{"id":95497,"date":"2025-12-13T04:57:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T08:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/monegro-honored-by-fedombal-at-national-minibasketball-gathering-2025-2\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T04:57:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T08:57:55","slug":"monegro-honored-by-fedombal-at-national-minibasketball-gathering-2025-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/monegro-honored-by-fedombal-at-national-minibasketball-gathering-2025-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Monegro Honored by Fedombal at National Minibasketball Gathering 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"SANTO DOMINGO, RD \u2013 Journalist Jos\u00e9 P. Monegro, director of the newspaper, was recognized this Friday during the inauguration of the National Minibasketball Convivium 2025.\n\nThis event, dedicated to Monegro, brings together the 12 best teams in the country.\n\nThe ceremony took place at the Horacio Muratore National Minibasketball House, located in the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center.\n\nIt was headed by Rafael Uribe, president of the Dominican Basketball Federation (Fedombal), along with Fernando Teruel, Immortal of Sport and Vice Minister of Sports, who also presides over the National Minibasket Commission.\n\nUribe and Teruel presented the recognition to Monegro, accompanied by Alberto Rodr\u00edguez, executive director of the National Institute of Physical Education (INEFI); Andr\u00e9s Vanderhorts, former Secretary of Sports; and Junior P\u00e1ez, vice president of Fedombal.\n\nIn addition, the Immortals of Sport Evaristo P\u00e9rez, Fausto Paulino and Luis Minier, presidents of the basketball associations of San Pedro de Macor\u00eds and Montecristi, respectively, were present.\n\nAthletes, enjoy your event during these three days of activity \u2014from the 12th to the 14th of this month\u2014, play, have fun and make friends, many of them for life.\n\nMonegro, when thanking for the dedication, expressed his gratitude to the organizers, leaders, and athletes of national minibasketball.\n\nJos\u00e9 Monegro is a former president of the Basketball Association of the National District (Abadina), where he promoted the development of mini-basketball. Currently, he presides over the Organizing Committee of the Central American and Caribbean Games Santo Domingo 2026.\n\nRafael Uribe, Fernando Teruel, and Alberto Rodr\u00edguez highlighted that mini-basketball, for ages 11 and 12, is fundamental for the future of Dominican basketball and the formation of citizens.\n\nUribe announced that from the Convivio, 25 children will be selected for the National Teams Project of Formative Categories, which will feed the future U15, U17, U19 teams and the senior national team.\n\nThe sports oath was taken by Eli\u00e1n Benet Aracena, representative of the National District.\n\nAll games of the 2025 National Minibasketball Convivio will be broadcast live on YouTube through the official Fedombal TV channel.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Division by groups<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Group A:<\/strong> Santiago, Distrito Nacional, La Vega, Duverg\u00e9 (Independencia), San Crist\u00f3bal and San Pedro de Macor\u00eds.<\/li><li><strong>Group B:<\/strong> Moca (Espaillat), Puerto Plata, San Juan, Santo Domingo Province, El Seibo and Barahona.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SANTO DOMINGO, RD \u2013 Journalist Jos\u00e9 P. Monegro, director of the newspaper, was recognized this Friday during the inauguration of the National Minibasketball Convivium 2025. This event, dedicated to Monegro, brings together the 12 best teams in the country. 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