The Dominican Republic national team plays Canada in the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Americas Qualifier at the Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto 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.
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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El Caribe
28 June 2018
