Kamrani: Bahrain captured the power and experience of Iranian basketball

According to IRNA, Mehdi Kamrani today (Tuesday) in a conversation about last night’s victory of the national team against Bahrain in the first qualifying round of the 2023 World Cup added: “As previously predicted, meeting with Bahrain was not easy, because Arab teams have a special style They have themselves and play in a way that it is not easy to get points. But in last night’s match, we saw how the players of this team were captured by the skill and ability of the national team, and even the presence of their fans could not help them.

He continued: “With the measures of the technical staff and the concentration of the players, we managed to achieve another victory and from now on we have to think about the next matches.” The Bahraini authorities had counted on the presence and support of their fans, but from the very beginning, we took control of the game and won the match.

In the end, the head guard of the Iranian national basketball team pointed to Bahrain’s good investment in basketball and said: “They will perform better in the coming years, but now they are far away from powerful Asian teams, including Iran, and it remains to be seen what will happen in the future.” Dad.

The Iranian national basketball team, which last week, in the first qualifying round of the 2023 World Cup and defeated Bahrain 82-66 in a home match, returned to the match last night (Monday night) and defeated its opponent again in Manama and It defeated Bahrain 100-64. After this match, our national team returned to Tehran and is at the disposal of their club teams to start the return round of the Premier League.

In the next round of the 2023 World Cup qualifiers, the Iranian national basketball team will host Kazakhstan on Tuesday, March 26, and will host Syria on the eighth day of this month at the Azadi Complex Basketball Hall. Mustafa Hashemi’s students will play away against Kazakhstan and Syria on July 10th and 13th, respectively.

At the end of the first qualifying round of the 2023 World Cup, which includes the first, second and third windows, the top three teams in each group will advance to the second qualifying round, which includes the fourth to sixth windows.

Based on this, 12 teams from the Asia-Pacific region will advance to the second qualifying round of the 2023 World Cup.