10 Years of Lebanese Basketball

[Dry Ice]

Lebanon Basketball has been going through its best period for the past 10 years, especially on a national level.

Below are the results of Team Lebanon in Asian and World championships since 1999:

FIBA Asia 1999

First Round

Lebanon : 75-70 : UAE
Lebanon : 75-65 : Korea
Lebanon : 60-50 : Philippines

Second Round

Lebanon : 69-92 : KSA
Lebanon : 81-86 : Kuwait
Lebanon : 67-107 : China

7th Place Game

Lebanon : 61-60 : Syria


FIBA Asia 2001

First Round

Lebanon : 70-69 : UAE
Lebanon : 71-97 : Korea
Lebanon : 90-56 : Singapore

Second Round

Lebanon : 76-87 : China
Lebanon : 87-72 : Taiwan
Lebanon : 83-73 : Japan

Semi Final

Lebanon : 75-72 : Korea

Final

Lebanon : 63-97 : China


FIBA World 2002

First Round

Lebanon : 73-102 : Brazil
Lebanon : 77-99 : Puerto Rico
Lebanon : 80-107 : Turkey

Classification games

Lebanon : 61-97 : Canada
Lebanon : 70-100 : Algeria


FIBA Asia 2003

First Round

Lebanon : 79-70 : Kazakhstan
Lebanon : 90-67 : Hong Kong
Lebanon : 88-60 : Uzbekistan

Second Round

Lebanon : 76-63 : Japan
Lebanon : 71-110 : China
Lebanon : 117-82 : India

Semi Final

Lebanon : 83-85 : Korea (OT)

Third place game

Lebanon : 67-77 : Qatar


FIBA Asia 2005

First Round

Lebanon : 69-59 : Jordan
Lebanon : 105-79 : India
Lebanon : 109-53 : Hong Kong

Second Round

Lebanon : 97-63 : KSA
Lebanon : 73-87 : China
Lebanon : 77-59 : Japan

Semi Final

Lebanon : 83-79 : Qatar

Final

Lebanon : 61-77 : China


FIBA World 2006

First Round

Lebanon : 82-72 : Venezuela
Lebanon : 72-107 : Argentina
Lebanon : 57-104 : Serbia
Lebanon : 74-73 : France
Lebanon : 72-95 : Nigeria


FIBA Asia 2007

First Round

Lebanon : 104-59 : Kuwait
Lebanon : 67-77 : Japan
Lebanon : 106-64 : UAE

Second Round

Lebanon : 90-68 : Qatar
Lebanon : 95-64 : Taiwan
Lebanon : 82-60 : Iran

Semi Final

Lebanon : 76-74 : Korea

Final

Lebanon : 69-74 : Iran

[e_khoury]

Originally Posted by Dry Ice

FIBA Asia 2007

First Round

Lebanon : 104-59 : Kuwait
Lebanon : 67-77 : Japan
Lebanon : 106-64 : UAE

Second Round

Lebanon : 90-68 : Qatar
Lebanon : 95-64 : Taiwan
Lebanon : 82-60 : Iran
Semi Final

Lebanon : 76-74 : Korea

Final

Lebanon : 69-74 : Iran

Mich 7aram wa2ta nokhsar?!:S It was our chance to go to the olympics and we blew it!!!:S Ba3edne ze3len 3laya la halla2!!!!
Nchalla this year we will meet again in the final and we wont make that same mistake again

[Führer]

This is the first time in the history of Fiba Asian Championships that Korea doesn't make it to the semi final.

[sev]

Would lebanon ever reached top four without joe vogel??

as for korea, I would say they are the moral winners today. their basketball is better then lebanon or jordan.. but you know both lebanon, jordan and qatar naturalized players..

korea's basketball is third in asia after china and iran. it will be a **** shame for the tournament if jordan or lebanon wins it.

[z_jamous]

it will be great if lebanon wins it because we have the most talented players we have roni fahed best point guard,
Brian beshara best defensive and attack ..
fadi el khatib best driver to the basket and great low post player
omar turk best three pointer
matt freige best overall player,
jackson vroman best added value to the team...
so it would be a shame if lebanon don't win the tournament...

[z_jamous]

for korea in order to have chane to win this tournament, they need to practice on the basics,FREE throws, it is funny and stupid they make 3 more than free throws...any team with this performance can win them even if they weren't in their momentum like lebanon did today

[Dry Ice]

Lebanon 1999 roster

• Walid Doumiaty, 179 G Sporting
• Yasser el Hage, 198 F/C Sporting
• Jasem Kanso, 193 F Sporting
• Elie Mechantaf, 193 F Sagesse
• Mark Kozah, 190 F Tadamon
• Elie Nasr, 195 C Tadamon
• Dany Hamouche, 180 G Sporting
• Abdo Chidiac, 183 G Antranik
• Roni Fahd, 183 G
• Vicken Eskejian 193 F
• Ghazi Boustany, 188 G
• Fadi el Khatib, 197 F Sagesse

[SamerTayyar]

Originally Posted by sev

Would lebanon ever reached top four without joe vogel??
.

would the Lakers make it to the playoffs without kobe?

[SamerTayyar]

Originally Posted by Dry Ice

Lebanon 1999 roster

• Walid Doumiaty, 179 G Sporting
• Yasser el Hage, 198 F/C Sporting
• Jasem Kanso, 193 F Sporting
• Elie Mechantaf, 193 F Sagesse
• Mark Kozah, 190 F Tadamon
• Elie Nasr, 195 C Tadamon
• Dany Hamouche, 180 G Sporting
• Abdo Chidiac, 183 G Antranik
• Roni Fahd, 183 G
• Vicken Eskejian 193 F
• Ghazi Boustany, 188 G
• Fadi el Khatib, 197 F Sagesse

loooool @ chidiac brothers

[sev]

Originally Posted by SamerTayyar

would the Lakers make it to the playoffs without kobe?

so one player make a whole alot of difference in a basketball game???

isnt this unfair to nations like japan(first time in 50 years not to reach qf, because of jordan/lebanon/qatar) or korea( to miss the semi-finals, sthg very rare that happens to them because of jordan/lebanon).


we started with lebanon, qatar naturalizing players. now jordan entered the line. FIBA asia will find a quick solution to this,because many nations will protest bout it.this wont continue...

the national team should represent the school of lebanese basketball. the current "lebanese" national team says nthg about lebanese basketball level.