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Santo Domingo.<\/strong>\u2013 Argentine coach N\u00e9stor \u201cChe\u201d Garc\u00eda<\/strong> will once again coach the Dominican Republic’s men’s national basketball team, ahead of the start of the Qualifiers for the 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup<\/strong>, thus marking a new cycle for the Dominican team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You may be interested in:<\/a><\/strong>Laguneros and Lobos start with victories the Superior Basketball Tournament of San Crist\u00f3bal 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nGarc\u00eda will seek to lead the country to its fourth consecutive participation<\/strong> in a World Cup, after the qualifications achieved in Spain 2014, China 2019 and the 2023 edition in Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines. The first Dominican appearance occurred in 1978, totaling five World Cup participations.\n\n\n The 16 teams of America are divided into four groups:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Santo Domingo.\u2013 Argentine coach N\u00e9stor \u201cChe\u201d Garc\u00eda will once again coach the Dominican Republic’s men’s national basketball team, ahead of the start of the Qualifiers for the 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup, thus marking a new cycle for the Dominican team. You may be interested in:Laguneros and Lobos start with victories the Superior Basketball Tournament […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":491988,"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":[35743],"tags":[611,40231,41186],"class_list":["post-491987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-theperiodicodelatruth"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-23Zh","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/691e38c2d2d1f.jpeg","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":["Basketball"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/691e38c2d2d1f.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491987","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=491987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/491988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}First duel against Mexico<\/h3>\n\n\nThe Dominican team will begin its journey on Friday, November 28<\/strong> when they visit Mexico at the Marcelino Gonz\u00e1lez Gymnasium<\/strong> in Zacatecas, at 8:40 p.m. local time<\/strong> (10:40 p.m. in Santo Domingo). The second match will be at home, on Monday, December 1<\/strong>, at the Ricardo Gioriber Arias Volleyball Palace<\/strong>, within the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center.\n\nDominican Republic is in Group A<\/strong>, along with United States, Mexico, and Nicaragua<\/strong>, within a qualifying process that grants seven spots<\/strong> for the selections of America.\n\nIn the Third Window<\/strong>, scheduled for July 3, 2026<\/strong>, Dominicans will receive the United States at the Virgilio Travieso Soto Sports Palace<\/strong>, currently undergoing remodeling.\n\n\n
Technical Body and Work Structure<\/h3>\n\n\nGarc\u00eda will be accompanied by assistants David D\u00edaz<\/strong>, Abraham Disla<\/strong> and Sergio Jim\u00e9nez<\/strong>. In physical preparation continues Adenauer D\u00edaz<\/strong>, while doctor Gewill Acosta<\/strong> remains as the team doctor.\n\nThe operations group is headed by Junior P\u00e1ez<\/strong>, general manager of the team and vice president of Fedombal, along with Carlos De Le\u00f3n<\/strong>, Director of Operations.\n\n\n
Regional Rivals<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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