AMMAN — The
first-division
national basketball team on Saturday defeated the Palestinian
team, 88-77 (first half 42-33), in a match at Prince Hamzah Hall in Al Hussein
Youth City in
Amman, as part of the qualifiers for the 2021 Asian Cup finals in
Indonesia.
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The national
squad, dubbed “Jordan Falcons”, is looking for victory in their game with the
Kazakhstani team at 7pm at the same hall.
The result
of the match will largely determine the identity of the leading team in Group F.
In case of victory, the Falcons will qualify for the Asian Cup. In their
previous match, the national team defeated the Kazakhstani team in the Jekby
Geek hall in Kazakhstan’s capital Nur-Sultan 71-68.
In the game
against the Palestinian neighbors, the national team came in third place in the
standings of its group with 6 points, and Sri Lanka fell to the last place with
5 points, while the Palestinian team maintained the second place for the time
being with 7 points, behind leading Kazakhstan, with 9 points.
Meanwhile,
the Saudi team boosted its hopes of qualification after achieving an exciting
victory over its Syrian counterpart in a heated match that required an extra
time, to end with 79-77.
On the other
hand, the Iranian team beat its Qatari counterpart 84-46 in the fifth group of
the qualifiers.
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