The director of the national basketball teams, Rashid Al-Naqbi, confirmed that the first team will launch its internal gathering this evening in the Sharjah Club hall, in the absence of Shabab Al-Ahly players, with the “white” ranks being complete when heading to the external camp in Serbia, in preparation for the second window of the stage. Final qualifiers for the Asian Cup.
Al-Naqbi told Emirates Al-Youm: “Shabab Al-Ahly players will be absent due to their connection with their club to meet Al-Ahly of Bahrain next Tuesday in Manama, in the second round of the first leg of the (West Asia Super) group league for the Gulf region.”
He added: “Shabab Al-Ahly players will rejoin the national team immediately after returning from Manama, as (Al-Abyad) will head next Thursday to the external camp in Serbia, which will be held until the 18th of this month, in the last preparatory stations before confronting the Lebanese and Bahrain national teams on November 22 and 25, in the second window. From the final stage of the Asian qualifiers.
Al-Naqbi pointed out the importance of the Serbia camp, which for the first time witnesses the completion of the team’s members, especially after the return of the injured. He said: “During the first window of the final stage of the qualifiers, the team suffered significant absences due to injuries, which contributed to (Al-Abyad) being subjected to a difficult loss during its confrontations against the Bahrain and Syrian teams with scores of (64-70) and (63-78) respectively, and we look forward to “Moving forward in the Serbian camp to find the ideal combination and achieve more harmony to achieve the required readiness.”
He concluded: “We are counting on the confrontations between Lebanon and Bahrain to enhance the team’s chances before playing next February, the third and final window, with the ambition of continuing the strategy that the Football Association has set since 2022, which aims to return the UAE basket to the top Asian teams, and enter the list of teams that have the classification level (A). Which allows exclusively participation in the Asian Championships and competition for qualifying tickets to the World Cup tournaments.
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