.
Each team faces the other three teams on a home and away basis with the top three teams from each group advancing to the second round.
In a previous match against Canada, the DR defeated the Canadians 88-76.
As preparatory for the Toronto matches, the Dominican team will play exhibition games against the US team in Houston, Texas traveling there on 22 June 2018, coach Melvin Lopez told Diario Libre.
After the Toronto game, the Dominican Republic will match Bahamas on 2 July 2018 in Santiago.
The FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 in China (31 August-15 September 2019) is the biggest edition of FIBA’s flagship event with a record 32 participating teams playing 92 games over 16 days. For the first time, the FIBA Basketball World Cup will qualify 7 teams directly for the following year’s Olympic Games.
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Diario Libre
18 June 2018
