The achievement of 2 friendly meetings in the land of the samurai; Iran did not compete with Japan
According to IRNA, Iran’s national basketball team, which went to Japan with a combination of young players and the presence of several core members of the national team, played against this country’s national team in its second friendly match on Sunday, which ended with the team winning 80-58. The host was accompanied.
Saeed Armaghani’s students, who are preparing themselves to participate in the fourth window of the World Cup, lined up against Japan with the initial lineup of Mohammad Jamshidi, Behnam Lakhari, Sajjad Gabi, Hassan Ali Akbari and Amirhossein Yazerlo.
The first quarter of this game was accompanied by a good start for the Iranian team, and Armaghani’s students were ahead of the opponent, but in the rest of the game, the host managed to close the gap, but in the end, the game ended with a score of 17:16 in favor of Iran.
In the second quarter, the Japanese returned to the game with the support of their passionate fans and performed better than the Iranian team and managed to go to the locker room 25-14 to make the game 41-31 in favor of the hosts.
The game continued in the third quarter and at the end of the game, the host won 18-11. In the continuation of this match and in the fourth quarter, Japan was the best team on the field and tried to control the game with its successful throws. This quarter also ended with the advantage of Japan 21-16.
It should be mentioned that Saeed Armaghani’s students had lost 82-77 to the host team in their first match against the Japanese national team yesterday. Prepare against Japan.
In the fourth window of the Basketball World Cup, Iran’s national basketball team is in group F with the teams of Australia, Kazakhstan, China, Japan and Bahrain. In Group E, the teams of New Zealand, Lebanon, Jordan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia and India will compete with each other. The first match of the national basketball team will be held in the form of the fourth window and against Japan, where the Iranian team will host this match.
The schedule of matches of the national basketball team in the fourth to sixth windows of the 2023 World Cup qualifiers is as follows:
The fourth window
Thursday, September 3
* Iran – Japan
* Kazakhstan – China
* Bahrain – Australia
Monday, September 7
* Australia – Iran
* Japan – Kazakhstan
* China – Bahrain
The fifth window
Friday, November 20
*Kazakhstan – Australia
* Iran – China
*Bahrain – Japan
Monday, November 23
* Iran – Australia
*Bahrain – China
*Kazakhstan – Japan
The sixth window
Thursday, March 4
* Australia – Bahrain
* China – Kazakhstan
* Japan – Iran
Sunday, March 7
* Japan – Bahrain
* China – Iran
* Australia – Kazakhstan
The 2023 Basketball World Cup will be jointly hosted by Indonesia, the Philippines and Japan.