AMMAN — Players in the Kingdom’s first division basketball
team on Sunday took PCR COVID-19 tests at the Jordan Sport Medicine Federation
headquarters before the beginning of training for the FIBA Asia Cup 2021
qualifiers.
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The national team’s administrative manager, Mohammad
Al-Dabbas told Jordan News: “The players and administrative, and
technical staff (currently) in Jordan were all tested early yesterday; gearing
up for the return to regular training in the Prince Hamza Hall as soon as the
negative results come in, preparing to compete in the second and third windows
of the Asia Cup qualifiers in Indonesia.”
The national team’s matches for Group F will be held in
mid-June in Amman, in compliance with the “health bubble” system; joined by Sri
Lanka, Kazakhstan and Palestine.
Kazakhstan is in the lead within Group F (9pts.); followed
by Palestine in second place (6 pts.), Sri Lanka in third (5pts.) and Jordan in
fourth (4pts).
FIBA has tasked Jordan with hosting Group E games, which
brings together Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Qatar. Iran currently holds first
place (7pts.) followed by Saudi Arabia and Syria with a tie for second place
(6pts. each) and Qatar in third place (5pts.).
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