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  • #16
    Anyway the Philippine team will be desperate this tournament because we have more older veteran players. We have still few talented here. And also have proganda coaches here.

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    • #17
      Originally posted by joel23 View Post
      Anyway the Philippine team will be desperate this tournament because we have more older veteran players. We have still few talented here. And also have proganda coaches here.
      yes joel, we understand you all the way!
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      • #18
        bahrein oman110-52

        kuwait-UAE 68-66
        Last edited by rikhardur; 01-07-2009, 11:08 PM. Reason: posts merged: short time between consecutive posts

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        • #19
          "Bahrain to hot for Oman (by Yousef Ahmed)

          BAHRAIN crushed Oman 110-52 to claim their first victory in the basketball competition of the 19th Gulf Cup, being played in Oman, writes PATRICK SALOMON. The victors revived their slim medal hopes with the result, and also virtually secured their qualification for the Fiba Asia Championship for Men, to be played in China in August later this year.

          Bahrain thoroughly outclassed the hosts in the game, played at Muscat's Nizwa Sports Complex. The 58-point winning margin was also their biggest lead of the contest, and it bettered the 49-point (102-53) thrashing the Omanis received from defending champions the UAE earlier this week.

          The Emiratis, meanwhile, were stunned in yesterday's other game by Kuwait, who won a squeaker 68-66. It was the Kuwaitis' second triumph in the competition, as they almost certainly secured second spot ahead of the UAE and now trail only undefeated title-favourites Qatar.

          Bahrain's win was a pleasant turn-around from their opening night loss to Kuwait, when they looked to be a completely different team.

          The nationals, coached by Brazilian Walter Pereira, played with a quick pace, pushing the tempo at every opportunity while using quick ball movement in the half-court set to thwart the opposing defence. On the other end, they did an excellent job preventing penetration and had complete control on the defensive glass, holding the Omanis to just one attempt per possession.

          The Bahrainis were also quick to switch defenders when needed, giving their opponents no easy looks at the basket.

          Bahrain raced out to a quick lead at the start of the game, and never took their foot off the gas whether playing with their starting five or bench squad. They scored 26 points in the first quarter alone, while holding Oman to just 12.

          Star players Mahmood Ghuloom (187-G-79), Ahmed Al Mutawa (199-F/C-81, college: Broward CC), and Hussain Shaker spearheaded their strong performance coming out of the gate, which helped them go up 51-30 at the interval.

          Bahrain looked even stronger starting the second half, greatly adding to their advantage with a 37-point third period.

          Ghuloom, Mohammed Hussain, and Ahmed Abdulaziz were the protagonists. Ghuloom scored on a breakaway lay-up with less than two minutes to go in the period to take an 84-43 advantage - the first time they went ahead by 40 or more points. Hussain then converted his own fast-break lay-up before the quarter buzzer to put the Bahrainis ahead 88-44 heading into the final canto.

          Starting the fourth, Sadeq Mahdi buried a long three-pointer to put Bahrain ahead by 47 (91-44), and then baskets from Abdulaziz and Omran Abdulredha on their next two possessions gave them their first 50-point lead of the game (96-46) with more than half the period still remaining.

          Al Mutawa later put his stamp on the proceedings, scoring on an uncontested tomahawk slam dunk in transition for a 102-52 lead with two minutes left. He scored 7 points, 8 rebounds and 2 blocks.

          Ahmed Malallah (188-F-71) Dominated throughout the game Leading his team while Mohammed Qurban and Mohammed Quwayed then made their own contributions to Bahrain's end-game assault, before Al Mutawa made one of two free-throws with 20 seconds remaining to peg the final score and cap the lopsided win.

          Ghuloom finished with 19 points leading all scorers for Bahrain, who had another five players in double figures. Abdulaziz added 16 while Malallah and Shaker had 13 apiece. Hussain pitched in with 12 points and Qurban 11.

          All of Bahrain's players received minutes in the game. The nationals next face off with Qatar tomorrow, while Oman take on Kuwait".

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          • #20
            ...i hope RP Will be on the top 3
            again
            sigpicNEVER SAY DIE PILIPINAS!

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            • #21
              "Bahrain go down fighting (by Yousef Ahmed)

              BRAVE Bahrain bowed to leading title-hopefuls Qatar 66-70 yesterday in the basketball competition of the 19th Gulf Cup, being played in Oman, writes Patrick Salomon.

              The nationals battled throughout the contest and came up just short of upsetting their heavily favoured rivals, who stayed undefeated after three games and have almost certainly secured the tournament championship.

              The Bahrainis, on the other hand, lost their second contest in three tries, and must win their final game against defending champions the UAE on the event's final day tomorrow for a shot at the bronze medal.

              Qatar face hosts Oman the same day, in what is expected to be a rout for the Qataris en route to securing the winners' trophy. The Omanis slumped to their third straight defeat in yesterday's other game at Muscat's Nizwa Sports Complex, losing 62-95 to Kuwait. The Kuwaitis moved to first place on the competition standings, but have completed all their games while the other four teams have one each to play.

              Kuwait are in line to come away with the silver medals, pending Qatar's expected win tomorrow.

              Bahrain battled their Qatari counterparts until the very end yesterday, despite the obvious size advantage held by the victors who feature several naturalised African players.

              Ahmed Al Mutawa (199-F/C-81, college: Broward CC) and Mahmood Ghuloom (187-G-79) helped the Bahrainis race out to a quick 6-2 lead to start the game, but Qatar eventually got into their groove and took a narrow 12-8 edge after a low-scoring first quarter.

              Back-to-back three-pointers from Hussain Mohammed and Ghuloom then tied the proceedings at 14-apiece to start the second period, when the nationals continued to keep pace with Qatar and head into half-time only down by five points (31-26).

              Hussain then made another two three-pointers coming out of the gate to put Bahrain in the lead again 32-31, but the Qataris, spearheaded by big man Yaseen Ismail, quickly answered with an 8-2 run, which they continued to build on for a 45-37 lead midway through the third quarter.

              The Bahrainis continued to slump late in the period, and found themselves down by 15 (39-54) with a minute remaining, but Ahmed Malallah and Hussain each scored from behind the arc to help them cut the deficit to single-digits (45-54) with one quarter to play.

              Hussain continued his strong showing in the last canto, when he was ably assisted by Yasser bu Naffour and Mohammed Qurban in cutting Qatar's led to just 59-53. The Qataris, however, proved too strong and maintained a 68-60 advantage close to the final buzzer, before Bahrain cut the losing margin to just four points in the end but could not get any closer. However the dissapointment of the game was the coaching. keeping Al Mutawa on the bench for most of the second half is like wanting to lose the game, Al Mutawa is our Tallest player and one of our most talented Bigman, so why keep him out of the game?

              Hussain led the national team's valiant cause with 26 points including five triples, while Ghuloom pitched in with another 18 markers and Al Mutawa score 2 points and 6 rebounds in just 10 minutes of play".

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              • #22
                I wonder why Qatar is winning by slim margins. . . they used to win 30+ when they're up against opponents like these.
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                • #23
                  Originally posted by interxavierxxx View Post
                  I wonder why Qatar is winning by slim margins. . . they used to win 30+ when they're up against opponents like these.
                  That's true bro. Ever since Qatar made it to the 2006 World championships their NT level of play has been on the downside ever since (even though their players aren't that old and they've got some really descent players like Yaseen Ismail, Saad Abdulrahman Ali, and Daoud Mousa).
                  I don't know if they sent their full roster to the Gulf Cup or if they have any injured players though.

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                  • #24
                    Stilol Lebanon is team to watch especially their new nt players
                    To becomes Asia's Best, we need to compete against the World's Best..
                    1 Big 4 small > 5 out offense.

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                    • #25
                      Originally posted by reamily View Post
                      Stilol Lebanon is team to watch especially their new nt players
                      no 1 new yet

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                      • #26
                        Qatar lift Gulf Cup basketball title

                        "(by Mohammed Malas)
                        Nazwi, January 12, 2009

                        Qatar hammered hosts Oman 87-47 to lift the 19th Gulf Cup basketball title on Sunday.

                        The unbeaten Qataris won all the four matches and displayed spotless performance at the Gulf Cup. On their way to the finals they beat UAE, Kuwait, and Bahrain.

                        Sheikh Saoud Bin Ali Al Thani, vice-president of Qatar Olympic Committee, QOC congratulated Qatar's basketball team on their Gulf Cup victory and dedicated the win towards Qatar's wise leadership.

                        HE Sheikh Saoud said that regaining the Gulf Cup title will support the team in their preparation for the upcoming Asian championship scheduled to be held in China in August.

                        The QOC vicepresident also praised the performance of other participating teams and said that the competition was very tough

                        Source: Qatar Olympic Committee "

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                        • #27
                          Originally posted by interxavierxxx View Post
                          I wonder why Qatar is winning by slim margins. . . they used to win 30+ when they're up against opponents like these.
                          no surprise! qatar nt players were sending a same from tokushima & 2007 jones cup players. their results were still normal.
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                          • #28
                            Originally posted by nardy View Post
                            I am predicting Kazakhstan would be a team to watch come 2009. With the continuos improvement of 6'10 Anton Ponomarev, am seeing this former Soviet Republic finally making a serious bid to challenge the usual Asian Basketball Powers for the FIBA-Asia crown now worn by Iran. A number of their other players are playing in Russia and in other former Soviet states, this would really improve their competiveness,
                            Basketball has this height factor, an advantage Kazakhstan has and they're naturally taller, heftier than most asian teams and to think that they're also very mobile. They have beaten a good Philippine team a couple of times before and soon enough they can give Iran and China a good run for the next championships.

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                            • #29
                              Originally posted by Khalid80 View Post
                              With the level of bball that we've been playing since the last World Championships in 2006 I don't see this day coming anytime soon
                              We still have a long way to go to catch up with China (Maybe in 5 years with players like Bassel Bawji, Ahmad Ibrahim) and after Yao Ming retires from the Chinese NT, then we might have a very small chance of beating China.
                              Either one, China can even get better as a team after Yao or a couple of more much better players come along after him.......

                              China will always remain as the "Alpha Dog" in asian basketball unless Oceana and Asia is merged by FIBA.

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                              • #30
                                Iran and Lebanon qualified for Asian Championships from west asia zone.

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