Basketball News: The Indonesian National Basketball Team is part of Group F Round 2 of the 2029 Asian Cup Prequalification. The team coached by David Singleton meets Malaysia and Hong Kong again. As well as Thailand, Mongolia and Fiji.
The FIBA website, Wednesday, stated that Yudha Saputera and friends secured a place in Round 2 after being one of three teams that qualified from Group C in Round 1 which was held in Seremban, Malaysia, at the end of August. Indonesia qualified along with hosts Malaysia and Hong Kong.
All participants bring the match results obtained in Round 1 and then face teams from other groups in a round robin format.
Round 2 is scheduled to start from November 23 to December 1 2026.
The four best teams from each group will advance to the 2029 Asian Cup Qualification phase.
Apart from Group F, FIBA also announced the teams competing in Group E, namely Bahrain, Palestine, United Arab Emirates, Kazakhstan, Kuwait and Sri Lanka.
A total of 16 teams have also automatically qualified for the 2029 Asian Cup Qualification round because they will appear in the 2025 Asian Cup in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
The qualifying round will consist of three international windows, then followed by two qualifying tournaments for the third ranked team to determine the 16 participants for the 2029 Asian Cup.
Meanwhile, in Group C Round 1 of the 2029 Asian Cup Prequalification, the Indonesian National Basketball Team squad posted a match record of 1-2 (win-loss) to sit in third place in the final standings.
The squad coached by David Singleton won 80-54 against Singapore in the first match, but lost 60-71 against Hong Kong and 63-77 against Malaysia, in the last two matches.
Article Tag: Asian Cup, FIBA, Indonesian National Basketball Team
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