After Al-Abyad beat Jordan at the opening of the Arab Men's Championship in Dubai
Al-Gergawi knocks again on the door of naturalization for tall men in the basketball team
Ismail Al Gergawi: "The Emirates Basket has suffered from the absence of tall players, and the clubs must assume their responsibilities in this aspect."
The young national team star, Mahmoud Assad, penetrated the defenses of the Jordan Basket at the opening of the Arab Championship.
Photography: Ashok Varma
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The head of the UAE and Arab federations, Major General Ismail Al Gergawi, renewed his demand for the responsible sports authorities in the country to grant team sports teams in general, and basketball in particular, the right to naturalize players, like football in the country, and the rest of the basketball teams in Arab countries, after the level Al-Tayeb, presented by "Al-Abyad" by winning the day before yesterday, his Jordanian counterpart, supported by American naturalization, came by four points, and with a result of "85-81", in the opening of the Arab Championship for men's teams, currently being held in its 24th edition in Dubai, and extending until February 16 The current, with the participation of seven Arab teams.
Al Gergawi said in a press statement: “We have previously addressed the authority for years about the importance of naturalizing players in the basketball team, especially tall players, whose absence from the national team has always constituted a weakness in the ranks of the (white) in its foreign participation, when it collides With teams based on strengthening their ranks with naturalized players according to the regulations of the International Federation of the game, in the same way as the Jordanian team, which is participating in the Arab Teams Championship in Dubai, supported by its American player Kevin Weir.
He explained: "All the Gulf and Arab teams have sought for years to naturalize, with the exception of the Emirates national team, which prompts us, after the good level presented by the (white) in its opening match against Jordan, to renew our request to the country's sports authorities, to help naturalize distinguished players who are able to grant the team The required addition,” referring to the raising of this requirement to the General Sports Authority, after the federation had previously attempted, in previous benefits, to include a naturalized player of tall stature.
Al Gergawi added: “I congratulate the players and the administrative and technical staff on this deserved victory, which is due to the homogeneity of the young players with the elements of experience, and the success of the technical director, Dr. Mounir bin Habib in finding a new synthesis for (Al-Abyad), supported by young blood, in addition to the high spirit shown by the players ( White), which shed light on the pitch in showing the ambitious project of the Federation in rebuilding a new team capable of returning the Emirates basket to its normal position.
He continued, "The Emirates basket has always suffered from the absence of tall players, and the clubs must assume their responsibilities in this aspect, by searching for talents capable of supporting the national team, in a way that facilitates our mission as a federation in reaching the appropriate squad, capable of representing us in Arab and Asian events, and achieving results. It satisfies our ambitions, especially since for several years we have faced the same weakness when we face teams supported by high-quality naturalized people.”
Thursday matches
- 18:00: Tunisia x Jordan (Group I).
- 20:00 UAE x Libya (Group I).
Friday matches schedule
- 16:00: Libya x Jordan (Group I).
- 18:00: Lebanon x Algeria (Group Two).
- 20:00: UAE x Tunisia (Group I).
Benhabib: Winning and losing are outside the national team's accounts
The coach of the national team, Dr. Mounir bin Habib, confirmed that winning and losing is outside the accounts of the technical staff of the team, in the current participation in the Arab teams championship, as much as it is focused on completing the project of building a new team capable of returning the Emirates basket to its continental level, and giving young blood The opportunity for friction, and to refine her talent in confrontations that bring her together with the elite Arab teams in Asia and Africa.
Bin Habib said: "The victory over Jordan in the opening match came as a complement to the image we aspire to, in completing the project of rebuilding a new team capable of returning the UAE basketball to the first classification level in Asia, which allows competition on the continent, and the opportunity to enter the qualifying qualifiers for World Cup Championships.
He explained, "Our goals are different from many of the participating teams, who take the Dubai Championship as a final preparation station, before completing the qualifying qualifiers in Asia and Africa for the 2023 World Cup, especially as we, as the team's technical staff, are looking to invest in hosting this tournament in the Emirates, to give our young players an opportunity." Friction with the elite Arab basketball stars, to achieve a factor of harmony with the elements of experience, in order to serve the completion of our project aimed at rebuilding a renewed team capable of returning the Emirates basket to the Asian championships, and abandoning the current classification level that placed the (white) years ago in the second level for Asia. .
And he concluded: “Our young players confirmed against Jordan that they are up to the level of ambitions, whether Hamed Abdul Latif, Abdullah Hassan, Mahmoud Waseem, Mahmoud Asad and Rashid Ayman, who succeeded in being present for long periods on the field, and forming the required addition to the elements of experience, both in terms of Defensive or offensive, which is what we aim at first in all our upcoming matches, regardless of winning and losing accounts.”
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