Qatar beat Iran in Saudi 2025 Asian Cup and Qatar 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualifiers

Doha: The Qatari national team achieved a historic and valuable victory over their Iranian opponents, winning 78 77 in extra time, in the fourth round...

Doha: The Qatari national team achieved a historic and valuable victory over their Iranian opponents, winning 78-77 in extra time, in the fourth round in Group E of the double header Saudi 2025 Asian Cup qualifiers and the FIBA World Cup Qatar 2027 qualifying game that took place on Monday evening in Al-Gharafa Hall.

The four regular time periods of the game ended with: (16-14, 15-22, 17-15, and 20-17), while the extra time period came with a score of (10-9) in favour of the Qatari national team.

In the same group, India achieved a valuable victory over the Kazakh national team with a score of (88-69) within the framework of the second Asian window.

With this victory, the Qatari team raised their score to six points, in second place, while Iran tops the group standings with seven points, and the Indian team occupy third place with five points, followed by the Kazakh team with four points in fourth and last place.