The Dominican Republic national basketball team is scheduled to play on Thursday, 23 February 2023 at the Roberto Duran Arena (starting 7pm). The games are part of the seventh and final window of the Americas Qualifiers for the 2023 World Basketball Championship. This last window decides the representatives of the Americas in the 2023 Basketball Championship.
The Dominican Republic is in Group E competing against Canada, Venezela, Argentina, Bahamas and Panama. Group F teams are the USA, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Uruguay and Colombia.
The Dominican team is already in Panama, now under an Argentine coach, Nestor (Ché) García. The DR is playing in Group E and is tied with Venezuela and Argentina.
The DR plays Panama on Thursday, 23 February in Panama and then travels to Argentina to play Argentina on Sunday, 26 February at the Islas Malvinas Sports Center, in the city of Mar del Plata, Argentina.
In the Americas, the DR is ranked 75h, Argentina 2nd and Venezuela 5th.
FIBA reports that the moment of truth has arrived for most of the continent’s nations, as winning is the only good outcome to qualify for the 2023 FIBA World Cup. In the Americas, only Canada has reached the objective while another eight countries will be vying for the remaining six spots.
FIBA reports that the Dominican Republic will be on the road, but one of their games is a theoretically easier task against last-place Panama (2-8). They’ll then face Argentina in the window’s marquee matchup, with the winner finishing above the loser and qualifying to the World Cup. FIBA recalls that something to remember is that the Dominicans won their head-to-head matchup by 11 points (80-69) and that will be a key factor in case the finishing ties.
The Dominican players training at the Roberto Durán Arena in Panama are Ángel Delgado, Víctor Liz, Eloy Vargas, Rigoberto Mendoza, Andrés Feliz, Gelvis Solano, Antonio Peña, Juan Guerrero, Jean Montero, Gerardo Suero, Juan Miguel Suero and Jonathan Araujo.
Qualification for the FIBA Basketball World Cup has been taking place since November 2021 with 80 national teams competing for a spot in the World Cup. The February window is the final of the second qualifying round with two games per team being played in each window.
At the end of these additional six games per team, the top three teams in each group, plus the best fourth team, qualify for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023. The FIBA World Cup is set to start Friday, 25 August 2023 and to end Sunday, 10 September 2023. 32 national teams from around the world will compete in the world up. 92 games will be played in the three host countries — Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines. The final phase will be played in the Philippines.
22 February 2023