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FIBA Asia Cup 2021 Qualifiers November window host cities confirmed

26.10.2020    Views: 430
Source: Press service
The host cities of the upcoming November 2020 windows of the FIBA Asia Cup 2021 Qualifiers have been confirmed. The confirmed hosting cities will be Bahrain (Manama), Qatar (Doha), and Jordan (Amman).

Manama, Bahrain is set as hosts for games in Groups A and D. Group A teams include Korea, Philippines, Indonesia, and Thailand. Group D teams include Bahrain, Iraq, Lebanon, and India. Meanwhile, Doha, Qatar will be hosting games in Groups B and E. Group B teams include China, Japan, Chinese Taipei, and Malaysia. Group E teams include Qatar, Iran, Syria, and Saudi Arabia. Amman, Jordan will serve as the site for Window 2 games in Group F. The teams in Group C include Jordan, Kazakhstan, Palestine, and Sri Lanka.

The most important criteria in choosing the hosts were health and travel guarantees and compliance with FIBA health protocols, including testing and controlled entry into a secure environment.  The exact schedule of games will be confirmed later. 

The decision to play both windows in bubbles, instead of home and away games, for men's competitions, was confirmed by the FIBA Executive Committee in September after taking into consideration the health and safety of players, coaches, and officials, and following a recommendation from the Medical and Competitions Commissions.

FIBA will continue to monitor the COVID-19 situation on a daily basis and communicate further updates in regard to FIBA Competitions when necessary.

Recall that on February 21 and 24, the men's national basketball team of Kazakhstan held the first two qualifying matches for the Asian Cup 2021, which were held in Nur-Sultan. In the first game, "Steppenwolves" snatched victory from their rivals from Palestine - 79:76, and the meeting against the Jordanian national team ended in an unfortunate defeat - 68:71.

Detailed information on the participation of the National Team of Kazakhstan in the Qualification for the Asian Cup 2021, the squad, standings, schedule and results of matches are published on our website in the National Teams section.FIBA will continue to monitor the COVID-19 situation on a daily basis and provide additional information on upcoming tournaments as needed.

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