Smart Gilas vs. Qatar Preview: Battle for Third FIBA Asia Cup 2012

The Philippines will battle it out against the Qataris today for the last spot at stake in the upcoming FIBA Asia Championship to be held in Lebanon. The Philippines will try to secure an early spot to the competition as they will battle for a third place in the FIBA Asia Cup 2012.

The game will start at around 1:00 PM today at the Ota City, Tokyo, Japan for the coveted-bronze medal in the competition. The Philippines suffered a heartbreaking loss against the undefeated Iranians during their semi-finals match-up yesterday which ended with the final score at 77-60.

The Qatar National basketball team made an impressive comeback in the competition after they defeated the defending champion Lebanon and earned a semi-finals berth but eventually defeated by the Japanese.

Meanwhile on the first two games results today, Lebanon defeated Uzbekistan and take the 7th spot while China edged out Chinese Taipei for a 5th place finished.

Meanwhile here’s the complete line-up of Qatar Basketball Team:

No.Given NameFamily NameDOBHt.(cms)Pos.
4Mansour AtifElhadary12/04/1990180PG
5Mohamed H(–foul word(s) removed–)anMohamed03/08/1991187SG
6Saad AbdulrahmanAli02/05/1985193SG
7DaoudDaoud Musa02/02/1982193PG/SG
8Khalid SulimanAbdi07/02/1987198F
9Baker AhmadMohammed11/08/1986201F
10Y(–foul word(s) removed–)een IsmailMusa12/08/1980203F
11Erfan AliSaeed20/12/1983201F
12Clinton FihnoirJohnson III30/08/1984193PG/SG
13Mohd YousufMohammed09/09/1982205C
14Hashim ZaidanZaidan13/08/1980211C
15Omar AbdelkaderSalem01/10/1983206C

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Smart Gilas vs. Qatar Battle for Third

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