Iran Defeats Lebanon at FIBA U-16 Asian Championship
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran basketball team defeated Lebanon 73-56 in Group B in Doha, Qatar late Tuesday in the 2022 FIBA U-16 Asian Championship.
Iran will play the winner of New Zealand and Kuwait on Friday.
Iran had defeated Indonesia 66-37 in its opening match.
The FIBA U-16 Asian Championship features 13 teams. They have been divided into four groups seeded automatically based on the FIBA World Ranking Boys.
The four teams that advance to the Semi-Finals of the U-16 Asian Championship will qualify for the FIBA U-17 Basketball World Cup 2022 which will be played from July 2-10 in Malaga, Spain.