Dominican Republic national basketball team coach Orlando Antigua is confident the Dominican Republic can defeat Ukraine, New Zealand and Finland in the World FIFA Basketball Cup that will be played in Madrid from 30 August to 14 September. In a press conference, he said that the team would train in Tampa and then in the Bahamas. A selection of players will travel to Mexico for the Centrobasket 2014 championship.
Jose (Maita) Mercedes, who is coaching the Dominican basketball team that will be playing in Centrobasket 2014 in Tepic, Mexico said the players are: Edgar Sosa, Juan Coronado, Manny Quezada, Luis Montero, Kelvin Pena, Victor Liz, Brandone Francis, Juan Miguel Suero, Manuel Fortuna, Giancarlos Acosta, Orlando Sanchez, Gerardo Suero, Sadiel Rojas, Rafael Crisostomo, Angel Nunez, James Maye, Edward Santana, Ronald Roberts, Angel Luis Delgado, Manuel Guzman, Alejandro Salas, Juan Jose Garcia, Eloy Vargas, John Garcia and Alexis Montas.
In the Bahamas, the national team will also play games against the University of Kentucky, Pineros de Cancun (Mexico) and Puerto Rico. The University of Kentucky coach John Calipari is a former coach of the national basketball team.
Also on the national team, but that will not be playing in Mexico, are: Jack Michael Martinez, Francisco Garcia, Ronald Ramon and Eulis Baez.