Bahrain Name Asiad 3x3 Quartet

TDT | Manama

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The Bahrain Basketball Association has approved the kingdom’s four-player squad for the men’s 3x3 basketball tournament at the 20th Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan.

Elias Younis, Isa Jassim, Mohammed Ghazi and Nasser Al Anzoor will represent Bahrain when the competition begins on September 21 at Kinjo Futo Station Square.

The nationals have been drawn in Pool C alongside Chinese Taipei, Indonesia and Qatar, with all three of their preliminary-round games taking place across two days.

They begin their campaign with two assignments on Monday, facing Chinese Taipei at 12:55 p.m. before returning to the court against Indonesia at 2:35 p.m.

Their final pool game will be against Qatar at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday. All times are Bahrain.

The team will aim to collect the results needed to advance to the knockout stage, which gets under way the following day.

The play-in games will be held on the morning of September 24 before the quarter-finals take place later that day. Both the semi-finals and medal contests are scheduled for September 25.

Pool A features Mongolia, the Philippines, Kazakhstan and Sri Lanka, while China, Iran, Malaysia and Hong Kong make up Pool B.

Hosts Japan are joined by South Korea, Singapore and Thailand in Pool D.

Unlike the traditional five-on-five format, 3x3 basketball is played on a half-court with three players on each side and one substitute. Games last 10 minutes or end earlier if a team reaches 21 points.

The tournament begins two days after the Asian Games’ official opening ceremony on September 19.