The Immortals of Sports in basketball were also present: José “Boyón” Domínguez, José “Maíta” Mercedes, Iván Mieses, Eduardo Gómez and Víctor Chacón.
The National Minibasketball Convivio will be dedicated to journalist José P. Monegro, director of the newspaper El Día, and will be held from Friday the 12th to Sunday the 14th of this month, on the Fedombal court.
The national mini-basketball coexistence will begin its competitive activities, which will last for three days, starting at 10:30 in the morning this Friday, at its official headquarters, the Horacio Muratore National Mini-Basketball House, located in the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center. The official and protocol ceremony is scheduled for 2:00 in the afternoon of that same day and place.
Yesterday’s meeting was held with the presence of the main national sports authorities and had the support of 10 Immortals of Sports in basketball.
The information was provided jointly by Rafael Uribe, president of the Dominican Basketball Federation (Fedombal); the Immortal and Vice Minister of Sports Fernando Teruel, who presides over the National Minibasketball Commission; and Ramón Ceballos, technical director of Fedombal and the National Convivio in its 2025 version. This organizing trio was accompanied by Vice Minister Franklin De la Mota, who represented the Minister of Sports Kelvin Cruz; Garibaldy Bautista, president of the Dominican Olympic Committee (COD); Junior Páez (Jipy), vice president of Fedombal and general manager of the national team; former player Alberto Ozuna (Cebollita), representing Alberto Rodríguez, executive director of the National Institute of Physical Education (Inefi), as well as Fernando Geraldino, Social Responsibility manager of the company Seaboard “Clean Energy”.
During the event, Uribe, Teruel, Bautista, De la Mota spoke, and Ceballos offered the technical details.
Uribe and Teruel highlighted the dedication to Monegro, a great human being and basketball man, who was president of the National District Basketball Association (Abadina), from where he promoted mini-basketball during his two years in office, and currently heads the Organizing Committee of the Santo Domingo 2026 Central American and Caribbean Games.
Teruel highlighted that in the Elimination Stage of the National Minibasketball Convivio, for athletes aged 11 and 12, 32 teams will participate, one for each province of the Fedombal member associations, with a total of 320 athletes (between males and females). The Immortals of Sports in basketball were also present: José “Boyón” Domínguez, José “Maíta” Mercedes, Iván Mieses, Eduardo Gómez and Víctor Chacón. This content was made with the assistance of artificial intelligence and was reviewed by the editor/journalist.
