Wednesday, July 28, 1999

Iran Backs Out, Bahrain In

Iran National pulled out of the tournament at the last minute for unspecified reasons and
was replaced by Bahrain National, which is in the same group with Taiwan in the 20th
Asian Basketball Championship in August. I'w still trying to get the Bahrain roster.

Following is the Jones Cup's day-by-day schedule:

Group A:Taiwan National, Iloilo, Costa Rica, Soweto Panthers
Group B:Taiwan National Second, Bahrain, New Zealand, South Korea


August 2
1600 Taiwan National Second-Bahrain
1740 Iloilo(MBA)-Soweto Panthers(South Africa)
1920 Opening Ceremony
1950 Taiwan National-Costa Rica

August 3
1630 New Zealand-South Korea
1810 Iloilo-Costa Rica
1950 Taiwan National-Soweto Panthers

August 4
1630 South Korea-Bahrain
1810 Taiwan National Second-New Zealand
1950 Taiwan National-Iloilo

August 5
1630 Costa Rica-Soweto Panthers
1810 New Zealand-Bahrain
1950 Taiwan National Second-South Korea

August 6
1630 A4-B4(7th & 8th place)
1810 B1-A2(Semifinal I)
1950 A1-B2(Semifinal II)

August 7
1630 A3-B3(5th & 6th place)
1810 Semi I loser-Semi II loser(3rd & 4th place)
1950 Semi I winner-Semi II winner(Final)
2150 Closing Ceremony

Bahrain National Roster
Murtadha Abbas 26 G 172/85
Mahmood Nowrooz 20 G 186/72
Mohamed Malek 20 G 185/82
Ayyoob Ghuloom 24 G 179/69
Hussain Qaheri 23 G 165/67
Abdul Majeed Norooz 28 F 194/82
Mohamed Abdul Rasool 21 G 186/75
Yaser Bunafoor 27 F 190/85
Nooh Akber 31 F 187/86
Hassan Nasaif 24 C 196/90
Osama Ateeq 29 C 193/95
Ahmed Malalla 28 F 188/107
Headcoach: Salman Ramadan