Qatar National Team

[THE11thROCK™]

Already posted this in another forum. I have this info from my old website, but this is accurate information (new site not yet up but i'm finishing it):

Note: Just to clarify, it was a blow-out between RP and Latvia in 2002. It was close but only during the 1st half. In the end, RP lost steam. The only close ballgame was when RP beat Ukraine. Here are some info from my site:

Philippine Selecta-RP Team RP-Euro Challenge 2002

Venue: Italy
Philippines Record: 1-3

» Game by Game results (August 20-September 23 2002) «

Nation Score Half W-L
Italy NT 56-99 (24-55) L
Latvia NT 54-79 (38-45) L
Italy NT 59-93 (33-30) L
Ukraine NT 100-98 (49-33) W

Champions: Latvia
2nd: Italy
3rd: Philippines

[anifarap]

yeah sorry my fault. i thought it was latvia that RP team beat but it was Ukraine indeed. That game was one of the best by 2002 RP team together with their victory over Japan and loss with Korea. I hope we play in the ASIAD 06...

[sinobball]

Some say Qatar has American players, and just changed their names to Arabic names. Can anyone confirm this, who are they, and what they previous names are?

[Kings]

Jabari Smith allies Qatar

NBA Stats

[karim]

Some say Qatar has American players, and just changed their names to Arabic names. Can anyone confirm this, who are they, and what they previous names are?

Yes qatar is all naturalized but they change their names cuz it is illegal to naturalize more than 1 player ...they have 3 jordanians and the rest are americans and africans ...i think they have only 1 qatari player who doesnt even play .....looks like a very strong team

[bobo81]

No they dont have any American players, except Jabari Smith who we have not seen nor heard from yet. Khalid Musoud Al-Naser is the only Qatari on the team. Yaseen Ismail is also Qatari, but his parents are from Somalia. The rest are from Africa, plus the two Jordanian brothers.

While many of these players aren't Qatari, they have lived and grew up in Qatar. It is not like they just went to Africa and pulled them out. They have been in Qatar living and studying, developed their skills in the country so its past time to start complaining.

[karim]

yaaa i should go and complete my uni in Qatar , it will make me qatari ..........hahaha wat a joke :P !!! u seem like a smart guy bobo

[bognut]

They have been in Qatar living and studying, developed their skills in the country so its past time to start complaining.

how about the bonzi wells look alike? he's canadian right? straight from Canada to Qatar. is he naturalized too?

[karim]

yes my friend is a jordanian writer for bball magazines he told me their all not qatari except for the short guy who doesnt play.......about the bonzi wells look like i thought he was bonzi wells wen i 1st saw him 2 years ago i think he told me hes either canadian or american

[bobo81]

Haha @ Bonzi Wells look-a-like I believe he is Canadian-Sudanese, but I could be wrong. He, along with others, have grew up in Qatar and were handed dual passports. He has played on the junior team as well, not sure who else has. I dont even know if he speaks Arabic, but his English is perfect lol

[karim]

i doubt any1 in qatar team speaks arabic

[watiwawa]

QATAR'S AWARD:

Best naturalizers
Best imports in fiba-asia(though no import is allowed...hehe)

[onono1]

How about syria, they fielded in 3 brazilian nationals and made them a naturalized citizen of their country and played for Al Jalaa ballclub w/c placed 2nd behind saba battery of iran at the recently concluded fiba asian basketball club championship. Are those 3 players from brazil part of syrian national team?

[karim]

ya i think 2 of these players(andre shoueiri and eduardo farhat) are lebanese/syrian/brazilian and the center is brazilian/syrian so its legal , not like qatars case

[Cool_Enz]

how about the bonzi wells look alike? he's canadian right? straight from Canada to Qatar. is he naturalized too?

I believe you are referring to guard Saad Abdulrahman Ali. Yup there are reports that he came from Canada and can speak fluent English too. BTW, who are the Jordanian players in Qatar? After losing to Qatar at the last Asian Games, Jordan NT Coach Mario Palma complained that these Jordanians should've played for him and not against his team. And by the way who's the Egyptian player on the Qatar roster?