The Syrian national team withdraws from the Arab Basketball Championship after the drawing of the lottery

The Syrian Basketball Federation announced the withdrawal from the Arab National Team Championship, hours after the draw for the tournament in its 24th edition, which will be hosted by Al-Nasr Club in Dubai, from the eighth to the 16th of this month.

The Syrian Basketball Federation said, on its official page on (Facebook): "The Syrian team will not participate in the Arab Championship for the teams held in the Emirates, in order to complete its preparations for the upcoming qualifying for the World Cup qualifiers, in which it will face the Bahrain and Iran teams on the 24th and 27th of this month." Within the second window of the Asian qualifiers.

The draw for the tournament yesterday resulted in placing the Syrian team in the second group alongside Morocco, Lebanon, Algeria and Somalia, while the UAE team, the host, in the second group, next to Libya, Tunisia and Jordan, confused the withdrawal of the Syrian team, the organizing committee, especially after all the arrangements were completed, As well as the release of the official schedule of competitions.

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