The Haiti men's national basketball team is taking part in the first-ever International Basketball Federation’s (FIBA) 3x3 AmeriCup tournament, scheduled for Nov. 12-14 in Miami, Florida.
Haiti, 13-seed on the FIBA 3x3 ranking in the America region, is opening the competition today in group A for the qualifying draw. The team will play Aruba at 9:15 a.m., and Jamaica at 12:55 p.m. If Haiti wins its group in the qualifiers, it will advance for the main draw in Pool C against Chile at 5:00 p.m. and Brazil at 6:50 p.m.
The other qualifying group includes Trinidad and Tobago, Guatemala, and Guyana in group B. The first in the group will advance in the main draw.
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