WABA & FIBA ASIA RELEASE 2010 CALENDAR - Jan 28, 2010 (by Ozell Wells)
(Jo-Basket.com) The West Asian Basketball Association (WABA) announced the calendar of its basketball events for the new year 2010 in an official statement yesterday [read more]
(Jo-Basket.com) The West Asian Basketball Association (WABA) announced the calendar of its basketball events for the new year 2010 in an official statement yesterday.
The first event for WABA will be the 13th Clubs Championship which was moved from Esfahan to Tehran, Iran in the period between the 8th and the 16th of March, Ten teams will participate in this event (Two from Jordan, Two from Syria, Two from Lebanon, Two from Iran, One from Yemen and One from Iraq), 4 teams from 4 different countries will qualify to the 21st Asian Clubs Championship in Doha, Qatar from the 22nd to the 30th of May.
Bieirut, The capital city of Lebanon will host the 11th WABA Under-18 Championship on the 12th of April until the 18th of the same month, The qualification to the FIBA Asia U-18 Chamoionship (22 September - 1 October) to 3 teams beside Yemen who will host the Asian event.
Iraq will be back on the map when they will organize the 10th WABA Men Championship in Duhok City from the 5th to the 11th of June, Four teams from this event will be promoted to play in the 3rd FIBA Asia Stankovic Cup in Beirut, Lebanon (7-15 August).
The Calendar also noted that Erbil city in Iraq will hold the 3rd WABA Clubs Championship for Women from the 17th to 23rd of July.
In other FIBA Asia events, The 20th Under-18 Championship for Women will be held in Thailand (23-30 June) which gives qualification to two teams to Under-19 World Championship 2011.
The basketball tournament in the Asian Games (12-27 November) will be in Guangzhou, China.
YEMEN U16 FOR WABA IN BEIRUT - Sep 27, 2009 (by Ozell Wells)
To participate in West Asian Youth Qualifiers, the Yemen U16 National Team have travelled to Beirut to start games to grab one of the 3 tickets to the FIBA Asia U16 in Malaysia next November.
The Hosts Lebanon, Iran, Syria, Yemen, Palestine and Jordan will compete for the invites to Malaysia.
The YBA is reeling after the loss of Head Coach Ozell Wells due to non payment of his salary. They have an impressive group of players that he had handpicked for the tournament in Beirut [read more]
To participate in West Asian Youth Qualifiers, the Yemen U16 National Team have travelled to Beirut to start games to grab one of the 3 tickets to the FIBA Asia U16 in Malaysia next November. The Hosts Lebanon, Iran, Syria, Yemen, Palestine and Jordan will compete for the invites to Malaysia. The YBA is reeling after the loss of Head Coach Ozell Wells due to non payment of his salary. They have an impressive group of players that he had handpicked for the tournament in Beirut. We can only pray for the best as the YBA is still attempting to turn around their fortunes in international competition.
Morocco triumphs against Yemen with plus 20 - Jul 21, 2009 (by Eurobasket News)
Morocco - Yemen 86-66
Excepted victory for the hosts of the 9th Arab Basketball Cup. The winless Yemen had no chance in this game, especially as Morocco desperately needed victory in order to keep the hopes for the second place in Group B alive. Now Morocco has 2-1 record and it is currently No.2. On the other side, Yemen finished the first stage with poor 0-4.
Surprisingly, the first quarter in this match belonged to Yemen, 17-19. Morocco drastically improved after that [read more]
Morocco - Yemen 86-66
Excepted victory for the hosts of the 9th Arab Basketball Cup. The winless Yemen had no chance in this game, especially as Morocco desperately needed victory in order to keep the hopes for the second place in Group B alive. Now Morocco has 2-1 record and it is currently No.2. On the other side, Yemen finished the first stage with poor 0-4. Surprisingly, the first quarter in this match belonged to Yemen, 17-19. Morocco drastically improved after that. They intensified defense stopping Yemen on just 11 points until the half time. At the offensive end they scored 29 for plus 16. At that moment it was clear that the game is over for Yemen. The hosts slowed down after the breather keeping the big lead. Until the end they managed to stretch it even more, to the final plus 20, 86-66. Today, Morocco will play crucial game for the second place against Kuwait. In case of win, position No.2 will be reserved for them. In case of defeat there is option that Saudi Arabia can make it.
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