2010 World Championship

[gazara]

Lebanonnnnnnnnnn ,we are proud of our playerssss ,we trust to our playersss to our coachhhh Go lebannnnnnonnnnnnn, Cedars Are Coming

LEBANON:



Coach: Tab Baldwin (USA)

4-Jean Abdel Nour (199-SF)

5-JaX Vroman (208-C)

6-Ali Mahmoud (183-PG)

7-Roni Fahed (184-PG)

8-Elie Restom (197-SG)

9-Elie Stephan (194-SG)

10-Ali Kanaan (206-C)

11-Rodrigue Akl (188-PG)

12-Ali Fakhredine (204-C)

13-Matt Freijie (208-PF)

14-Ghaleb Rida (192-SG)

15-Cheikh Fadi El Khatib (198-SF) CAPTAIN


GOooo Lebanonnnnnn

[Freaknick]

All of the Group B games will be blogged live by ELA. Starting with Tunisia vs. Slovenia right now and continuing tonight with USA-Croatia and Brazil-Iran.

Enjoy, and comments are always encouraged.

[Perseus]

the worst games till now ,bad eye from Mundial ...

[Linktothepast]

Does anyone have a link for the real cat that the mascot of the tourney was inspired from?

[busy]

Lebanonnnnnnnnnn ,we are proud of our playerssss ,we trust to our playersss to our coachhhh Go lebannnnnnonnnnnnn, Cedars Are Coming

Only one question how many of them are 100% lebenese and how many from other countries?

[Deschain]

Does anyone have a link for the real cat that the mascot of the tourney was inspired from?

[Linktothepast]

Thanks. Beautiful cat.

[gazara]

Only one question how many of them are 100% lebenese and how many from other countries?

why are you so jealous because we are wining our game
whyy ??

all of them Lebanese ,And we have the right to naturalize one player as fiba rules ,beacuse we lack in C position + man Lebanese population is 4 million and there 15 milion in all the world ...so please stop to be stupid and like a kid ...grow

[busy]

why are you so jealous because we are wining our game
whyy ??

all of them Lebanese ,And we have the right to naturalize one player as fiba rules ,beacuse we lack in C position + man Lebanese population is 4 million and there 15 milion in all the world ...so please stop to be stupid and like a kid ...grow

funny kid, jealous on Lebanon ??? how many times we defeat you? ha? You don't have a single win in this last 5 years in every basketball event against us .most of Lebanon players are foreign so you stop your stupid words.next time you decide to talk search history about your National team

[John.AbouElias]

funny kid, jealous on Lebanon ??? how many times we defeat you? ha? You don't have a single win in this last 5 years in every basketball event against us .most of Lebanon players are foreign so you stop your stupid words.next time you decide to talk search history about your National team

this is our Lebanese national team. meaning its for the Lebanese people. and there are 38 million Lebanese worldwide.. and 50 million that go back to Lebanese descendants. 20 million of which have the right to have the Lebanese ID because they relate to Lebanon from their father's side. I believe that we have the right to give IDs to the 30 other million if we need them in sports tournaments like this one. But our stupid law enforces that only children with Lebanese father are allowed nationality, all because of the palestinian refugees won't be easily naturalised in our land (personally against that because i believe in their right to return home). But laws change in democratic countries like ours . enough politics.
We currently have around 8 players in the NCAA, maybe they will be more. You should be proud that Lebanon, an asian team, is being competitive, (maybe the only other team that has shiite players sorry for the biased comment but maybe this would convince you)..
Personally, i would be happy to see Iran going far. and you should be happy as welll, and be proud that the team u beat for the past 5 years is going far

[busy]

this is our Lebanese national team. meaning its for the Lebanese people. and there are 38 million Lebanese worldwide.. and 50 million that go back to Lebanese descendants. 20 million of which have the right to have the Lebanese ID because they relate to Lebanon from their father's side. I believe that we have the right to give IDs to the 30 other million if we need them in sports tournaments like this one. But our stupid law enforces that only children with Lebanese father are allowed nationality. But laws change in liberal countries like ours . We currently have around 8 players in the NCAA, maybe they will be more. You should be proud that Lebanon, an asian team, is being competitive, (maybe the only other team that has shiite players sorry for the biased comment but maybe this would convince you)..
Personally, i would be happy to see Iran going far. and you should be happy as welll, and be proud that the team u beat for the past 5 years is going far

Sorry man .I never meant that I hate Lebanon .I will happy too if Lebanon defeat any other countries in this WC.I only asked a question but your friend answered me something wrong then it made me angry too.I have no problem with Lebanon. Lebanon victory =Iran victory= Asia victory.
Good luck

[John.AbouElias]

Sorry man .I never meant that I hate Lebanon .I will happy too if Lebanon defeat any other countries in this WC.I only asked a question but your friend answered me something wrong then it made me angry too.I have no problem with Lebanon. Lebanon victory =Iran victory= Asia victory.
Good luck

no worries mate, GOODLUCK IRAN!
one more thing, name a couple of A national teams that have more then 7 players that play in their own tournanment (exclude usa). well, we have 8 that play in the lebanese clubs. and 10/12 that played at least one tournament at home.

[livehappy81]

please stop, it is really getting boring now

most of Lebanon players are foreign so you stop your stupid words.next time you decide to talk search history about your National team

dear Moderators and forumers, I am sorry if the lebanese national team keeps on coming in all discussions, it is just we are really getting bored from all the talks against our national team, I would love to hear ciritcism for a game, but when it gets to really this rubbish talk it gets really annoying. I am going to add a lit of all our players and their place of birth.

please, I request understanding from other forumers here, I want an unbiased answer from here to stop all of this nonsense so we can get on and enjoy this world cup.
I want to give an example first of the Fiba rules, fiba rules stats that one player can be naturalized, and that father or mather of a player be orginially from this country so he can play with their national team.
A good example is Rony Seikaly, born in Beirut, Lebanon May 10 1965, is a lebanese American basketball player, I am sure a lot of you know him, Seikaly played for the US national basketball team at the 1986 FIBA World Championship, and with the US team he won the gold medal. Seikaly was briefly included in the Lebanese National Basketball Team formation wearing the jersey #4. But after consultations with FIBA, he was dropped, since he had been part of the US national team in 1986, which disqualified him from playing for his country Lebanon.

now to come to our present National Team, if I forget anyone please comment:
- Jean Abdelnour: Jean Abdel-Nour (born 29 November 1983 in Beirut Lebanon) is a Lebanese basketball player with Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut of the Lebanese Basketball League. Abdel-Nour is also a member of the Lebanon national basketball team, with whom he competed with at the 2006 FIBA World Championship, FIBA Asia Championship 2007 and FIBA Asia Championship 2009.

- Jackson Vroman (born June 6, 1981 in Laguna, California) is a Lebanese American professional basketball player with Mahram Tehran of Iran. He was naturalized as a Lebanese citizen to play in the Lebanon national basketball team substituting the other naturalized American Lebanese player Joe Vogel. He is the son of former NBA player Brett Vroman, who played briefly for the Utah Jazz in the 1980-81 NBA season. ( NATURALIZED PLAYER)

- Ali Mahmoud(Born May 28, 1983 in Ottawa Canada) is a Lebanese Canadian basketball player currently playing with Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut. He was born on May 28, 1983 in Ottawa, Canada to Toufic and Gina Mahmoud who had immigrated to Canada In 2003, he was offered a professional contract by Champville SC, a Lebanese club in Division A. One year later, he moved to another Lebanese club Al Riyadi where he has been playing ever since. Ali Mahmoud is also a member of the Lebanon national basketball team that participated in the 2006 FIBA World Championship which took place in Japan and in 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey.


-Rony Fahed (born 6 November 1981 in Zouk Mikael, Lebanon) is a professional Lebanese basketball player with Tianjin Ronggang of the CBA China. He is also a member of the Lebanon national basketball team that participated in the 2006 FIBA World Championship which took place in Japan in August and September 2006. Fahed also participated in at the 2007 FIBA Asia Championship, 2009 FIBA Asia Championship and many other international tournements.

- Elie Rustom (born May 2, 1987 in Chadra, Lebanon), is a Lebanese basketball player currently playing for Al Mouttahed Tripoli of the Lebanese Basketball League. He's also a member of Lebanon national basketball team. He previously played with Blue Stars (Lebanon).

- Ali Kanaan (born 12 December 1985 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a Lebanese Canadian basketball player based in Montreal, Canada.
[B]Born to Anis Kanaan and Amira El-Fares of Beirut, Lebanon, he immigrated to Canada. [B]He played in Vanier College (Ville Saint Laurent, Quebec) and College Montmorency (Laval, Quebec). He played in the NCAA for 4 years with University of Massachusetts at Lowell After graduating from college Ali became pro and he signed with lebanese powerhorses Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut in the Lebanese Basketball League Ali Kanaan became a member of the Lebanon national basketball team, with whom he debuted with at the FIBA Asia Championship 2009.

- Rodrigue Akl (born 30 September 1988 in Zalka, Lebanon) is a Lebanese basketball player with Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut of the Lebanese Basketball League. He is a six-foot-three-inch tall point guard. Akl is also a member of the Lebanon national basketball team. He competed with the junior national team at the FIBA Under-19 World Championship 2007.He was called up to the senior team for the first time at the FIBA Asia Championship 2009, where he saw action in four games for the fourth-place Lebanese team.

- Ali Fakherddine ( Born 3 April, 1983 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a Lebanese basketball player with Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut of the Lebanese Basketball League.Fakhreddine is another player who has drifted in an out of National Team contention during his career. He is celebrating a decade of playing with Al Riyadi Beirut where he has certainly shown he knows what it takes to be part of a successful trophy winning team. He remains very much a role player rather than a star but his versatility in the paint is a big plus. He has nice range and can make mid-range jumpers while he is more than proficient on the glass. He is a product of the junior national team programme in Lebanon and so wearing the vest with pride is something he is used to.

- Matt Freije Matthew (Matt) Wayne Freije (born October 2, 1981) is a Lebanese American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Mets de Guaynabo in Puerto Rico. He played for Al Riaydi lebanon in 2009
After the 2009 FIBA Asia Championship Matt signed with Lebanese champions Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut in 2009 -2010 season before moving to play in Puerto rico for Mets de Guaynabo

- Ghaleb Rida (born in Nabatieh, Lebanon on July 10, 1981) is a professional Lebanese basketball player who is currently a Free Agent and a member of Lebanon national basketball team as a Shooting Guard. He's 1.90 m tall (6 ft 3 in).

-Fadi El Khatib (born January 1, 1979 in Shheem Lebanon), is a Lebanese basketball player currently playing for Champville SC in the Lebanese Basketball League. He is also the current captain of the Lebanon national basketball team that participated in the 2002 FIBA World Championship in Indianapolis in the United States, in the 2006 FIBA World Championship which took place in Japan, and in the 2010 FIBA World Championship held in Turkey.


can we please stop now ????

thank you

sorry for my long post

[gazara]

always the same shit with iranians and Jordanians ,specially when we win ,they always have excuses agaisnt lebanon ,as our team is a foreign team ... i dont think a foreign team play with this big heart to play for the Country for The Lebanese Flag as they did yesterday ,please close this subject

Gd Luck Lebanon ,Iran ,Jordan,China ,gd luck Asia !

[John.AbouElias]

always the same shit (...) specially when we win

Lebanon 81-71 Canada

minus Jax Vroman(7pts)
Lebanon 74-71 Canada

jealously (sorry Busy)

{{{From history
1986 FIBA WC FINAL
USA 87- 85 Soviet Union

minus Rony Seikaly (5pts)
USA 82 - 85 Soviet Union}}}