{"id":151082,"date":"2026-08-26T20:05:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T00:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/dr-looks-to-pull-off-an-upset-against-brazil-in-the-2027-basketball-world-cup\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T20:05:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T00:05:47","slug":"dr-looks-to-pull-off-an-upset-against-brazil-in-the-2027-basketball-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/national\/dr-looks-to-pull-off-an-upset-against-brazil-in-the-2027-basketball-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"DR looks to pull off an upset against Brazil in the 2027 Basketball World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">N\u00e9stor \u201cCh\u00e9\u201d Garc\u00eda makes the Dominican Republic roster official to face Brazil<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dominican Republic national basketball team is preparing for a crucial challenge in the fourth qualifying window for the 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup. The tricolor team will face the undefeated Brazilian squad this Thursday in a match that promises intensity and a high level of competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The matchup will take place at the Nilson Nelson Gymnasium, located in the city of Brasilia, at 7:10 PM (Dominican time). The Dominican team arrives at this engagement with a 4-2 record, while the Brazilians maintain a perfect 6-0 record, which adds a significant level of difficulty for those coached by N\u00e9stor \u201cCh\u00e9\u201d Garc\u00eda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The 12 warriors chosen by \u201cCh\u00e9\u201d Garc\u00eda<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For this international commitment, strategist N\u00e9stor \u201cCh\u00e9\u201d Garc\u00eda has defined a competitive roster composed of twelve players ready to defend the national colors. The selected roster is made up of the following athletes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Andr\u00e9s Feliz<\/li>\n<li>Jean Montero<\/li>\n<li>David Jones<\/li>\n<li>Joel Soriano<\/li>\n<li>\u00c1ngel Luis Delgado<\/li>\n<li>Andersson Garc\u00eda<\/li>\n<li>Juan Guerrero<\/li>\n<li>Jhery Matos<\/li>\n<li>\u00c1ngel N\u00fa\u00f1ez<\/li>\n<li>Richard Bautista<\/li>\n<li>Luis David Montero<\/li>\n<li>Luis Santos<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The coaching staff led by Garc\u00eda will have the support of assistants David D\u00edaz, Abraham Disla, and Sergio Jim\u00e9nez, who, together with the medical and operational team, seek to ensure success in this qualifying stage.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Schedule and road to the World Cup<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>After the duel on Brazilian soil, the national team will return to Santo Domingo to continue with its schedule. Next Monday, October 31, the Dominican team will host Chile at the Arena BanReservas Profesor Virgilio Travieso Soto, in a match scheduled for 8:10 at night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the activities prior to the meeting in Brazil, the Dominican delegation paid a courtesy visit to the Embassy of the Dominican Republic in Brasilia, where they were received by Ambassador Robert Miky Takata Pimentel. This gesture of diplomatic support reaffirms the country&#8217;s commitment to its athletes in international arenas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dominican Republic is in Group E, a highly competitive bracket alongside Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Colombia, and the United States. The goal is clear: to position themselves among the best on the continent to secure one of the seven tickets available for the 2027 World Cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>N\u00e9stor \u201cCh\u00e9\u201d Garc\u00eda makes the Dominican Republic roster official to face Brazil The Dominican Republic national basketball team is preparing for a crucial challenge in the fourth qualifying window for the 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup. The tricolor team will face the undefeated Brazilian squad this Thursday in a match that promises intensity and a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":151083,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12809],"tags":[389,926,1271,2589],"class_list":{"0":"post-151082","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-brazil","10":"tag-dominican-republic","11":"tag-qualifiers"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151082","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=151082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}