June 30, 2024, 2:49 PM ET
The Dominican team will go out in search of the only ticket offered by its qualifying window in Greece.
The Dominican Basketball Federation (FEDOMBAL) has made the official announcement of which twelve players will represent the country during the qualifying tournament for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games which will start on July 2nd with a match against Egypt.
The twelve chosen by the FEDOMBAL and the leader Nestor “Che” Garcia are the player Sacramento Kings in the NBA, Chris Duartethe captain of the national team, Victor Liz, Andres Feliz, Jean Montero, Eloy Vargas, Antonio Pena, Adrian de Leon, Adonys Henriquez, Angel Nunez, Luis Santos, Miguel Simon y Eddy Polanco. As for the technical staff, “Che” Garcia they accompany him David Diaz, Abraham Disla y Sergio Jimenez as assistants, Germán Andrin as physical trainer, Elieser Luvin as the squad doctor and AJ Díaz as physiotherapist.
Dominican Republicwhich was seeded in Group B, along with Greece y Egyptwill play its first match, as previously indicated, next Tuesday, July 2 at 10:30 in the morning (Dominican Republic time) and will play again on Wednesday, July 3 against the hosts of the window, Greeceat 1 pm (DR time).
Andrés Feliz is one of the main figures of the Dominican team. EPA/ROLEX DELA PENA
According to the classification system imposed for this pre-Olympic tournament, the two teams that are best positioned will play crosses with the previous adjacent group, in the case of Group B, it would be against Group A, which has Croatia, Slovenia y New Zealand. The winners of these matches will compete for the only qualifying position granted by the window to Paris 2024.
For Dominican Republicthe most difficult thing will be to overcome the size difference against its rivals, especially due to the fact that it does not have Karl-Anthony Townswho was their main player during the Basketball World Cup from last year.
2024-06-30 19:13:25
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