Well
Lebanese national team has just returned from the West Asian
Basketball Association tournament in Iran where they had soem tough
games, were good in some and not that good in others. For example
against the powerful Iranians, they forced an overtime. Also won
Iraq. But they lost to Jordan and Syria. Coached by Russian coach
Yeseshko, the team was composed of:
The following list is of the players of the Lebanese national
basketball team that will participate in the WABA Cup in Iran
Ali Fakhreddine (203-F/C-83) of Sporting
Ghaleb Rida (190-G-81) of Sporting
Sabah Khoury (196-G-82) of Sagesse
Roy Samaha (205-C-84) of Sagesse
Robert Bou Dagher (203-C-84) of Champville
Jean Abdel-Nour (199-G/F-83) of Blue Stars
Rony Fahed (184-G-81) of Blue Stars
Brian Beshara (203-F-77) of Sagesse
Yasser el Hajj (198-F/C-70) of Sporting
Ali Ballan (192-F-84) of Sporting
Paul Khoury (206-C-68) of Sporting
Mohammad Fahes (201-F-82) of Sporting
Now our Juniors are in Jordan for the WABA Juniors. Coached by
American Paul Coughter, the roster is as follows:
Imad Saadeh
Anis Feghali
Hasan al Laqqees
Nadim Saeed
Mazen Mneimneh
Elie Estephan
Marwan Ziadeh
Hadi Ibrahim
Joseph Awad
Zadi Hobeika
Patrick Bou Abboud
Rashad Nawwar
They start their games this week. All the best to our youngsters