Referee: It is Iran’s right to host/ I hope Haddadi reaches the third window of the tournament

According to IRNA, Javad Davari On Friday, in a television interview, he said: Australia requests to hold the match between Iran and Australia in the third window of the World Cup qualifiers in a third country. According to the previous procedure, we have to get visas for visiting teams.

He added: The Chinese team announced its readiness and after that we took the necessary measures together with the international department of the Ministry of Sports. About Australia, there were talks in cyberspace that this team will not come to Iran. Until today, the visa work of this team has not been done and FIBA ​​has not officially talked to us about how to hold this match.

The president of the basketball federation said: The representative of FIBA ​​Asia asked if it is possible to hold the game in a third country, to which we announced that Iran has the right to host it and the tournament is of great importance. Till date, we have not received an official letter regarding the Australian team.

He reminded: The requirement to be present in a third country to hold a game requires a series of specific issues, and our country is not in a critical situation at the moment. We had a match against Syria that was supposed to be held in Damascus, but due to the issues that arose and the Damascus airport not being ready, the match was moved to Aleppo and we played against Syria in Aleppo. The debate that FIBA ​​requires us to hold the game in a third country requires some issues and discussion.

Referring to the fact that we had different options regarding the selection of the technical director of the national team, Davari said: “It was decided that Mehmed Bechirovic will be present in the national team as the technical director of the national teams.” His seven-year presence in China, his very good knowledge of Asian players and basketball, especially from the East Asian region, led to his selection.

He continued: This issue will help us a lot because we will continue to play against Japan. He has a good relationship with Saeed Armaghani, the head coach of the national team, and we can see changes in the conditions of the national team in the future.

The president of the basketball federation pointed out that the presence in China is different for the players of each country, because every foreign player who leaves China must be quarantined in this country for about 10 days and then join his team. We also talked with Hamed Haddadi club and this club has left the decision to the Chinese league organization. We hope to have Haddadi in the third window of the World Cup qualifiers.

He said: The number of teams in the premier basketball league was large, and for this reason the league was held in 2 groups of 8 teams, which lowered the quality level of the basketball league, but with the change of teams to 12 teams, we see that the competitions were very close in the last week of the league. This shows how high the quality of the league is.