29th William Jones Cup [Jul 2-10 Taiwan]

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Men's Schedule

Venue: Sinjhuang Stadium, Taipei County
Competition System: Single round robin

July 2
1100 Kazakhstan-Jordan 61-63 (Rasheim Wright 25 pts)
1300 Lebanon-Iran 80-71
** Fadi el khatib 35 pts
ali mahmoud 7 pts
rony fahed 11 pts
omar el turk 17 pts
Brian Feghali & Vogel didnt play...

1500 Korea-Qatar 70-69
1700 AIA-Philippines 67-72
1930 Taiwan-Japan

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استهلّ منتخب لبنان للرجال في كرة السلة مبارياته في دورة «كأس جونز» الودية،التي تقام في تايبه، بفوزه على نظيره الإيراني 80 ـــــ 71 أمس الاثنين. وجاءت نتيجة الأرباع كالآتي: (15-17) (34-31) (58-46) (80-71). وكان قائد المنتخب اللبناني فادي الخطيب أفضل مسجّل في المباراة برصيد 35 نقطة يليه عمر الترك بـ14 نقطة. وفيما انضمّ جوزف فوغل الى صفوف المنتخب في تايبه، من المتوقّع أن يصل براين بشارة في 5 تموز الجاري. يذكر أن البعثة اللبنانية لم تستطع النوم سوى 5 ساعات بعد وصولها الى تايبه، وخاضت بعدها المباراة الأولى. وسيلتقي المنتخب اللبناني نظيره الفيليبيني، الساعة 12:30 ظهر اليوم بتوقيت بيروت.

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July 3
1100 Qatar-AIA 68-106
1300 Japan-Kazakhstan 61-96
1530 Jordan-Korea 65-71
1730 Philippines-Lebanon 62-65
*Rony fahed Scored a 3pts on the buzzer.
*Fadi el khatib 25 pts
*Joe vogel 11 pts
*Rony fahed 8 pts

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July 4
1100 Kazakhstan-Lebanon 77-90(El khatib 33 pts)
1300 Iran-Qatar 72-74
1530 Philippines-Japan 84-86
1730 AIA-Korea 79-65
1930 Taiwan-Jordan 62-81



After three rounds in the Jones Cup Lebanon is the only team who didn't suffer any loss, Lebanon managed today to record another big win in the tournament , this time the opponent was Kazakhstan , Lebanon lost against Kazakhstan for the first time in the history last November in the Asian Games which was held in Qatar, this game was the chance to take the revenge and to prove that the experience in the Asian Games is now history and that Lebanese Basketball is among the best in Asia .

The Lebanese had a very strong game and they imposed their rhythm in the first half through the continuous great performance of the team's captain Fadi Khatib who finished the game with 33points , Lebanon led at the half 52-33, in the second quarter Lebanon outscored Kazakhstan 27 to 11 .

In the third quarter Lebanon continued its game and managed to have a comfortable lead 75-55.In the fourth quarter Coach Dragan gave all his players the chance to participate in such a great level of intensity , Kazakhstan made a run but didn't cause any serious problems to the Lebanese National Team. Lebanon won 90-77.

Best Performances ;

Fadi Khatib(33pts) , Joseph Vogel (14pts, 12rebs) , Omar Turk (10pts)

Q1: 25-22 Q2: 52-33 Q3: 75-55 Q4: 90-77


Source:www.flbb.com

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July 6
1100 Qatar-Japan 86-68
1300 AIA-Lebanon 81-70 (Joe vogel 29 pts)
1530 Philippines-Jordan 70-74
1730 Iran-Korea 68-61
1930 Taiwan-Kazakhstan 72-64

Standings (Round 5)
1-Jordan 4-1
2-AIA(USA) 3-2
3-Lebanon 3-2
4-Quatar 3-2
5-Iran 3-2
6-Chinese taipei 3-2
7-S.korea 2-3
8-Philippine 2-3
9-Kazakhstan 1-4
10-Japan 1-4

Competition Stats:
Best scorer :Fadi el khatib 25.4
Best rebounder:Ponomarev Anton(Kaz) :10.8
Best assister:Yang Dong Geun (Kor) :6.0
Best Block Shoters:Hammed Ahadadi(Iran) 2.2
Best Stealer:Lim Chee Keat(Taiwan) 2.0

Tomorrow's games:
July 7
1100 Lebanon-Jordan
1300 Kazakhstan-AIA
1530 Philippines-Iran
1730 Japan-Korea
1930 Qatar-Taiwan

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July 9
1100 Japan-Lebanon 74-82 (El khatib 25 pts,9 rebs,6assists)
1300 Jordan-Iran 72-71
1530 Qatar-Philippines 80-88
1730 Kazakhstan-Korea 68-71
1930 AIA-Taiwan 83-72

Standing:
1-Jordan 7-1 (Champion of jones cup)
2-Chinese taipei 5-3
3-AIA 5-3
4-Lebanon 5-3
5-Philippine 5-3
6-S.korea 4-4
7-Iran 4-4
8-Quatar 3-5
9-Kazakhstan 1-7
10-Japan 1-7

July 10
Tomorrow's games:
1100 Jordan-Japan
1300 Lebanon-Qatar
1530 Philippines-Kazkahstan
1730 Iran-AIA
1930 Taiwan-Korea

2130 Closing Ceremony

Best Scorer:Fadi el khatib 24.3
Best Rebounder:Anton ponomarev 10.5
Best assister:Yang Dong geun 6.2
Best Stealer:Yang Dong geun 2.2
Best Shot Blocker: player from taiwan 2.0

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July 10
1100 Jordan-Japan 101-102
1300 Lebanon-Qatar 85-77
1530 Philippines-Kazkahstan 90-107
1730 Iran-AIA 91-74
1930 Taiwan-Korea 59-82

Jones Cup 2007 standing:
1-Jordan---Champion--Gold
2-Lebanon--------------Silver
3-Team Filipinas-------Bronze
4-Iran
5-S.korea
6-Chinese taipei
7-USA
8-Quatar
9-kazakhstan
10-Japan

Jones cup's Mvp:Rasheim wright(jor)
Jones cup scorer:Fadi el khatib 23.9