{"id":492083,"date":"2025-11-21T21:32:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T01:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/fedombal-sets-course-with-a-wide-pre-selection-of-24-players-for-the-first-world-cup-window\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T21:32:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T01:32:11","slug":"fedombal-sets-course-with-a-wide-pre-selection-of-24-players-for-the-first-world-cup-window","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/basketball\/fedombal-sets-course-with-a-wide-pre-selection-of-24-players-for-the-first-world-cup-window\/","title":{"rendered":"Fedombal sets course with a wide pre-selection of 24 players for the first World Cup window"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<strong>SANTO DOMINGO,.-<\/strong> The Dominican Basketball Federation (Fedombal) announced this Friday the list of 24 players who make up the men&#8217;s national pre-selection for the First Qualifying Window towards the 2027 Basketball World Cup in Qatar.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in<\/strong>:<a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/baloncesto\/nestor-che-garcia-retoma-el-mando-de-la-seleccion-dominicana-para-la-ruta-al-mundial-2027\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">N\u00e9stor \u201cChe\u201d Garc\u00eda retakes command of the Dominican Republic team for the road to the 2027 World Cup<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nFrom this group will come those called to official training sessions and subsequently the 12 players who will represent the country in international commitments.\n\nThe Dominican selection will be under the direction of Argentine coach <strong>N\u00e9stor \u201cCh\u00e9\u201d Garc\u00eda<\/strong>, accompanied by assistants <strong>David D\u00edaz<\/strong>, <strong>Abraham Disla<\/strong> and also Argentine <strong>Sergio Jim\u00e9nez<\/strong>.\n\nThe announcement was made by the team&#8217;s general manager, <strong>Junior P\u00e1ez (Jipy)<\/strong>, vice president of Fedombal, who was accompanied by <strong>Carlos De Le\u00f3n<\/strong>, Director of Operations; the physical trainer <strong>Adenhaweer D\u00edaz (Rilling)<\/strong>; and the doctor <strong>Gewill Acosta<\/strong>, team doctor.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Called<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\nThe list is headed by figures with an important international trajectory, such as <strong>Andr\u00e9s Feliz<\/strong>, <strong>Jean Montero<\/strong>, <strong>Jassel P\u00e9rez<\/strong>, NBA player <strong>Chris Duarte<\/strong>, <strong>\u00c1ngel Luis Delgado<\/strong> and captain <strong>V\u00edctor Liz<\/strong>.\n\nThey were also called: <strong>LJ Figueroa, Luis David Montero, \u00c1ngel N\u00fa\u00f1ez, Juan Guerrero, Joel Soriano, Rigoberto Mendoza, Richard Bautista, Gelvis Solano<\/strong>, as well as <strong>Jonathan Ara\u00fajo, Omar Silverio, Justin Minaya, Luis Santos, Anderson Garc\u00eda, Jhery Matos, Eloy Vargas, Juan Miguel Suero, Eddy Polanco and Rey Abad<\/strong>.\n\nDominican Republic, which already has four World Cup appearances (1978, 2014, 2019 and 2023), seeks to reach its <strong>fourth consecutive and fifth overall appearance<\/strong>.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>First Window Calendar<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\nThe tricolor team will face <strong>Mexico on Friday the 28th of this month<\/strong>, at the Marcelino Gonz\u00e1lez Gymnasium in Zacatecas, at 8:40 p.m. (10:40 p.m. Dominican time).\n\nThe second commitment will be on <strong>Monday, December 1st<\/strong>, when they will play as locals in the Ricardo Gioriber Arias Volleyball Palace, of the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center.\n\nThe Quisqueyan team is in <strong>Group A<\/strong>, along with <strong>United States, Mexico, and Nicaragua<\/strong>, in a qualifying process that awards <strong>seven spots<\/strong> for the 2027 World Cup.\n\nThe match against the United States is scheduled for the <strong>Third Window<\/strong>, on <strong>July 3, 2026<\/strong>, at the renovated Virgilio Travieso Soto Sports Palace.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Distribution of groups in the Americas<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Group A:<\/strong> Dominican Republic, United States, Mexico, Nicaragua<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Group B:<\/strong> Puerto Rico, Canada, Bahamas, Jamaica<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Group C:<\/strong> Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Chile<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Group D:<\/strong> Argentina, Uruguay, Panama, Cuba<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SANTO DOMINGO,.- The Dominican Basketball Federation (Fedombal) announced this Friday the list of 24 players who make up the men&#8217;s national pre-selection for the First Qualifying Window towards the 2027 Basketball World Cup in Qatar. 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