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    DOM – Dominican Republic to host 2010 Centrobasket Championship

    SANTO DOMINGO (2010 Centrobasket Championship) – The Dominican Republic was announced officially as the host of the 2010 Centrobasket Championship which is the qualifier for the Central American and Caribbean region for the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship (Pre-Olympic).

    The tournament will be held at Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto of Santo Domingo from July 5-11, 2010. This coliseum was the host of the 2005 FIBA Americas Championship, among other events.

    FIBA Americas Secretary General, Mr. Alberto Garcia, visited the Dominican capital to meet with the authorities and sign the contract. Garcia said that the effort put by the Dominican Federation and the support from the Dominican Olympic Committee, the government and the local businesses was key in making the decision to make the tournament in the Dominican Republic.

    During his visit Garcia inspected the coliseum and told the authorities to improve the air conditioning system which is currently working at 30% capacity. The Secretary General added that he didn't find more problems and the arena was in good playing condition.

    "It is very important to recognize the effort put by the Dominicans to be the host because if they didn't organize the tournament they were going to be out of the Olympic Cycle and that is not good for anybody. Ruperto Herrera, President of CONCENCABA, expressed his best wishes and is committed to help so this tournament is a success," said Garcia.

    In a press conference the President of the Dominican Basketball Federation, Mr. Frank Herasme, thanked the Secretary General for the vote of confidence and promised that this tournament will be the best in history.

    This tournament ten national teams for the first time, they are: Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago and US Virgin Islands. The classification of Belize depends on the appeal result sent to Lausanne, Switzerland about the eligibility of some of their players that were in the 2009 COCABA Championship. If Belize loses the appeal, the next team that will qualify is Costa Rica.

    The 2010 Centrobasket Championship qualifies the top four teams for the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship (Pre-Olympic), the top eight for the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico and the top three for the 2011 Pan-American Games scheduled for Guadalajara, Mexico.
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  • #2
    My second favourite country: Honduras isn't participating
    Hopefully, one day their basketball program will pickup just like the way their football has.
    "No hay poder en el mundo que pueda cambiar el destino"
    -El Padrino

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    • #3
      I think it's a great choice to hold the Centrobasket Championships in DR. Baseball is still king on the island, but the Dominicans have embraced basketball in the Caribbean much in the same way Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands have. They're one of those national teams that are right on the brink of being up there with the elite squads in the Americas. I wouldn't be surprised if they qualified in 2012 or 2014 for a major tournament.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Federoy View Post
        I think it's a great choice to hold the Centrobasket Championships in DR. Baseball is still king on the island, but the Dominicans have embraced basketball in the Caribbean much in the same way Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands have. They're one of those national teams that are right on the brink of being up there with the elite squads in the Americas. I wouldn't be surprised if they qualified in 2012 or 2014 for a major tournament.

        In addition, what's amazing is that this baseball nation has 3 NBA players. One of which is an NBA All Star. We've (Australia) got 3 NBA players but none of them are All Stars, well one hopefully will be: "Bogey Man" Bogut.
        "No hay poder en el mundo que pueda cambiar el destino"
        -El Padrino

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Saskibaloia View Post
          In addition, what's amazing is that this baseball nation has 3 NBA players. One of which is an NBA All Star. We've (Australia) got 3 NBA players but none of them are All Stars, well one hopefully will be: "Bogey Man" Bogut.
          If Andrew Bogut can stay healthy during the course of a full season, he has all the tools to be an all-star. Personally, I don't think Al Horford has a better all-around game than Andrew Bogut, but where Horford benefits is that he plays with a cast of teammates that are better than what Bogut is dealing with in Milwaukee. Being as such, better teammates, combined with winning and fan support, help to elevate a player individually.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Federoy View Post
            I think it's a great choice to hold the Centrobasket Championships in DR. Baseball is still king on the island, but the Dominicans have embraced basketball in the Caribbean much in the same way Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands have. They're one of those national teams that are right on the brink of being up there with the elite squads in the Americas. I wouldn't be surprised if they qualified in 2012 or 2014 for a major tournament.
            Men you can't compare DR with PR in bastkeball, all of his player grow up in the US, Puerto Rico have a good league and good player in the NCAA that born and raised in PR, please!!!!!!
            Originally Posted by -K2- View Post
            16 free throws in the last 4 minutes...
            Puerto Rico had 20 the whole game

            Seriosuly... someone quote this whole post and signature me... Greek Loby Rulz
            8/29/2010...THE DAY WE GOT ROBBED!

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            • #7
              Originally posted by PRSURF View Post
              Men you can't compare DR with PR in bastkeball, all of his player grow up in the US, Puerto Rico have a good league and good player in the NCAA that born and raised in PR, please!!!!!!
              Man, chill out. I didn't suggest that DR and PR are on the same level, at least not right now. You may not accept it, but they do have a nice squad and they're on the rise... and they've beaten Puerto Rico few times over the years. If they can find a stable backcourt like what Puerto Rico has with Arroyo, Ayuso and Barrea, then they'll begin to make some serious moves.

              As for them embracing basketball, that's absolutely true. Behind Puerto Rico, they're the best national team in the Caribbean, and they have gotten plenty of fan support both on the island and in the US. They've hosted the Pan American Games and will be hosting Centrobasket, so there's obviously some real interest on the island for the sport. Don't hate, embrace.

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              • #8
                What was wrong with the Belizean players in 2009? Does anybody know the story?
                "I really like the attitudes of eagles. They never give up. When they grab a fish or something else, they never let it go. It doesn't matter. In a book, they write they find a skeleton of [an] eagle and there is no fish. It means that the fish beat him and killed him, but he didn't let go." -- Donatas Motiejunas

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by mvblair View Post
                  What was wrong with the Belizean players in 2009? Does anybody know the story?
                  this is the basic story, the constitution of belize states that any child born of belizean parents any part of the world is deemed a citizen of belize regardless if he/she has never been to the land of belize. This is the CONSTITION of BELIZE. Now we have many belizeans who are playing professional basketball various parts of the world, majority of which benefited from the basketball programs in place in the USA, as this is where they grew up.

                  What Fiba is saying now is, that all of a sudden, these players who are not born in the land of Belize are not belizeans, despite our own contition. Fiba is saying at best they can be considered naturalised citizens in which case only 2 of the players on the roster may partake in the tournament.

                  Now Belize has competed in several tournaments before with similar players (meaning they were born of belizean parents but not in Belize which by our constitution still makes them Belizeans) and FIBA had no problem with it, ofcourse back then we were competing in the CariCom tournament playing against other caribbean nations but recently we have been placed in the region of the americas and now play against mexico and guatemala and such, and NOW they have a PROBLEM with our players

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                  • #10
                    Belize B-Ball Wins Decisive Victory at Court of Arbitration for Sports

                    Originally posted by Sikk Man View Post
                    this is the basic story, the constitution of belize states that any child born of belizean parents any part of the world is deemed a citizen of belize regardless if he/she has never been to the land of belize. This is the CONSTITION of BELIZE. Now we have many belizeans who are playing professional basketball various parts of the world, majority of which benefited from the basketball programs in place in the USA, as this is where they grew up.

                    What Fiba is saying now is, that all of a sudden, these players who are not born in the land of Belize are not belizeans, despite our own contition. Fiba is saying at best they can be considered naturalised citizens in which case only 2 of the players on the roster may partake in the tournament.

                    Now Belize has competed in several tournaments before with similar players (meaning they were born of belizean parents but not in Belize which by our constitution still makes them Belizeans) and FIBA had no problem with it, ofcourse back then we were competing in the CariCom tournament playing against other caribbean nations but recently we have been placed in the region of the americas and now play against mexico and guatemala and such, and NOW they have a PROBLEM with our players
                    not anymore.


                    Belize B-Ball Wins Decisive Victory at Court of Arbitration for Sports
                    posted (April 20, 2010)
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                    There’s Major breaking news coming out of Lusanne, Switzerland tonight, as the Belize Basketball Federation has scored a huge win over FIBA at the International Court of Arbitration for Sports.

                    It was a final effort launched by the BBA, and the last chance at an appeal to hold unto Silver medals won at the COCABA games held in Cancun in August of last year. But more than that, the win means Belize can now participate in the upcoming Centro Basket tournament to be held in the Dominican Republic, June of this year.

                    In September of last year, Belize’s hope to keep its medals was dashed by the FIBA appeals court when that group ruled that 7 members of the Belize National team did not qualify to play since they did not hold valid Belizean citizenship.

                    The ruling meant that Belize’s participation in future regional championship matches would be placed in jeopardy as would the silver medal finish in CANCUN.

                    This set off an appeals of last resort which was heard last month in Lausanne Switzerland.

                    And the process ended in Belize’s favour today with today’s historic announcement that the country of Belize could keep its Silver medals and go on to compete in Santo Domingo. Attorney for the BBF, Godfrey Smith, headed Belize’s delegation to Switzerland; he was accompanied by Gareth Murillo, the Director of Immigration.

                    Smith – who worked pro bono for the BBF - says the import of the win cannot be overstated.

                    Godfrey Smith, Attorney for the BBF
                    ”Very important for the BBF in terms of progressing successfully to the next round which is the CentroBasket, scheduled for July in the Dominican Republic. If the Federation hadn’t won the case, it would mean that it would have to face that, well maybe not even face the competition, because it would mean that we would have been stripped of the second place title that we got. But apart from that, we couldn’t face the competition with the same players that we had played with at the COCABA championship in Cancun, meaning some of the best players would not have been allowed to play. FIBA rules said that we can only play with one person who obtained citizenship of Belize after reaching the age of 16. We maintained from the outset that all of them, every single one of the Belizean players, had citizenship from the date of their birth or from Independence Day by virtue of descent, by virtue of being children of Belizeans. We thought it was a straightforward point. We were surprised when at the first stage, the FIBA Appeals Tribunal rejected the argument and came with some argument about dual citizenship. That the players would have had to apply to keep Belizean citizenship which we thought was a way-out argument or a way-out conclusion. And our position was vindicated by panel who basically set aside the decision of the FIBA Appeals Tribunal and ruled that all the players in question became Belizeans at birth. I should point out as well that it was very important to hear from Belize’s Director of Immigration, Mr. Murillo. In fact, there is a passage in the judgment that singles out his testimony as providing, in their words, comfort to the panel that in fact the Certificates of Affirmation that were issued after the players obtained the age of 16 were just an administrative matter.”

                    Jim McFadzean,
                    ”So with win, Belize has now set a precedent for this arbitration court for sports, would you say?”

                    Godfrey Smith, Attorney for the BBF
                    ”You are correct in that there are a number of courts of arbitration for decisions but none regarding this specific matter of dual nationality. So yes, Belize will shortly go on the Court of Arbitration for Sports website under decisions as one of the precedents in relation to dual nationality and how it applies in relation to FIBA games, FIBA-sanctioned competitions.”

                    Jim McFadzean,
                    ”Had Belize not won this appeal, what have the consequences, the repercussions of such a decision, in retrospect?”

                    Godfrey Smith, Attorney for the BBF
                    ”Well if we had not found the resources, and had the tenacity to pursue the appeal, it would have rested with the previous decision of the one-person FIBA Appeals Tribunal and that decision would have been THE decision. Namely in a situation like Belize where people have dual nationality, they would have ruled that the nationality of application is the effective nationality where you lived most of your life and spent most of your time. So, in the case of the Belizean players, that would have been the US so they would have been ruled unable to play for Belize so that would have been the precedent for other organizations like BBF. Thankfully, it went further and the matter has been clarified.”

                    Tomorrow the BBF will hold a press conference to discuss the victory and the way forward as Belize heads now to Centrobasket in the Dominican Republic.


                    COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT RULES IN FAVOUR OF BELIZE
                    April 21, 2010


                    In August of last year, the Belize National Basketball team competed against six other teams in the COCABA’s basketball Championship Tournament for men in Cancun Mexico where it placed second after playing an outstanding game against the Samsonite Mexican team. But there was a bit on controversy; the citizenship of several players was brought into question causing them to be disqualified. The Belize Basketball Federation made an appeal in the courts of arbitration against FIBA’s ruling and on April 28th of this year an official judgment was made in favour of Belize. Today the BBF held a Press Conference where President of the association Paul Thompson spoke on the official ruling.

                    Paul Thompson; President, BBF

                    “At the COCABA games in Mexico held in August 2009 the BDF recruited seven players who were born outside of Belize and whose parents are Belizeans. By our constitution these players are Belizeans. Not withstanding this fact FIBA used article H.2.3.3 of the FIBA Internal Regulations to disqualify these players. H.2.3.3 reads as follows: A national team participating in an international competition of FIBA may have only one player on its team who has acquired the legal nationality of that country by naturalization or by any other means after having reached the age of sixteen. FIBA interpreted this regulation to mean that the seven players were ineligible because they claimed their nationality after the age of 16. However, this was a misinterpretation of our constitution and it was on this ground that the BBF lodged its appeal. The BBF appeal was first heard at the FIBA appeals tribunal in Geneva Switzerland in September 2009. The FIBA tribunal ruled against the BBF. The BBF subsequently appealed to the Court of
                    Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne Switzerland. The appeal was heard March 25, 2010. Mr. Godfrey Smith presented the case for the BBF and Mr. Garret Murillo, Director of Immigration, was a key witness. The cast submitted its judgement on April 20. The official ruling is as follows: The Court of Arbitration for Sport rules the appeal of the Belize Basketball Federation is upheld. The decision of 6 October, 2009 by the Appeals Tribunal of FIBA is reversed. Article H.2.3.3 of the FIBA internal regulations does not apply to the players in question. The cost of arbitration to be determined and served on the parties by the Cast Court Office shall be bourn by FIBA. FIBA can contribute to BBF the legal costs and fees by an amount of $8 thousand Swiss Franks. All other or further claims are dismissed.”

                    According to the association, the next step is to continue preparations for the Central American Basketball Games which will then be a qualifier tournament for FIBA’s America’s and then a qualifier for the Olympic Games.
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                    • #11
                      Wow, thanks for the update, Lewis. I'm glad to hear that FIBA will respect Belize's consitution, as Sikk Man said.
                      "I really like the attitudes of eagles. They never give up. When they grab a fish or something else, they never let it go. It doesn't matter. In a book, they write they find a skeleton of [an] eagle and there is no fish. It means that the fish beat him and killed him, but he didn't let go." -- Donatas Motiejunas

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                      • #12
                        04/05/2010
                        PUR/DOM - 2010 Centrobasket Championship draw date confirmed

                        SAN JUAN (2010 Centrobasket Championship) - The draw for the 2010 Centrobasket Championship for Men will be held on Wednesday 5th May at 12:00pm local time (18:00 CET) at the Dominican Olympic Committee (COD).

                        The Dominican Basketball Federation Treasurer, Mr Rafael Uribe, visited the FIBA Americas offices and was received by Secretary General, Mr Alberto Garcia, to confirm the date.

                        "We needed to confirm the date of the draw and that it was going to be done in Santo Domingo. We need the schedule and time for TV and also for the participating countries," said Mr Garcia.

                        The 10 participating countries in the Centrobasket Championship are: Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago and US Virgin Islands.

                        The 2010 Centrobasket Championship will be played from 5th to 11th July at Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

                        In the draw, the 10 participating countries will be divided into two groups of five teams each. The teams will be drawn by pairs. Both teams will be drawn in the group that they will play in: the first one out goes to Group A and the second to Group B.

                        The pairing of which the Dominican Republic is a part of will be left for last because the host can select the group that they want to play in.

                        FIBA-Americas Technical Director, Mr Anibal Garcia, will host the draw and thereafter the scheduled will be announced.

                        The pairings are: Puerto Rico-US Virgin Islands, Jamaica-Mexico, British Virgin Islands-Belize, Trinidad & Tobago-Panama, Cuba-Dominican Republic.

                        In the Preliminary Round, each team plays the other four in the group (5th-9th July). The top two teams from each group then continue their participation while the other six teams go home. The four teams still alive will play in the semi-finals (1A vs. 2B, 1B vs. 2A) on 10th July. The semi-final winners go for the Gold and losers for the Bronze medal on 11th July.

                        The 2010 Centrobasket Championship qualifies the top four teams for the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship (Pre-Olympic), the top eight for the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico and the top three for the 2011 Pan-American Games scheduled for Guadalajara, Mexico.

                        The draw can be seen live on www.fibaamericas.com
                        Die Liebe wird eine Krankheit, wenn man sie als eine Heilung sieht
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                        • #13
                          Group A
                          Dominican Republic
                          British Virgin Islands
                          Panama
                          Jamaica
                          US Virgin Islands

                          Group B
                          Puerto Rico
                          Cuba
                          Mexico
                          Trinidad & Tobago
                          Belize


                          Best 8 teams will play on the CentroAmerican Games in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico 2010.

                          Winner of the tournament advances automatically for Centrobasket 2012.

                          Best 4 teams enter the Tournament of the Americas 2011

                          Best 3 teams enter the PanAmerican Games in Guadalajara, Mexico 2011.

                          Puerto Rico is expected to be with full squad for the CentroBasket and the Centroamerican games, in preparation for the WBC.
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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by -K2- View Post
                            Puerto Rico is expected to be with full squad for the CentroBasket and the Centroamerican games, in preparation for the WBC.
                            So, clearly PR is the favorite to win. I wonder which players DR is going to bring.
                            "I really like the attitudes of eagles. They never give up. When they grab a fish or something else, they never let it go. It doesn't matter. In a book, they write they find a skeleton of [an] eagle and there is no fish. It means that the fish beat him and killed him, but he didn't let go." -- Donatas Motiejunas

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                            • #15
                              Early on, I see Jamaica and DR advancing as well as Puerto Rico and Mexico. USVI and Panama could be the dark horses here. USVI needs to pull out new talent otherwise they are going to fail. Belize could also surprise us, lets see...

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