AMMAN — The Jordan Basketball Federation has contacted FIBA
to find out whether or not the national team will be facing Sri Lanka in the
2021 Asia Cup qualifiers, scheduled between August 17 and August 29 in
Indonesia.
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The national team qualified to the Asia Cup while in the lead of Group F,
sharing the position with Kazakhstan (10pts. each), while Palestine qualified
for an additional round of the playoffs, where it is set to play Saudi Arabia
and India in single-stage segmented playoffs that will see the leader and
runner up in each group qualify to the finals.
Trusted sources have informed Jordan News that FIBA Asia and Sri Lanka have agreed for the latter
to drop out after declining to attend the last window of the qualifiers, but
the JBF has yet to receive official confirmation.
In a phone call with JBF President Mohamed Alayyan, Dar
Tucker, Jordan’s naturalized player, assured he would be ready to play
alongside his teammates in the Asian finals in August, once he had fully
recovered from a knee injury, which required the athlete to undergo emergency
surgery.
For his part, coach of the first-division national team,
Marwan Matouq, said: “We
are holding negotiations with several prospective naturalized players to play
as power forwards. But if these negotiations lead to dead ends and Tucker is
available, we will not hesitate to call upon him to represent Jordan.”
He added: We need a naturalized player who can serve our
team’s philosophy and teamwork…”
Matouq revealed that the national team’s administration
wishes to get a head start on Asia Cup preparations, noting that they have
requested that more than 20 preparatory matches are organized for the players
to monitor their performance and address technical problems as they arise.
Informed sources have told Jordan News that the JBF looking to organize a regional training
camp for the national team, possibly in Turkey or Greece, but COVID-19 restrictions
may constrain the JBF to holding the event locally.
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