DOHA (Qatar): Qatar will launch their campaign at the 2021 FIBA Asia Cup 5×5 Qualifier Window 2 against Syria and Saudi Arabia on Saturday at Al Gharafa Basketball Arena.
Under the guidance of new head coach Miodrag Perisic, Qatar will hope to open their campaign on a winning note.
“We have started the 2nd phase of our program under the supervision of coach “Misha”. On to… serious business now, as we want to win both games on our home court. The team is doing fine,” said assistant coach Hachim Zaidan.
“We played two friendly games against Al Wakra and Al Ahli. The team now is fully prepared and we know what we need to do.”
Zaidan was also the interim coach of the men’s team during the summer.
“Under the new coach we play better, faster, organized basketball, close to the European style basketball . We have a lot of young players, so this is how should play: Faster, control the tempo, be more aggressive. We have improved a lot since the coach joined the team. We hope and we believe that we can win both matches,” said Zaidan.
“We had our plan with fitness coach Vasilis Mitsopoulos (Greece) focusing on putting the players on shape first, to make sure nobody got injured after this long absence from court. We had to be very careful as we were starting from zero action for four months.” (Source: Qatar Basketball Federation)
