{"id":110241,"date":"2026-02-26T04:57:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T08:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/dominican-republic-basketball-team-ready-to-face-the-u-s-on-the-road-to-qatar-2027-2\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T04:57:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T08:57:57","slug":"dominican-republic-basketball-team-ready-to-face-the-u-s-on-the-road-to-qatar-2027-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/dominican-republic-basketball-team-ready-to-face-the-u-s-on-the-road-to-qatar-2027-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominican Republic Basketball Team Ready to Face the U.S. on the Road to Qatar 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Dominican Republic Basketball Team Defines Roster to Face the United States<\/h2>\n\nSANTO DOMINGO, RD. \u2013 The Senior National Basketball Team has defined its 12-player team for the crucial match against the United States in the Second FIBA Qualifying Window, on the road to the Qatar 2027 Basketball World Cup.\n\nArgentine coach N\u00e9stor Garc\u00eda announced the official roster that will face the American team this Thursday, the 26th, at 11:10 PM (Dominican time), at the Arena Frontwave, located in Oceanside, San Diego County, California.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The 12 Players Called Up<\/h2>\n\n\nFrom a preliminary list of 24 players registered with FIBA, the coach selected:\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Point Guards:<\/strong> Gelvis Solano and Richard Bautista<\/li>\n<li><strong>Shooting Guards:<\/strong> Michael Torres and Jassel P\u00e9rez<\/li>\n<li><strong>Forwards:<\/strong> Omar Silverio, Anyeuri Castillo and Jhery Matos<\/li>\n<li><strong>Power Forwards:<\/strong> \u00c1ngel N\u00fa\u00f1ez, Anderson Garc\u00eda and \u00c1ngel Luis Delgado<\/li>\n<li><strong>Centers:<\/strong> Joel Soriano and Rey Abad<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\nThe technical staff is made up of assistants David D\u00edaz, Abraham Disla and Sergio Jim\u00e9nez; delegate Nelson Saldivar; Director of Operations Carlos De Le\u00f3n; kinesiologist Adenhaweer D\u00edaz (Rilling) and doctor Gewill Acosta.\n\nThe information was provided by General Manager Junior P\u00e1ez (Jipy), who is also vice president of the Dominican Basketball Federation, an entity chaired by Rafael Uribe.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Calendar and Group<\/h2>\n\n\nThe Dominican delegation traveled on Monday to US territory to refine the preparation details before the match against the American team.\n\nThe match is part of Group A of the qualifying phase, led by the United States with a 2-0 record. The Dominican Republic and Mexico have a 1-1 record, while Nicaragua has yet to achieve victory (0-2).\n\nAfter the match against the United States, the Dominican team will face Nicaragua on Sunday, March 1st, at 9:30 p.m. (RD time), at the Alexis Arg\u00fcello Sports Center, in Managua.\n\nIn this qualifying stage, 16 national teams from the American continent participate, competing for seven available spots for the 2027 Qatar World Cup.\n\nThe calendar also includes the United States&#8217; visit to the Dominican Republic on Friday, July 3, where they will face each other at the Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, in the third qualifying window.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dominican Republic Basketball Team Defines Roster to Face the United States SANTO DOMINGO, RD. \u2013 The Senior National Basketball Team has defined its 12-player team for the crucial match against the United States in the Second FIBA Qualifying Window, on the road to the Qatar 2027 Basketball World Cup. 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