Asian Cup basketball; Aryan men clash with samurai warriors for supremacy

According to IRNA, the Asia Cup basketball competitions that started on Tuesday hosted by the city of Jakarta, Indonesia, were followed up today with the holding of 4 more matches.

The 16 teams present in this tournament are divided into 4 groups of four teams and will face their rivals according to the schedule. In today’s games and from the third group, Iran’s basketball team defeated Kazakhstan 96-60 to confirm its promotion to the next stage. From the same group, Syria suffered a heavy defeat with the result of 56-117 against Japan, so that the fight between Iran and Japan for the top spot becomes doubly important.

In the fourth group of this tournament, the Philippines defeated India 101-59, and the fight between New Zealand and Lebanon was 86-72 in Lebanon’s favor.

In the third group in which Iran is placed, currently the Japanese are on top and the Iranian team is in second place. Kazakhstan is in the third place with two defeats and Syria is in the fourth place. The meeting between Iran and Japan is considered important and vital for the leadership.

The Asia Cup basketball competition will be followed by several other matches tomorrow, in which Saudi Arabia will fight against Jordan and Australia will fight against Indonesia in the first group. In the second group, Bahrain will face Korea and China will face China Taipei in a series match.

In the Asian Cup competitions, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Indonesia are in the first group, Chinese Taipei, China, Korea and Bahrain are in the second group, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan and Syria are in the third group, and India, Lebanon, Philippines and New Zealand are in the fourth group. .

The file of these competitions will be closed on the second day of August when the face of the Asian Cup champion will be determined, and it remains to be seen which team will rely on the basketball summit of this continent at the end.