2013 FIBA Asia Championship
Host Nation: Philippines
Dates: August 1-11
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_FI...a_Championship
In August this tournament will take off. Iran's aim should be to win the whole thing, but at worst a 3rd place is a must. That way they will automatically qualify to the WC2014 in Spain (although the 4th best placed team might get a wild card as well).
The team is currently in Turkey preparing for these games and Hamed Haddadi seems to be with the team as well. It's very likely that Iran will bring its best team to the tournament - minus Arsalan Kazemi, who will be in US playing in NBA Summer league/trying to impress on NBA scouts. But even without Kazemi, Iran should be, if not the best, one of the better teams.
As for the group; Iran has been drawn into the same group as China, Korea and a Southeast Asian team (yet to be decided). FIBA decided to take away seedings prior to the drawing (really weird thing to do if you ask me), which caused this group to happen. China, along with Iran is probably the favorites to win it all again, and Korea is one of the better teams on the Asian continent (they finished 3rd in 2011). The Southeast Asian team will not stand a chance in this group and will the punchball. And since there will be three teams from each group that will go through, you could already now say that Iran has qualified to the next round.
Go IRAN!
Host Nation: Philippines
Dates: August 1-11
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_FI...a_Championship
In August this tournament will take off. Iran's aim should be to win the whole thing, but at worst a 3rd place is a must. That way they will automatically qualify to the WC2014 in Spain (although the 4th best placed team might get a wild card as well).
The team is currently in Turkey preparing for these games and Hamed Haddadi seems to be with the team as well. It's very likely that Iran will bring its best team to the tournament - minus Arsalan Kazemi, who will be in US playing in NBA Summer league/trying to impress on NBA scouts. But even without Kazemi, Iran should be, if not the best, one of the better teams.
As for the group; Iran has been drawn into the same group as China, Korea and a Southeast Asian team (yet to be decided). FIBA decided to take away seedings prior to the drawing (really weird thing to do if you ask me), which caused this group to happen. China, along with Iran is probably the favorites to win it all again, and Korea is one of the better teams on the Asian continent (they finished 3rd in 2011). The Southeast Asian team will not stand a chance in this group and will the punchball. And since there will be three teams from each group that will go through, you could already now say that Iran has qualified to the next round.
Go IRAN!
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