Basketball World Cup qualifiers: Lebanon faces Saudi Arabia in Jeddah on Sunday, with an eye on winning – Cedar News

Lebanon’s men’s basketball team is looking to “restore its balance” when it faces its Saudi counterpart at 6:15 pm on Sunday, February 27, Beirut time in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, as part of the second match of the “Second Window” of the third Asian group for World Cup qualifiers. The rice team He put the loss once morest Jordan last Thursday behind him and set his sights on the victory over the Saudi team to compensate for its loss in Thursday’s match, so that the Lebanese team did not provide the required offer of it, which holds the title of the 24th Arab Championship that was held in the United Arab Emirates and deservedly.

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In addition to Lebanon, the third Asian group includes Jordan (5 points), Saudi Arabia (5 points) and Indonesia (3 points), so that Jordan will also face the weak Indonesian team on Sunday in the Jordanian capital Amman, and the probability of winning will be a large percentage for the owners The ground due to the poor level of Indonesia, which suffered 3 losses in 3 matches and is at the bottom of the standings.

Since his arrival in Jeddah, the Lebanese team (ranked 55 in the world) has resumed its preparations to meet Saudi Arabia (ranked 79 in the world) and its quest to erase the image that he appeared in the match once morest Jordan and achieve victory over the Gulf team to be equal with the Jordanians in the number of points (7) in the event that Jordan wins Indonesia (a likely matter) and in the event Lebanon wins over Saudi Arabia, knowing that the latter brought down Jordan in Jeddah in the “first window” that was erected last November and will be supported by a large audience in King Abdullah Hall.

And since last Thursday, the Lebanese technical staff, led by the young coach Jad Al-Hajj, has been working on addressing the gaps that appeared in the match with Jordan, so that Lebanon is ready to meet Saudi Arabia, with all hope of winning and returning to Lebanon with a victory that compensates for its loss, waiting for the third “window”, so that Lebanon will meet with Jordan and with Saudi Arabia in The upcoming June 27 and July 5 will be held at the Nohad Nawfal Complex stadium in Zouk Mikael (regarding 20 km north of the Lebanese capital, Beirut).
The Saudi and Lebanese teams know that their Sunday match is very important for each of them, because winning it means adding two points to their balance, knowing that the points collected in the three windows will be added to the points collected in the “windows” of the second round, and this is extremely important.
Here are the remaining windows to come:

• -The third window: June 27 – July 5, 2022
• *second floor:
• -The fourth window: 22-30 August 2022
• -The fifth window: 7-15 November 2022
• -The sixth window: 20-28 February 2023
It is noteworthy that the 16 teams participating in the Asian qualifiers were divided into 4 groups, each comprising 4 teams, to qualify for the second round. The World Cup will be held in the summer of 2023.

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