{"id":117910,"date":"2026-05-06T04:56:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T08:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/raquel-pena-and-kelvin-cruz-inaugurate-2026-inter-neighborhood-basketball-tournament-in-santo-domingo-2\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T04:56:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T08:56:30","slug":"raquel-pena-and-kelvin-cruz-inaugurate-2026-inter-neighborhood-basketball-tournament-in-santo-domingo-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/raquel-pena-and-kelvin-cruz-inaugurate-2026-inter-neighborhood-basketball-tournament-in-santo-domingo-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Raquel Pe\u00f1a and Kelvin Cruz Inaugurate 2026 Inter-Neighborhood Basketball Tournament in Santo Domingo"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Inaugurate Inter-Neighborhood Basketball Tournament Gran Santo Domingo 2026<\/h2>\n\nSanto Domingo, D. N. \u2013 Vice President Raquel Pe\u00f1a and Minister of Sports Kelvin Cruz led the inauguration of the Inter-Neighborhood Basketball Tournament Gran Santo Domingo 2026, under-20 category, this Tuesday. The event took place at the Tony Barreiro Sports Center of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD).\n\nThis tournament brings together more than 150 teams from different sectors of the National District and Santo Domingo province. It is consolidated as a crucial space for the development of basketball, community integration, and the identification of new talents.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>Cruz highlighted the support of President Luis Abinader, which has enabled the renovation of more than 30 sports courts in Greater Santo Domingo, ensuring appropriate spaces for competition.<\/p>\n\n<cite>Kelvin Cruz, Minister of Sports<\/cite>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nDuring the ceremony, uniforms and equipment were given to the participating teams. The winning team will receive a prize of one million pesos, while the winners of each zone will obtain RD$250 thousand.\n\nThe director of the National Police, Andr\u00e9s Modesto Cruz Cruz, confirmed that the tournament will have a security deployment in all venues to maintain order during the matches.\n\n<h2>Tournament Format and Scope<\/h2>\n\nIn the National District, 48 teams organized into groups will participate. The competition system will define the champions of six zones, who will advance to elimination rounds until reaching the final. Authorities have warned that any team that commits disciplinary offenses may continue in the tournament, but will lose the right to economic prizes.\n\nThe event gains relevance by being held within the framework of the Central American and Caribbean Games Santo Domingo 2026, serving as a basis for the preparation of future national teams.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dedicated to Federico Lalane Jos\u00e9<\/h2>\n\n\nThe 2026 edition is dedicated to Federico Lalane Jos\u00e9, in recognition of his outstanding career in sports and public administration. During the ceremony, a special tribute was paid to him for his contributions to basketball, including his management in the Dominican Basketball Federation and his participation in international organizations.\n\n<h2>Tribute and Show<\/h2>\n\nIn the inaugural act, a minute of silence was held in memory of Danna Sof\u00eda Uribe, daughter of the president of Fedombal, Rafael Uribe.\n\nThe opening day included an artistic presentation by El L\u00e1piz Conciente and Chimbala, who entertained the hundreds of young people present.\n\nThe ceremony was attended by Garibaldi Bautista, Luis Mej\u00eda Oviedo, as well as municipal and legislative authorities.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inaugurate Inter-Neighborhood Basketball Tournament Gran Santo Domingo 2026 Santo Domingo, D. N. \u2013 Vice President Raquel Pe\u00f1a and Minister of Sports Kelvin Cruz led the inauguration of the Inter-Neighborhood Basketball Tournament Gran Santo Domingo 2026, under-20 category, this Tuesday. The event took place at the Tony Barreiro Sports Center of the Autonomous University of Santo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":117911,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[389,1446,941,12662],"class_list":{"0":"post-117910","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-santo-domingo","10":"tag-tournament","11":"tag-under-20"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}