BASKETBALL – Bahrain’s youth basketball nationwide crew have left for Belgrade, Serbia to conduct a two-week coaching camp in preparation for the FIBA U18 Asia Cup GBA Qualifiers.
The Gulf Basketball Affiliation (GBA) occasion is about to be hosted by Kuwait from July 29 to August 2, with 5 of the six GCC nations set to compete.
The Bahrainis will probably be on the Serbian capital till July 26. The delegation is headed by Bahrain Basketball Affiliation nationwide groups committee vice chairman Ali Al Khaja, and consists of head coach Rasem Almarzooqi, his teaching workers, and the executive and help groups.
Eighteen gamers are at present on the squad, together with Ali Mohsen Al Tooq, Hassan Hussain Jameela, Hussain Ali Al Samaheeji, Mujtaba Mahmood Rayyan, Mahdi Essam Hubail, Mohammed Hassan Khalil Naushad, Mohammed Sami Salem, Amir Nasser Qarashi, Salman Abdulla Nassif, Faisal Abdulkarim Al Anzour, Hamad Faisal, Mahmood Ebrahim Hussain, Danyal Mohammed Mousa, Ali Abdulhameed Ali, Sayed Hussain Mohammed Hashem, Hussain Ahmed Madan, Mohammed Khaled Al Anazi and Mohammed Saif Al Maliki. The roster is anticipated to be trimmed to a remaining record of 12 for the GBA qualifiers.
The camp is about to incorporate every day apply periods within the morning and night, together with tune-up video games. Bahrain are within the competitors together with Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar and Kuwait. The UAE have pulled out from the occasion.
The nationals start their marketing campaign in opposition to the hosts on the opening evening at 7.30pm, after which tackle Saudi Arabia the following day at 5pm. The Bahrainis then face-off with Oman on July 31 at 5pm, and following a relaxation day on August 1, play Qatar on August 2, additionally at 5pm. All occasions are Bahrain.
Solely the champions and runners-up of this GBA occasion will guide their tickets to the FIBA U18 Asia Cup, scheduled for September in Amman, Jordan. Video games are set to happen at Sheikh Saad Al Abdullah Indoor Sports activities Advanced.
Within the earlier version of the GBA qualifiers held in 2022 in Dubai, the Bahrainis got here away with the bronze medals. Regardless of this, they didn’t qualify for that yr’s FIBA U18 Asia Cup.
