Belgium and Russia will compete for a women’s basketball spot in the DR

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Santo Domingo, Feb 13.- The Belgian and Russian women’s basketball teams will meet this Sunday in the first game to be played on Dominican soil as part of the World Cup qualifying window to be played in Australia from September 22 to 1 October 2022.

The clash is scheduled for 4:30 in the afternoon at the Professor Virgilio Travieso Soto Sports Palace in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Basketball Federation (Fedombal) reported in a statement this Saturday.

Russia, Belgium and Puerto Rico, along with the United States, a squad that is already qualified for the World Cup in Australia for being the Olympic champion, make up group A of the competition.

Russia arrived in the country several days ago to begin their preparation stage at the Mauricio Báez club, while the Belgians arrive this Saturday at the Fedombal training ground at the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center, and the Puerto Ricans on Sunday.

The Russian team will be the only one to play two games, while the Belgians and the Puerto Ricans will only have one each.

On Monday, the match between Russia and Puerto Rico scheduled for 7:30 p.m. will be held.

In this window to the FIBA ​​Women’s Basketball World Cup 2022 Qualifier, two tickets will be awarded to the top two teams from Group A for Australia.

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Belgium and Russia will compete for a women’s basketball spot in the DR .