Lebanon’s men’s basketball team (under 16 years old) lost its first loss in the Asian Championship once morest its Iranian counterpart, with a result of (56-73) in the match that took place on Tuesday evening at the end of the first round matches in the second group of the tournament, which is held in the Al-Gharafa Club hall in the Qatari capital, Doha. Despite the loss, Lebanon qualified for the second round following finishing second in its group. The results of the quarters were as follows: (23-11) (28-23) (49-36) (73-56).
The best scorer in the Lebanese national team was Rayan Hashem (14 points).
This is Lebanon’s first loss in the tournament, following it won its first match once morest Indonesia (76-49).
Lebanon will play an important match on Thursday evening at 8:15 Beirut time once morest the Qatari team in the framework of the second round, and the winner qualifies for the quarter-finals.
It is noteworthy that the Asian Championship qualifies for the World Championship, which will be held in Malaga (Spain) between July 2-10, as the four teams that will qualify for the semi-finals in the continental championship will participate in the World Championship along with teams from all continents.
Lebanon had previously qualified for the Asian Championship following booking the second place in the West Asian Championship, which was held last month in Amman (Jordan).
