Kamrani:. I am glad that my return to the national team was accompanied by a victory

According to IRNA, کام Mehdi Kamrani after the victory against Bahrain in the first qualifying window of the 2023 World Cup added: “The first game is always very difficult and has its own conditions, but I am happy that we took the first step well.”

He continued: “Undoubtedly, the national basketball team is getting better day by day because there is the capacity and potential for this.” Of course, everything is new and players and coaches need time to coordinate to better understand each other.

The experienced guard of the national basketball team emphasized: “We have good players and a young team, the absence of Samad Nikkhah and Hamed Haddadi is also effective, and I hope that with their addition, we will have a team of young and experienced players on the field to achieve our goals.”

It is worth mentioning that the Iranian national basketball team defeated Bahrain 82-66 in a home match in the first window of the 2023 World Cup and started its work with a victory. Our national basketball team on the way to the 2023 World Cup and in the first selection window must hold its return match against Bahrain on December 29 in Manama. In the next step, the Iranian national basketball team will host Kazakhstan on Tuesday, March 26, and will host Syria on the eighth day of the same month in the Azadi Basketball Complex.

Mustafa Hashemi’s students will face Kazakhstan and Syria away on July 10th and 13th, respectively. At the end of the first round of the 2023 World Cup qualifiers, which include the first, second and third windows, the top three teams in each group will advance to the second round of qualifiers, which includes the fourth to sixth windows.

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