T&T's senior men's basketball team is expected to open its 2010 Centrobasket Championship campaign from July 5-9 against Belize in a Group B fixture in the Dominican Republic, when the tournament bounces off.
The twin-island Republic will also take on Puerto Rico, Mexico and Cuba in the five-team group. The championship draw took place at the Dominican Olympic Committee in Santo Domingo last Wednesday. owever, the women's draw is yet to take place. In the preliminary round, each team plays against the other four in its group.
The top two teams then advance to face the top two from Group A which consist of the US Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, Panama, Jamaica and the host. 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 (CAC) Games in Mayagez, Puerto Rico, and the top three for the 2011 Pan-American Games scheduled for Guadalajara, Mexico. While T&T has reportedly short listed 24 women for the tournament, the men's squad has not yet been released.