2023-09-21 20:41:56
The national under-16 basketball team secured its place in the quarter-finals of the Asian Cup, by defeating the Malaysian team with a score of 70-64 (first half 39-29), in a meeting between them yesterday at Al-Gharafa Hall in the Qatari capital, Doha, within the qualifying round. For the quarter-finals of the continental championship. Add an announcement
The “Junior Falcons” will meet in the quarter-finals with the “defending champion” Australia at 12:30 am today in Al-Gharafa Hall, where the Asian Championship, which concludes the day after tomorrow, represents a qualifying station for the World Under-17 Championship, which Turkey will host in the period from June 29 to July 7, 2024, where the top four finishers in the Asian Championship qualify directly to the World Cup.
The “Junior Falcons” had ranked second in their third group with 5 points from two wins over Bahrain (85-44) and South Korea (62-59) and a loss to New Zealand (45-119), while Australia topped its first group by defeating India (114). -50), Sri Lanka (136-26) and Lebanon (111-43).
In the details of the match, the national team advanced (19-14) in the first period, in which Serbian coach Marko Filipovic relied on the five, Karim Al-Jibat, Sanad Ghazal, Omar Hegazy, Hamza Shaaban, and Abdul Majeed Shdeifat, while the Malaysian coach, King Tian Li, started the match with the five, Will Kaho. Tzi Hin, Tzi Guan, and Elfin Hu Wen Zhou.
The national team continued its superiority in the second period, with Shdeifat and Hegazy excelling in scoring and scoring, to advance in the first half (39-29) after winning the second period (20-15).
Amidst the unjustified decline in the performance of the national team players in the third period, Malaysia was reducing the difference in the overall score (48-53) after deciding the third period (19-14), and with the two teams exchanging the scoring process in the last period, the “Junior Falcons” imposed Their rhythm of play dictated the match, and they won in the final score (70-64) after deciding the result of the fourth period in their favor (17-16).
Omar Hegazy stood out in the match from the national team players by scoring 16 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists for 17 points, followed by Abdelmajid Shdeifat by scoring 12 points with 6 rebounds and an assist and Steele for 12 points, while Yen Chu was the most prominent player on the Malaysian side by scoring 15 points with 4 rebounds and 3 assists. And two steals of the ball, effectively 10.
The national team made a total of 50 rebounds (39 defensive and 11 offensive) compared to 48 for Malaysia (31 defensive and 17 offensive). The score for both teams was equal in scoring from “turnover” situations, with 13 points for each team, while the “Junior Falcons” scored 16 points from “turnovers.” “Fast Break” versus 2 points for Malaysia, and 8 points for the national team versus 12 points for Malaysia from the second opportunity, and the national team’s substitute bench scored 16 points compared to 19 points that came from the Malaysian “bench.”
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