{"id":485805,"date":"2025-10-06T21:45:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T01:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/santo-domingo-will-host-the-first-edition-of-the-international-vitilla-cup-kings-of-the-street\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T21:45:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T01:45:31","slug":"santo-domingo-will-host-the-first-edition-of-the-international-vitilla-cup-kings-of-the-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/santo-domingo-will-host-the-first-edition-of-the-international-vitilla-cup-kings-of-the-street\/","title":{"rendered":"Santo Domingo will host the first edition of the &#8220;International Vitilla Cup: Kings of the Street&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<strong>SANTO DOMINGO.<\/strong> \u2014 The Dominican capital is preparing to experience a historic event in national street sports: the first edition of the <strong>\u201cInternational Vitilla Cup: Kings of the Street\u201d<\/strong>, which will be held on <strong>Sunday, October 26th<\/strong> at the <strong>San Carlos Club<\/strong>, starting at <strong>10:00 in the morning<\/strong>.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/automovilismo\/nino-dominicano-ethan-pichardo-bello-gana-la-t4-nations-cup-y-se-convierte-en-campeon-mundial-de-kartismo-en-espana\/#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dominican Boy Ethan Pichardo Bello wins the T4 Nations Cup and becomes Karting World Champion in Spain<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nThe event will mark a before and after in the international projection of vitilla, with a day of <strong>10 continuous hours of action, culture, and national pride<\/strong>. The <strong>best vitilla players from the Dominican Republic and New York<\/strong> will participate, including an international selection that will represent the Dominican diaspora residing in that American city.\n\nThe competition will bring together <strong>12 teams<\/strong> made up of elite players who will seek to be crowned champions of the tournament. The <strong>top three places<\/strong> will receive <strong>cash prizes, trophies and medals<\/strong>, recognizing the talent and discipline of the athletes who keep this sporting tradition alive.\n\nThe event organization is in charge of the <strong>Dominican Vitilla League USA (LIVIDOUSA)<\/strong>, in collaboration with the allied leagues <strong>LIDOVI, LIVICI and LIVICOA<\/strong>, along with team managers from the capital and different provinces of the country. The main objective of the initiative is to <strong>rescue, dignify and project vitilla as a symbol of Dominican sport and culture<\/strong>.\n\n<strong>Kevin Reyes<\/strong>, founder and CEO of LIVIDOUSA, highlighted that the &#8220;International Vitilla Cup&#8221; transcends sports, seeking to <strong>strengthen Dominican cultural identity<\/strong> and <strong>create opportunities for young people from vulnerable communities<\/strong>.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis tournament is a dream come true. Vitilla, born in the Dominican streets, today unites two cultures, two territories, a single identity,\u201d expressed Reyes, highlighting the value of the discipline as a <strong>bridge between the Dominican Republic and its diaspora<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SANTO DOMINGO. \u2014 The Dominican capital is preparing to experience a historic event in national street sports: the first edition of the \u201cInternational Vitilla Cup: Kings of the Street\u201d, which will be held on Sunday, October 26th at the San Carlos Club, starting at 10:00 in the morning. You may be interested in:Dominican Boy Ethan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":485806,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[35481],"tags":[611,40231,41186],"class_list":["post-485805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baseball","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-theperiodicodelatruth"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-22nz","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/IMG-20251006-WA0306.jpg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Baseball"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/IMG-20251006-WA0306.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}