{"id":84387,"date":"2025-11-21T21:39:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T01:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/fedombal-reveals-24-player-preliminary-selection-for-2027-world-cup-qualifiers\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T21:39:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T01:39:01","slug":"fedombal-reveals-24-player-preliminary-selection-for-2027-world-cup-qualifiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/fedombal-reveals-24-player-preliminary-selection-for-2027-world-cup-qualifiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Fedombal reveals 24-player preliminary selection for 2027 World Cup qualifiers"},"content":{"rendered":"SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic \u2013 The Dominican Basketball Federation (Fedombal) has revealed the men&#8217;s national basketball pre-selection, composed of 24 players, who are preparing for the First Qualifying Window towards the Qatar 2027 Basketball World Cup.\n\nFrom this group, the athletes who will participate in the official training sessions will be selected and, subsequently, the 12 players who will represent the country in international commitments.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Technical Leadership<\/h2>\n\n\nThe Dominican team will be led by Argentine coach N\u00e9stor \u201cCh\u00e9\u201d Garc\u00eda, who will have the support of assistants David D\u00edaz, Abraham Disla and Sergio Jim\u00e9nez, also from Argentina.\n\nThe announcement was made by Junior P\u00e1ez (Jipy), vice president of Fedombal and general manager of the team, who was accompanied by Carlos De Le\u00f3n, director of Operations; Adenhaweer D\u00edaz (Rilling), physical trainer; and Dr. Gewill Acosta, team doctor.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Featured Call-ups<\/h2>\n\n\nThe list of those called up includes prominent figures with international experience, such as Andr\u00e9s Feliz, Jean Montero, Jassel P\u00e9rez, NBA player Chris Duarte, \u00c1ngel Luis Delgado and captain V\u00edctor Liz.\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>LJ Figueroa<\/li><li>Luis David Montero<\/li><li>\u00c1ngel N\u00fa\u00f1ez<\/li><li>Juan Guerrero<\/li><li>Joel Soriano<\/li><li>Rigoberto Mendoza<\/li><li>Richard Bautista<\/li><li>Gelvis Solano<\/li><li>Jonathan Ara\u00fajo<\/li><li>Omar Silverio<\/li><li>Justin Minaya<\/li><li>Luis Santos<\/li><li>Anderson Garc\u00eda<\/li><li>Jhery Matos<\/li><li>Eloy Vargas<\/li><li>Juan Miguel Suero<\/li><li>Eddy Polanco<\/li><li>Rey Abad<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\nDominican Republic, with four previous World Cup appearances (1978, 2014, 2019 and 2023), aims for its fourth consecutive and fifth overall qualification.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Calendar of the First Window<\/h2>\n\n\nThe Dominican team will face Mexico on Friday the 28th of this month, at the Marcelino Gonz\u00e1lez Gymnasium in Zacatecas, at 8:40 p.m. (10:40 p.m. Dominican time).\n\nThe second match will be on Monday, December 1st, playing at home in the Ricardo Gioriber Arias Volleyball Palace, of the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center.\n\nThe Quisqueyan team is part of Group A, along with the United States, Mexico, and Nicaragua, in a qualifying process that will award seven places for the 2027 World Cup.\n\nThe match against the United States is scheduled for the Third Window, on July 3, 2026, at the renovated Virgilio Travieso Soto Sports Palace.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Distribution of Groups in the Americas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Group A:<\/strong> Dominican Republic, United States, Mexico, Nicaragua<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Group B:<\/strong> Puerto Rico, Canada, Bahamas, Jamaica<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Group C:<\/strong> Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Chile<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Group D:<\/strong> Argentina, Uruguay, Panama, Cuba<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic \u2013 The Dominican Basketball Federation (Fedombal) has revealed the men&#8217;s national basketball pre-selection, composed of 24 players, who are preparing for the First Qualifying Window towards the Qatar 2027 Basketball World Cup. 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