The President of the Emirati and Arab Basketball Federations, Major General Ismail Al Gergawi, called on the players of the first team to make more efforts and invest the coming period in the most appropriate preparation for the two fateful “White” matches against Syria and Lebanon, on the 21st and 24th of next February, in the third and final window of the final qualifiers for the Cup. Asia 2025.
Al-Gergawi said in press statements during a ceremony he held, the day before yesterday, in appreciation of the players’ efforts: “The team gave a strong performance in its last match against the Bahraini team at the end of the second window, and it marks the beginning of the process of correcting the course in the qualifiers, and reviving hope of achieving the goal of advancing to the Asian finals.” In Saudi Arabia next year.
Al-Gergawi added: “The Board of Directors decided to disburse financial rewards from the federation’s budget to the national team’s players in appreciation of the strong performances in the last stage, which culminated in the victory over the Bahraini national team,” pointing at the same time to the great efforts of the administrative and technical staff.
The ceremony was attended by the Vice President of the Federation, Abdul Latif Al-Fardan, the Head of the Executive Office, Muhammad Al-Zarouni, the Secretary-General, Salem Al-Mutawa, members of the Board of Directors, Hamdan Saeed and Ali Al-Amiri, the Director of the Federation, Muhammad Al-Hammadi, the administrative and technical staff, and the national team players.
Al-Gergawi stressed the importance of the players benefiting from the team’s participation in the Dubai International Championship in its 34th edition, which begins at the end of next January. He said: “The Dubai Championship represents a final stop in the stages of preparation for (Al-Abyad), as it precedes the team’s matches against Syria on the 21st of next February and Lebanon on the 24th of the month.” same”.
It is noteworthy that the basketball team’s chances of qualifying for Asia 2025 depend on its victory in its next two matches against Syria and Lebanon, to compete for the second direct qualifying card from its sixth group, especially since “Al-Abyad” paid a heavy tax last February, due to the absences affecting the injury, by losing the two matches of the first window against The Syrian and Bahrain national teams scored (64-70) and (63-78), before the opening of the second window in mid-November. In Dubai, they lost to the Lebanese national team (99-77), and followed it up by recording their first victory in the final stage by defeating Bahrain with a score of (90-77).
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