In the competitions of window 3 of Basketball World Cup Qualifications in Asia, the national team of Lebanon (the Arab Champ) won the Saudi team in group 3 by score 81-68 with 13 points differences; the game was attended by a lot of Lebanese community in Arab Saudi Kingdom; the Cedar’s men came back to the winning road after the last lose in front of Jordan..and after a series of winning games up to 17 consecutive winning. Now he will seek to qualify for the World Cup in the next window which will be at Lebanon.
Back to the game, Lebanon controlled it from the initial minutes of the first period but the Saudi players came back to the game and reduce the difference to 3 points for Lebanon and it was ended by score 35 – 32.
In the third period, the difference remained close until Sergio Darwish scored 4 of 5 shoots from the outside area to make 10 points for his team and to continue their control with their Head Coach / Gad El-Hak and they could end the game by the result 81 – 68 with a difference of 13points.
In the second game of the same group, Jordan won Indonesia by a score 94 -64 with 30 points difference.
The Arab champion Lebanon Team achieved a deserved victory in Group C with a score of 81-68, 13 points ahead of its host, Saudi Arabia, in the match that witnessed a large public presence from the Lebanese community in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to return the men of Cedar is on the path of victories after the last loss against Jordan, after its series of victories, which had reached 17 consecutive victories, and now it will seek to resolve its qualification for the World Cup in the next window, which will be on Lebanese land.
The rank of the group is as follow :
1- Jordan, 7 points
2- Lebanon, 7 points.
3- Saudi Arabia, 6 points.
4- Indonesia, 4 points.
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