INDIA ADVANCE TO ASIA CUP 2021 QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT FOR THIRD-RANKED TEAMS FROM GROUP D
22/02/2021
MANAMA (Bahrain) - India successfully advance to the FIBA Asia Cup 2021 Qualifying Tournament for third-ranked teams following their thrilling win a three pointer floater over Iraq at the buzzer, 81-78.
Muin beck was the top scorer for India Muin Beck with29 points followed by Amjot Sing with 16 Aravind Annadurai with14 and captain Vishesh Brighuvanshi with 13
The win gives India a 2-3 record, while Iraq fall to 1-4. In addition, the victory also clinches the third-placed spot in the standings of Group D for India as they now hold a 2-0 head-to-head tiebreaker advantage over Iraq.
The six teams that finish at third-place in the standings of each group at the end of the Asia Cup Qualifiers will advance to the Qualifying Tournament for third-ranked teams. From there, the tournament will qualify the remaining teams to fill out the 16 team playing field of Asia Cup 2021.
Indonesia have already qualified for Asia Cup 2021 as hosts of the competition. Meanwhile, Lebanon and Bahrain have qualified after clinching the top two spots in the standings of Group F back at the Manama bubble in November 2020.
India -81 (Muin beck 29 Amjot Sing 16 Aravind Annadurai 14 Vishesh Brighuvanshi 13) bt Iraq-78( Kevin Dwayne Galloway 22, Karrar Hamzah10,Ali Hamad 10)