WEST ASIAN U16 BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP UNDERWAY

The West Asian U16 Basketball Championship, hosted by the Jordan Basketball Federation (JBF), has started at Prince Hamzah Hall in Al Hussein Youth City, with the participation of five teams including Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Syria and Jordan.
Jordan lost their opener to Lebanon, 79-56, while Iraq launched their campaign with a 53-34 win over Syria.
Today (Wednesday) the championship matches will continue, when Iran meet Syria at 4pm (local time), and Iraq will meet Lebanon at 7pm.
The tournament will run as a league system, with the top two qualifying for the finals of the Asian Cup, which will be held in Doha, Qatar, in June.