Team Qatar lose to Kazakhstan in FIBA Asia Cup 2025 Qualifiers
Doha: Qatar hoopsters went down to a gritty Kazakhstan who rallied after training on the opening half to overcome the hosts 68-73 in their Group E match of the FIBA Asia Cup 2025 Qualifiers playedat the Al Gharafa Club hall on Monday.
The hosts had earlier lost to Iran 74-76 in a thrilling opener on Friday.
Kazakhstan needed some help from in the dying seconds to beat Qatar to end the window with a 2-0 record. Rustam Murzagaliyev knocked down a cold-blooded triple, before free throws by Roman Marchuk and Anton Bykov helped the visiting side come out with the win after the opposition roared back from as many as 12 and got to within a point, 65-64, with 1:58 left to play.
Bykov finished with 19 points and 7 rebounds. Vadim Chsherbak provided 18 points and 5 rebounds while Murzagaliyev made 15 points, which he all earned from deep. Mohamed Saad had a game-high 20 points to lead the Qataris, which suffered another heartbreaking defeat after the overtime loss to Iran last Friday in Tehran.
The FIBA Asia Cup 2025 Qualifiers is being played across three windows: February 2024, November 2024, and February 2025. A total of 24 teams will be aiming to qualify for the region’s flagship men’s national team competition.
The draw for the qualifiers placed Qatar in Group E alongside Iran, Kazakhstan, and India.
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