{"id":479416,"date":"2025-08-20T16:57:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T20:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/mauricio-baez-and-bameso-will-star-in-the-opening-of-tbs-distrito-in-the-u-s\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T16:57:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T20:57:11","slug":"mauricio-baez-and-bameso-will-star-in-the-opening-of-tbs-distrito-in-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/basketball\/mauricio-baez-and-bameso-will-star-in-the-opening-of-tbs-distrito-in-the-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Mauricio B\u00e1ez and Bameso will star in the opening of TBS Distrito in the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/p>\n\n\nSANTO DOMINGO, RD – The National District Superior Basketball Tournament (TBS-Distrito) 2025 will have a historic opening, on Saturday, September 20, at the Prudential Center in the city of Newark, New Jersey, in the United States, in an NBA-style arena, with the “Game of Respect” between the Mauricio B\u00e1ez and Bameso clubs.\n\n\n

You may be interested in:<\/strong>RD defines its twelve players for the FIBA AmeriCup 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nThe long-awaited encounter at the iconic Prudential Center court, at 25 Lafayette in Newark-NJ, will be from 6:00 in the evening, whose tickets are on sale at www.Ticketmaster.com with prices ranging from 69 to 257 dollars.\n\nThat arena, with a capacity for 16,755 people and built for US$375 million, is the home ice of the New Jersey Devils, an NHL ice hockey team, and Seton Hall University, in the NCAA basketball league, both since 2007.\n\nThe announcement was made this Wednesday by the president of the National District Basketball Association (Abadina), Colonel Diego Pesqueira, spokesman for the National Police, at a press conference in the James Rodr\u00edguez conference room of the Ministry of Sports.\n\nPesqueira announced that the TBS Distrito 2025 will have a special dedication to the Immortal of Sport, Evaristo P\u00e9rez, former player of the San Carlos club in the capital event, a team with which he won several titles and was a member of the national basketball team for many years.\n\nHe highlighted that the district competition will be for the Banreservas Cup and will feature the participation of the clubs Mauricio B\u00e1ez, champion in 2024, the runner-up Bameso, San Carlos, Rafael Barias, San L\u00e1zaro, Huellas del Siglo, Los Prados and El Mill\u00f3n.\n\nHe also reported that Abadina and the acting clubs approved and officially announced that Prof. Nelson Ram\u00edrez will be the TBS District Commissioner 2025.\n\nPesqueira also communicated that prior to the inaugural event, a spectacular “opening” will be celebrated on September 10th and the Grapefruit League – a kind of preseason – will be launched, which will serve as a preparation phase for the participating teams.\n\nThe day after the match between Mauritians and Bamesians, on Sunday, September 21st, the first day of competition will be played at the Ricardo Gioriber Arias Volleyball Pavilion, which is the official venue for the district championship.\n\n“I want to give special recognition to Carlos Bonilla, Minister of Housing and Buildings of the Dominican Republic, for letting us play in the Volleyball Pavilion, a facility that is currently undergoing a deep renovation, and which will be officially completed after the TBS Distrito,” Pesqueira affirmed.\n\nPesqueira was accompanied at the press conference by urban artist Jalexiz Fern\u00e1ndez, president of “Por Amor al Basket”; Abadina directors: Edwin Castillo, Gilberto De la Cruz and Rub\u00e9n Montes de Oca; Nelson Ram\u00edrez; and the delegates from the clubs Jos\u00e9 Dom\u00ednguez (Mauricio B\u00e1ez), Pedro Lara (Bameso), Alex Rodr\u00edguez (San L\u00e1zaro), Kendrick Peralta (Los Prados), Ram\u00f3n Gonz\u00e1lez (Huellas) and Miguel Merejo (Barias).\n\n“This will be a historic and unprecedented event for basketball in general, so we expect majority support from the Dominican diaspora in the United States from the cities of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Boston, among others.”\n\nHe valued the support of Roberto Rojas, who is the main ideologue of the historic “Game of Respect”, along with the urban artist Jalexiz Fern\u00e1ndez, president of “For the Love of Basketball”.\n\n“I want to highlight the support, for several years, given by the businessman Santiago Mat\u00edas (Alofoke) to the TBS Distrital, since without him we would not have so many doors open in the local and international sphere, and in the same way for the commercial agreement with the company Vin\u00edcola del Norte and its star product Cerveza Rep\u00fablica,” Pesqueira pointed out.\n\nFor his part, Jalexiz Fern\u00e1ndez, said that at halftime of the match between Mauricio B\u00e1ez and Bameso there will be an artistic show with the urban artists DJ Adonis, El L\u00e1piz Consciente and Bulova, hosted by Hony Estrella and Albert Mena and will be broadcast by Telemicro Internacional and in Quisqueyan territory by Digital 15.\n\nOrganizing Committee<\/strong>
Diego Pesqueira praised the president of the Organizing Committee, the Minister of the Presidency, Jos\u00e9 Ignacio Paliza, who, along with his team, is working to ensure a successful and well-received event for the whole family.\n\nPesqueira conveyed an excuse for the absence of the Committee President, Paliza, as he is currently out of the country fulfilling an official agenda.\n\nHe affirmed that, from now on, Abadina began an advertising campaign called “From Corner to Corner with Abadina,” in a kind of dynamic in each of the neighborhoods and sectors of the teams participating in the TBS District.\n\nCompetition Format<\/strong>
The tournament includes a first regular phase of 10 games per team in groups A and B format, in which two franchises will be eliminated, then, the remaining six teams will compete in a second stage (Elimination Phase), carrying wins and losses, and finally, the top four will advance to the semifinals and define the finalists.
The TBS Distrito reaffirms its status as the pinnacle event of national basketball, because it has a history of having the 10 most watched games in the history of Dominican basketball on YouTube.\n\nIt’s the tournament that brings together the most national team players on the same court.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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