BAHRAIN lost their last two matches yesterday to bow out of the World Under-18 3x3 Basketball Championship in Chengdu, China.
The nationals lost to New Zealand 21-10 and Ukraine 17-5 in Pool ‘B’ and thus were out of contention for a place in the quarter-finals.
A victory against the Kiwis would have kept alive Bahrain’s chances of making it to the last eight.
Pipped
In the other games in same group, New Zealand pipped defending champions Qatar 14-13 while Georgia edged out Qatar 19-17 and Ukraine routed Georgia 21-6.
Ukraine qualified to the quarter-finals, as leaders of the group with four straight wins, along with New Zealand, who finished second with three wins and one defeat.
The other three teams ended with the same number of wins and defeat. Qatar were placed third with 15 average points, Georgia fourth with 14.5 average points and Bahrain fifth with 11 average points.
The quarter-finals are set for today.
No. 1 ranked Netherlands take on Romania, ranked four, at 8am (Bahrain time). Hungary face New Zealand at 8.20am, Ukraine clash with Slovenia at 9.30am and Belgium meet the Philippines at 9.50am.