The players of the first team of Saudi Arabia on basketball continue the preparatory camp, which started yesterday, Tuesday in Dammam, in preparation for the final stage of the Asian qualification for the 2023 World Cup. Al-Ahdar will face New Zealand on August 25 in Dammam. , and the second meeting will be against the Filipinos in the Philippines on the 29th of the same month.
The administrative team is overseen by Yasar Mukhtar and administrative Abdul Karim Al-Hawsawi, while the technical team is led by Muhammad Al-Qardani and his assistants, Asaad Alawi and Abdel-Al Muhammad, Rafael Obeid as physical fitness coach and physiotherapist Salim Al. -Sheikh.
Sixteen players were selected for the camp, namely: Muhammad Al-Marwani, Ayub Al-Hawsawi, Khaled Abdel-Jabbar, Marzouk Al-Maulid, Nayef Al-Talabi, Nasser Abu Glass, Tamer Mahmoud, Muhammad Al-Saker, Muthanna Al. – Marwani, Fahd Al-Salik, Musab Qazi, Osama Al-Barkawi, Ali Al-Shubaili, Ayman Bilal – Hammam Abdel Karim – Saad Al-Subaye.
Al-Akhdar will play two friendly matches and then play in the qualifying matches with the teams of Bahrain and Jordan.
Our team is in fifth place with 5 points, behind the leaders of New Zealand with 8 points, Lebanon with 7 points, Jordan with 6 points and the same number behind the fourth Philippines.