Ángel Luis Delgado, from the Dominican team, defended by Ernesto Oglivie, from Panama. External source.
MAR DEL PLATA, ARGENTINA.- The Dominican Republic will have an important game this Sunday against Argentina that, if successful, would get their pass to the 2023 Basketball World Championship, to be played in the Philippines, Japan and Indonesia.
The match, on the last day of the Las Américas Zone Qualifier -which grants three places per group, three to E and three to F, plus one for the best fourth place between the two groups, for a total of seven- will be This Sunday the 26th at 8:10 p.m., Dominican time, at the Islas Malvinas sports center, in the city of Mar del Plata, in Argentina.
The two teams are tied with an 8-3 mark, as is Venezuela, the three belonging to Group E, by winning their respective commitments on Thursday: the Dominican Republic beat Panama (2-9), 93-67; Argentina did the same 83-72 to the already classified team of Canada (10-1); and the Venezuelans defeated the Bahamas 115-70 (3-8).
The winning team of the clash between the Dominican Republic and Argentina would rise to a 9-3 mark and advance to the 2023 Basketball World Cup, and the loser (with a record of 8-4) would be ruled out in the event that Venezuela also prevails over Canada. Sunday.
If Venezuela loses to the Canadians, then it would be tied with the defeat of the Dominican Republic and Argentina, with a record of 8-4, and the Official Basketball Rules would have to be applied and Art. D.1.3 (pages 75-80) should be consulted on the System Classification, to define the third place.
Thus, three teams would cross into the World Cup in Group E and the fourth place would be measured with the fourth place in Group F (which also classifies three teams), and the best among the fourth places (EF) would obtain the seventh place in the American Continent. , applying the same format of the FIBA rules.
Gerardo Suero with the ball in his hands. External source
In Group E, in the event of a tie: Venezuela won the DR by four points, 76-72, on August 29, 2022 in Barquisimeto, Lara State of Venezuela, and the Dominicans retaliated in Santo Domingo on November 13, also four points, 72-68.
On November 10, 2022, the Dominicans defeated Argentina 80-69 in Santo Domingo.
Group F
This group has classified the United States with a 9-2 mark and Puerto Rico, Mexico and Brazil are fighting for the other two places, all three with a 7-4 record.
In case of ties in Group F: Puerto Rico beat Brazil 75-72 on the Isla del Encanto on August 25, 2022, and this Thursday, February 23, 2023, they repeated the 92-90 dose, on Rio de Janeiro, for what they dominated 2-0 in the games between them.
Mexico defeated Brazil, 82-72, on August 29, 2022 in Brazil, and the South Americans took revenge by beating the Aztecs 102-56 on November 14.
In this region, Brazil will play this Sunday against the United States, in the city of Santa Cruz del Sur; the hosts of Uruguay vs. Mexico, in Montevideo; and Colombia receives the visit of Puerto Rico, in Medellín. All games at 7:10 p.m.
Official Basketball Rules: Art. D.1.3 (pages 75-80) of the Classification System.
D.- CLASSIFICATION OF THE TEAMS
D.1. Procedure
D.1.1. The classification of the teams will be established according to their win-loss balance, awarding 2 classification points for each game won, 1 classification point for each game lost (including those lost due to inferiority) and 0 classification points for a match lost by absence.
D.1.2 The procedure will be applied in all competitions played by league system (all against all).
D.1.3. If 2 or more teams have the same win-loss balance considering all group matches, the matches played between these 2 or more teams will decide the ranking. If 2 or more teams have the same win-loss record in matches played against each other, these criteria will apply, in this order:
- Greater difference in points in the matches played between them.
- Greater number of points scored in the matches played between them.
- Biggest point difference in all group matches.
- Highest number of points scored in all group matches.
If they are still tied before all group matches have been played, the tied teams must share the same place. If these criteria are still insufficient at the end of the group stage, it will be the corresponding FIBA ranking that decides the final ranking.
D.1.4. If by applying these criteria one or more teams are already classified, the procedure reflected in D.1.3. it will be repeated from the beginning for the rest of the teams that have not yet qualified.
