BASKETBALL – BAHRAIN’S women’s and men’s 3x3 basketball national teams have stepped up their preparations for their participation in the Fiba 3x3 Asia Cup 2026.
The tournament is scheduled to be held from Wednesday next week to April 5 in Singapore, with the Bahrainis amongst 22 squads in the women’s competition and one of 24 teams in the men’s.
Bahrain Basketball Association (BBA) president Shaikh Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Khalifa visited the teams’ training session at the BBA Arena in Um Al Hassam Sports Complex. He was accompanied by a number of BBA officials.
Shaikh Mohammed encouraged the players to give their maximum effort in their respective events and to work on giving an outstanding level amongst the continent’s best. He stressed that the BBA has full confidence in their abilities to represent the kingdom in an honourable manner.
Set to hit the half-court for the women in the Fiba 3x3 Asia Cup are Bayan Salman, Shereen Abdulrahman, Noor Najaf, and Nouf Abdulla; while for the men are Alwatheq Ali, Nasser Al Mosawi, Isa Jassim, Mohammed Ghazwan, and Salman Al Kaabi.
Both teams will first need to take part in their qualifying draws, which features 14 women’s national teams and 16 men’s squads. Each field has been divided into four pools, and only the winners of each will move on to play in the tournament proper.
The Bahraini women are in qualifying draw C along with Chinese Taipei, Saudi Arabia, and Hong Kong. Draw A features Kazakhstan, Vietnam, and South Korea; draw B is composed of Malaysia, Turkmenistan, and India; and draw D consists of Tonga, Papua New Guinea, Macau, and Maldives.
Already in the women’s main draw are China and Thailand in Pool A, Mongolia and New Zealand in Pool B, Japan and Singapore in Pool C, and three-time defending champions Australia and the Philippines are in Pool D.
Meanwhile, Bahrain’s men are in qualifying draw D along with Kazakhstan, Hong Kong, and India. Draw A features the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, and the Maldives; draw B is composed of Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan, and Macau; and draw C includes Iran, Tonga, South Korea, and Vietnam.
Eight nations are already confirmed for the main draw. Mongolia and Chinese Taipei are in Pool A, China and defending back-to-back champions Australia are in Pool B, Japan and Singapore are in Pool C, and New Zealand and Qatar are in Pool D.
Both Bahrain’s women and men will play all their qualifying games on Wednesday.
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