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Schedule of the final stage of Qualification for the Asian Cup 2021 approved

26.04.2021    Views: 356
Source: Press service
The regional office of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) in Asia has approved the dates for the final matches of the qualifying tournament for the Asian Cup in Basketball 2021.

The remainder of the qualifiers between Groups E and F will be held in Amman, Jordan, June 12-14, while Group A, B and C games will be held in Clark City, Philippines, June 16-20.

According to the approved schedule, the National Team of Kazakhstan will play its final Qualifying match against Jordan on 13 June. The kick-off time will be announced later after final approval. Recall that this game was supposed to take place back in February in Bahrain, but was postponed because the Jordanian team could not take part in the final game window, due to the fact that members of the Jordanian delegation passed a positive test for COVID-19 upon arrival. conducting games.

Based on the results of the decisive matches, which will also be held in bubbles in a protected environment in order to ensure the safety of the health of all participants, 10 teams will be determined to join Bahrain and Lebanon, which have already advanced to the Cup. At the moment, the Steppenwolves are in first place in their group and have every chance of reaching the Asian Cup.

The final list of sixteen teams that will compete for the main trophy of the tournament from August 12 to 14, 2021 in Jakarta will be supplemented by the top four teams following the results of the additional qualifying tournament among the third-place teams in each group.


Recall that the qualifying tournament for the continental championship, which will be held in August this year in Indonesia, started a year ago at the end of February.  The men's national team of Kazakhstan began its struggle for a ticket to the Cup with two home matches that took place in the city of Nur-Sultan at the new modern sports arena Zhekpe-Zhek.  Then the Steppenwolves snatched a combat victory from the Palestinian national team - 79:76 and slightly lost to the Jordan team - 68:71. The matches of the second qualifying window, which were supposed to take place in November 2020, due to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, have been postponed to the end of February this year.  And just a few days ago, the main team of the country played three decisive matches, which took place in the capital of Bahrain, the city of Manama.  In the second meeting against the Palestinian National team, our team confidently consolidated its success - 56:93, and both games against the Sri Lanka National team ended in an unconditional victory of Emil Raikovich's wards - 52: 111 and 107: 37.  To date, there is one unplayed match against the Jordanian national team, which was unable to take part in the final game window, due to the fact that members of the Jordanian delegation passed a positive COVID-19 test upon arrival at the venue.  Thus, at the moment, the national team of Kazakhstan takes the first place in its group and has every chance of an early entry into the Asian Cup.

Detailed information on the participation of the National Team of Kazakhstan in the Qualification for the Asian Cup 2021, the team line-up, standings, schedule and match results are published on the Federation website in the National Teams section.

The National Basketball Federation of Kazakhstan expresses gratitude to the National Olympic Committee and the Ministry of Culture and Sports for their support and assistance in preparing the team for participation in the tournament. The general sponsor of the National Basketball Team of Kazakhstan is "M-Sport" LLP, the sponsor is "Capital City Center" LLP, the technical partner - JSC "Transtelecom".

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