Armaghani: We have a good analysis from Japan/Maintaining focus and implementing training programs is the priority
Saeed Armaghani In an interview with IRNA reporter, he stated: Our team had a long journey to reach Tokyo and then to Sendai, Japan. They follow
He continued: We know the Japanese team very well and have pointed out their strengths and weaknesses to the players. My expectation from the players is to play a logical game while maintaining high concentration and I hope this will be achieved.
The head coach of Iran’s national basketball team, in response to the question that there are two tough games against Japan and Australia in the window of the World Cup, reminded that: “We don’t have an easy task, but we have to try and we have to win the home matches.” We have to go game by game and we should not lose focus in order to achieve our goals.
Armaghani said about the presence of young players alongside the experienced ones of the national team: the other part of the team is now in Tehran and they are training under the supervision of the national team coaches, so that the work process will not be disrupted after our return from Japan and the training will be done according to the order we have in mind. to go At the moment, we are focused on the upcoming 2 matches against Japan, and as I said, we will go game by game to maintain our team’s focus and the path to reach the goals we have set in advance is smooth.
In the fourth window of the Basketball World Cup, Iran’s national basketball team is in group F with the teams of Australia, Kazakhstan, China, Japan and Bahrain. In Group E, the teams of New Zealand, Lebanon, Jordan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia and India will compete with each other. The first match of the national basketball team will be held in the fourth window against Japan, where the Iranian team will host this match.
The schedule of matches of the national basketball team in the fourth to sixth windows of the 2023 World Cup qualifiers is as follows:
The fourth window
Thursday, September 3
* Iran – Japan
* Kazakhstan – China
* Bahrain – Australia
Monday, September 7
* Australia – Iran
* Japan – Kazakhstan
* China – Bahrain
The fifth window
Friday 20 November (November 11)
*Kazakhstan – Australia
* Iran – China
*Bahrain – Japan
Monday, November 23
* Iran – Australia
*Bahrain – China
*Kazakhstan – Japan
The sixth window
Thursday, March 4
* Australia – Bahrain
* China – Kazakhstan
* Japan – Iran
Sunday, March 7
* Japan – Bahrain
* China – Iran
* Australia – Kazakhstan
The 2023 Basketball World Cup will be jointly hosted by Indonesia, the Philippines and Japan.