Shojaei: The reason for the defeat of the national women’s basketball team in Asia was not the referees

Farideh Shojaei In an interview with IRNA sports correspondent on Monday, he said about the complaint of the head coach of the national basketball team about the problems of the referees in the level 20 (b) of the 2021 Asian Cup: “We have investigated this issue.” However, in Arab countries, Arab referees have a tendency towards Arab teams. But we can not say that the reason for the defeat of the national team was the referees. I do not think that the judgment was biased, but unintentional, and of course they made many mistakes. This issue also happens in the Iranian women’s basketball league and these problems should be solved by improving the level of refereeing and attending international classes.

He added: “We lost with close points against teams, including Lebanon, and in the end, this team became the champion.” If we had not had bad luck and had a preparatory game, we could have won the match against Lebanon. This failure led us to come to our senses and plan more coherently. With more preparation games and training, we will be able to win the title of the best team in Asia.

Shojaei also said that the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has not yet announced plans for international competitions and tournaments. We had meetings at the National Olympic Committee to have the national team and the three-man national team participate in the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. The National Olympic Committee has not yet agreed, and if it does, we will plan for it. It is important to note that the national three-man basketball team participated in the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games.

“After a week of rest, the playoffs will begin,” she said, noting that the qualifying round of the Women’s Basketball Premier League will end on January 10. The first division league also starts this week.

Reacting to the criticism of some coaches about the presence of teams in the Premier League without winning the championship in the first or second division, the Vice President of the Women’s Basketball Federation said: “Shimidar is a rich team and has attracted good players and has performed well so far. The group is located. A number of weak teams also stayed in the Premier League last year and we could not eliminate them from this season.

He added: “It does not matter to us whether a team has no money or is weak, although the level of games is not the same and we hope that next season the teams whose position does not fit in the Premier League will participate in leagues one and two.”

Shojaei added: The foreign players of the two teams will participate in the games this week. Schimider now has two foreign players and Bahman has one foreign player who played for Narsina last season, I hope these players will help increase the quality of games in the Premier League.

The B20 Asian Cup 20 Basketball Tournament was hosted by Jordan in November this year, and the Iranian women’s national basketball team was in the same group as the Lebanese and Syrian teams. Our national team lost the first match against Lebanon with a result of 66 to 64, and then lost to Syria with a result of 78 to 71. Our team then went to Indonesia as the third team in Group A as the second team in Group B, which ended in a 76-68 victory for Indonesia.

The Iranian women’s team competed with the Syrian team for the fifth title, and in the end, the match was won by Syria with a result of 63-58, so that the Iranian women’s national basketball team would be in the sixth place in the 2021 B Cup Asian Cup in Jordan.