Final Six of the Gran Santo Domingo Inter-Neighborhood Basketball Tournament 2026: The Decisive Stage!
This Thursday kicks off the exciting “Final Six” of the Gran Santo Domingo 2026 Inter-Neighborhood Basketball Tournament, organized by the Ministry of Sports and Recreation (Miderec). The six zone champion teams will face each other in a decisive stage after overcoming an intense elimination phase. The competition will begin on Thursday, May 28th at the Mauricio Báez Club. The first to take the court will be the teams of Barrio Mejoramiento Social (BAMESO) and La Guayiga, at 6:30 in the evening. Following that, at 7:45 p.m., El Batey Guaricano and Monte Adentro will face each other. The action will continue on Friday, May 29 at Club Los Cachorros. Brisal and Las Caobas will face each other in the first match, followed by the clash between the winners of Thursday’s opening matches. The final round calendar will follow on Saturday, May 30th at the Mauricio Báez Club, and will conclude on Monday, June 1st, the day the event champion will be decided, dedicated to Federico Lalane José. These six teams, coming from different areas of the National District and Santo Domingo province, achieved their classification after a competitive process that involved more than 150 teams in the under-20 category. The tournament was recently inaugurated by the Vice President of the Republic, Raquel Peña, and the Minister of Sports, Kelvin Cruz, at an event held at the Tony Barreiro Sports Center of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD). The main objective of the tournament is to boost the development of community basketball, promote youth integration, and discover new talents, in line with President Luis Abinader’s sports support policy. The champion team will be awarded a prize of one million pesos, while the winners of each zone have already received RD$250 thousand.Minister Kelvin Cruz highlighted that this event is part of the sports revolution that the Government is carrying out in the neighborhoods of Greater Santo Domingo, including the remodeling of more than 30 sports courts to ensure adequate and safe spaces for young people.
Kelvin Cruz
