2024-01-21T09:16:36+00:00
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/ The Iraqi Basketball Federation announced on Sunday that it had received an invitation from its Bahraini counterpart to play two friendly matches in the capital, Manama, in preparation for the upcoming Asian Championship.
The second deputy of the Federation, Khaled Najm, told Agency, “The Iraqi national team will play two friendly matches against the Bahraini national team next month at the invitation of the Bahraini Federation,” indicating that “the first match will be held on the 18th, while the second match will be held on the 19th of next February in the Bahraini capital, Manama.”
He explained that “the Federation has set its own program to prepare the national team before entering the Asian qualifiers scheduled to start on the 23rd of next month, with a home and away system, which is considered a qualifier for the Asian finals and then the World Cup.”
He stressed that “the Iraqi Basketball Federation decided to suspend the Premier League on February 23rd in order to create the appropriate atmosphere to prepare the national team before entering the Asian qualifiers next February.”
It is noteworthy that the Iraqi national team will face its Saudi counterpart at the beginning of its journey in the Asian qualifiers on the 23rd of next month in the closed People’s Hall for Sports in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, while it will meet the Palestinian national team in its second match on the 26th of February also in the Jordanian capital, Amman.