Dubai int'l tournament [Jan 16-23]

[daniab]

The most exciting regional tournament is on the doors,Dubai tournament this year is like the previous years. Exciting and on fire with the participation of the best teams around the Arabic regions + Mahram of Iran and Smart Gilas of Philippines!

So far only 9 teams has been registered with the possibility of adding another team !
Riyadi (Lebanon)
Champville (Lebanon)
Al Jalaa (Syria)
Al Wehda (Syria)
Zain (Jordan)
Smart Gilas (Philippines)
UAE NT
Al Nasr (UAE)
Mahram (Iran)

As usual it be broadcasted on the Lebanese Channel "Future TV"!

[kaiziken_pinas]

hey dani, are there going to be livestreams online?

I thought two teams from Egypt were coming. also I thought it's Jan. 14-23?

lol. Expect Pinoys to flock this forum soon.

[Jalaa_Syria]

Dani
Also add Dubai Sport Channel
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Jazeera from Egypt will participate as I read today on Albayan Newspaper
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The groups and schedule will be announced on Saturday
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It will be 14-24 January

[Khalid80]

lol. Expect Pinoys to flock this forum soon.

Getting Smart Gilas to play in the Dubai tournament was a very smart move (excellent marketing strategy)

It's not only the forums here that are going to be flocked

I expect the Pinoy community here in the UAE to fill up the courts big time.
(I have played basketball twice here so far in Abu Dhabi in the public courts and other than 2 Lebanese friends from work all the other guys playing with us were from the Philippines)

(I can only imagine what would have happened had India and Pakistan had good basketball teams and decided to play in the Dubai tournament . It would have been absolute mayhem )

[kaiziken_pinas]

Getting Smart Gilas to play in the Dubai tournament was a very smart move (excellent marketing strategy)

It's not only the forums here that are going to be flocked

I expect the Pinoy community here in the UAE to fill up the courts big time.
(I have played basketball twice here so far in Abu Dhabi in the public courts and other than 2 Lebanese friends from work all the other guys playing with us were from the Philippines)

(I can only imagine what would have happened had India and Pakistan had good basketball teams and decided to play in the Dubai tournament . It would have been absolute mayhem )

what if (NO offense) an Israeli team played? It would MEAN MORE mayhem than India and pakistan.

Actually, here in RP, people know a little about Smart Gilas, since they love the PBA. I don't know about the Pinoys in UAE. Maybe they'll come and support since a team from PILIPINAS is playing.

We're trying to find a website that'll stream the games live here in the net. Our local channels s*ck, we'd be lucky to even see a documentary aBOUT Smart Gilas.

[soliman]

aljezeera will participate

roster
weal badr 6,3 g
ramy genedy 6,0 g
sherief genedy 6,1 g
islam salem 6,3 g
omar salem 6,3 g
amro elgendy 6,3 g
mosfafa mashaal 6,6 f
ahmad hesham 6,6 f
mohamed ibrahim 6,8 f
tarek elsaaid 6,7 f
jarred mirrel 6,9 f
omar tarek 7,0 c

[Jalaa_Syria]

Actually pinoys here play basketball a lot on public courts and most of them play well better than arab.

Khalid
There was a vollyeball tournament here and every year the invite India and Pakistan , when they play against each other , the crowd was the same when Syria and Lebanon play in Dubai.

[Jalaa_Syria]

Jalaa Imports
Zendon Hamilton , Garnett Thompson , Demetric Shaw
Wahda Imports
Kristophor Gibbs-Smith , Jermaine Bell

[kaiziken_pinas]

I'm sure my compatriots wouldn't mind if I post the roster :

G Chris Tiu 5'11 Ateneo
PG Andy Barocca 5'10 FEU
PG JV Casio 5'11 La Salle
PG RJ Jazul 5'11 Letran
PG Stanley Pringle 6'1 Penn. State
G/F Mac Baracael 6'4 FEU
G/F Marcio Lassiter 6'2 California State Fullerton
SG Dylan Ababou 6'4 UST
SG Chris Lutz 6'3 Marshall
SG JR Cawaling 6'4 FEU
SG Rey Guevarra 6'4 Letran
SG Ryan Buenafe 6'4 Ateneo
F Aldrech Ramos 6'6 FEU
PF Japeth Aguilar 6'10 WKU
F/C Rabeh Al-Hussaini 6'7 Ateneo
F/C Jason Ballesteros 6'8 San Sebastian
F/C Jamal Sampson 6'11 UC Berkeley
C Greg Slaughter 6'11 Visayas

anyway, Giles is playing for Riyadi, I want to see him fare against GILAS!

How many IMPORTS per team?

we only have one. it's going to be hard. I'll take that the UAE NT won't have an import.

[TrueBluePinoy]

So at least an Al-Jazeera branch would broadcast the games. Then there's a chance a livestream might run.

[Jalaa_Syria]

So at least an Al-Jazeera branch would broadcast the games. Then there's a chance a livestream might run.

No

The matches will be broadcasted on Dubai Sport Channel "UAE" and Future TV "Lebanon"

[Khalid80]

Actually pinoys here play basketball a lot on public courts and most of them play well better than arab.

Khalid
There was a vollyeball tournament here and every year the invite India and Pakistan , when they play against each other , the crowd was the same when Syria and Lebanon play in Dubai.

I think u guys misunderstood my point. I'm not mentioning India and Pakistan because there are problems between the 2 countries but due to the large amount of people from these countries in UAE.
I just meant it will be chaos if many fans actually wanted to go watch their teams play .

Mahmoud, will u be watching any of the games on court?
I do want to watch a game but I probably can only do it on Friday since this is the only day off that we have from work and since I will be coming from Abu Dhabi.

[Jalaa_Syria]

Mahmoud, will u be watching any of the games on court?
I do want to watch a game but I probably can only do it on Friday since this is the only day off that we have from work and since I will be coming from Abu Dhabi.

I don't think that I can watch on court because of university maybe I will watch the matches that will be on Friday and Saturday.

[Cammomile]

I think u guys misunderstood my point. I'm not mentioning India and Pakistan because there are problems between the 2 countries but due to the large amount of people from these countries in UAE.
I just meant it will be chaos if many fans actually wanted to go watch their teams play .

Mahmoud, will u be watching any of the games on court?
I do want to watch a game but I probably can only do it on Friday since this is the only day off that we have from work and since I will be coming from Abu Dhabi.

He ment mayhem(crazy fans good game) as in a good way..Not mayhem(explode) in a negative way..hehehe


We need live streams...

[talion]

so, as international basketball fans, what shall we expect from this tournament? if for example, the jordanian ballclub loses to syria, can we say that syrian basketball is getting better and surpassing that of jordan? note that in previous invitationals, we tend to dismiss such as not reflective of the true basketball strength of a country, as that job is for the FIBA asia to measure. so, if FIBA asia is the only standard as far as most fans would have it, then what to expect in this tournament?
this is not a rhetorical question. i'm really asking what to expect.