End of match
Dominican Republic 84-70 Mexico
4Q - 1:50
Final minutes of the match and the Dominican Republic is close to victory.
4Q - 3:00
The Dominican Republic took a big lead and Mexico was inoperative in the last quarter.
4Q - 6:10
The match becomes intense and back and forth with the teams creating a lot of points.
4Q - 7:20
Mexico tries to react and with two doubles they get closer to the scoreboard.
4Q - 7:50
Dominican Republic triple to take a good lead.
4Q - 8:20
The Dominican Republic scored points and turned the score around.
4Q - 9:00
Mexico starts with two points courtesy of Giron.
End of third quarter
Dominic Republic 56-56 México
3Q - 1:50
Dominican Republic has free throws and scores points to get closer to the scoreboard.
3Q - 2:15
The Dominican Republic looks uncomfortable defensively and Mexico increases its advantage.
3Q - 4:13
Two more points with a great scoreboard by Bonilla.
3Q - 5:43
Two more points from Jaimes assisted by Paul Stole
3Q - 6:30
Girón with a phenomenal triple gives Mexico more points.
3Q - 7:50
Mexico takes two valuable points to regain the lead.
3Q - 8:20
Dominican Republic's triple to turn the score around.
3Q - 9:07
Dominicana starts with 2 very important points.
Half time
República Dominicana 32-36 México
2Q - 0:30
Mexico is on the verge of taking a big lead into half-time.
2Q - 2:00
The two teams do not fail to score points in a round-robin match.
2Q - 4:30
Mexico gets 2 more points and looks better in this second quarter.
2Q - 5:50
Mexico triple to increase their lead,
2Q - 6:40
Mexico continues to take advantage but Dominican Republic is slowly getting closer on the scoreboard.
2Q - 9:00
The teams have had chances, but have failed to score valuable points.
2Q - 9:27
The Dominican Republic had free throws that they were unable to make.
End of first quarter
Dominican Republic 19-24 Mexico
1Q - 0:33
Mexico takes a big lead and the first quarter draws to a close.
1Q - 2:00
Fabian Jaimes put 2 more points on the scoreboard.
1Q - 2:45
Mexico tied the score with a triple.
1Q - 3:20
Two free throws give the Dominican Republic the lead.
1Q - 4:00
A very even match with points on both sides and with defences suffering.
1Q - 6:24
Mexico with good defense scored 4 more points and turned the score around.
1Q - 7:53
Mexico scores its first 2 points with Giron.
1Q - 9:27
Dominicana starts with an effective triple.
Kickoff
Dominican Republic vs Mexico match kicks off.
All ready
All set for the kick-off of the match, the teams are ready for the national anthems and the start of the match.
End of warmup
The two teams finish warming up and return to the dressing room for the final talk before returning to the national anthems and the start of the match.
Players to watch
With the Mexican national team the players to watch will be Gabriel Giron, Paul Stoll, Fabian Jaimes, Israel Gutierrez and Gael Bonilla, the players to watch for this match.
Great Entrance
The Palacio de los Deportes in Santo Domingo is almost full with many more fans from the Dominican Republic, the fans are excited for this match day 1.
Other matches this day
Today, in addition to this match between Mexico vs Dominican Republic, Brazil vs Paraguay, Canada vs Nicaragua and Uruguay vs Panama, these are tomorrow's matches in the Americup Qualifiers.
Already in the arena
The two teams are already in the arena, warming up and preparing for what will be the first match of the first day of the Americup playoffs.
Fans
Little by little the fans are starting to arrive at the Palacio de los Deportes in Santo Domingo, many Dominican Republic fans will be present for this match that promises to be very exciting in this FIBA qualifying round for the Americup 2025.
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Call for Mexico
This is the call-up list for the Mexican national team that will play in the qualifiers for the Americup 2025, with the return of its best players and with the full squad:
The groups of this Americup qualification round
These are the groups for the Americup 2025 qualifiers:
Group A:
1. Argentina
2. Venezuela
3. Colombia
4. Chile
Group B:
1. Brazil
2. Uruguay
3. Panama
4. Paraguay
Group C:
1. Canada
2. Dominican Republic
3. Mexico
4. Nicaragua
Group D:
1. United States of America
2. Puerto Rico
3. Bahamas
4. Cuba
What time is the Dominican Republic vs Mexico match of the Americup 2025 Qualifiers?
This is the kick-off time for the Dominican Republic vs Mexico match on 23 February 2024 in various countries:
Argentina: 21:30 hours
Bolivia: 21:30 hours
Brazil: 21:30 hours
Chile: 21:30 hours
Colombia: 21:30 hours
Ecuador: 21:30 hours
United States: 7:30 p.m. PT and 8:30 p.m. ET
Mexico: 18:30 hours
Paraguay: 21:30 hours
Peru: 21:30 hours
Uruguay: 21:30 hours
Venezuela: 21:30 hours
Japan: 6.30am
South Korea: 6:30 a.m.
India: 0330 hours
Nigeria: 6.30 a.m.
South Africa: 07:30
Australia: 10:00 a.m.
United Kingdom ET: 01:30 hours
Spain: 01:30 hours
France: 01:30 hours
Italy: 01:30 hours
Netherlands: 1:30 a.m.
Belgium: 01:30 a.m.
Absences
Neither team has any injured or suspended players, so they will be able to count on a full roster and their best players for this Americup qualifier. There is no doubt that tomorrow's game will be one of the best.
Background
These two teams have faced each other on 3 occasions, leaving a record of 2 wins for Mexico, while the Dominican Republic has won on one occasion, so tomorrow the Mexican team will be slight favorites to take the first win in this window and go to Mexico motivated with their fans.
How is the Dominican Republic team coming along?
For their part, the Dominican Republic team, after closing their participation in the Pan American Games against Chile with a 75-83 loss, will now begin this advantage playing at home and with their fans in Santo Domingo. They will be looking to start this qualifying round in the best way possible, a very close game is expected, full of intensity, points and emotions, and this is how the two teams will arrive at Day 1.
How does the Mexican national team fare?
The Mexican Basketball team returns to action after the Pan American Games, in their last game with a selection with many absences they lost to Brazil with a score of 61-73, now they will begin this qualifying round for the Americup, with the intention of starting in the best way against the Dominican Republic, a selection that will not be easy, but if they get a good result tomorrow they could arrive calmly to the return game that will be played in Mexico, in this way the national team arrives with a full team.
Good afternoon friends of VAVEL!
Welcome to the Dominican Republic vs Mexico commentary, corresponding to Day 1 of Window 1 of the FIBA Americup 2025 Qualifiers. The match will take place at the Palacio de los Deportes in Santo Domingo at 18:30.