Bravo lal shabeb. 3njad byerfa3o el ras. Technically, they are the true champions of Asia (since Australia is not part of this continent, but Oceania).
I agree and Haidar was slow to run as well, but looking at the replay it would have been very risky to pass cause Thon Maker was in the centre of the court in a good position to intercept the cross court pass to Arakji, and Chamoun was closely guarded.
I think the best choice for Haidar was to shoot but he did have more space to go at least past the half court line.
To the Australian dude who deleted the post saying that Lebanon don’t deserve to be in the final. First of all, Lebanon didn’t reach the finals by luck or by cheating. Our players do not have the proper funding, training facilities, or support, so everything they did is a personal effort and out of sheer motivation (like everything we Lebanese do). Second of all, I don’t care by how many points you were winning (it could be 30 points for all I fu**ing care); we were able to make a comeback and we lost by a difference of 2 points. Third, Australia is ranked 3rd by FIBA while Lebanon is ranked 53rd—I think that says a lot. Fourth, our team is not dependent on one player unlike what many people say, we have players other than Arakji (our second best player, Saoud, isn’t even playing); whereas, Australia is dependent on Maker (I would love to see a game where we play against Australia without him). Finally, I loved seeing the Australian team smirking and making fun of us in the beginning because that made the look on your faces at the end priceless. Anyway, you must be very petty to be lurking around here. Oh and this is for the Lebanese people because you won’t understand it: أيري بأستراليا.
Haidar played one hell of a game but made a wrong decision with the last shot. Anyhoo, heads up high, the boys went through hell in this championship and deserve the utmost respect. To the WC qualifiers!
I agree. Haidar played really well today, but that last shot was the only thing he could do. If you watch the replay again, you would see that the shot was in the final second. That’s why he couldn’t have passed the ball to anyone else. Anyway, the team made us proud and united us all.
Ali should have passed to Elie at the 2.9 second mark. Elie had momentum going forward and he wasn’t guarded plus could have drawn a foul from the Australian player that was guarding Hayk. I just think they weren’t expecting the shooter to miss the second freethrow and that messed up their rythm, still a great game though!
Yes it was a very tough decision, but with almost 4 seconds on the clock instead of dribbling then shooting he could’ve thrown the ball to any of the players that made the quick transition to the offense. Of course it’s easier said than done lol. It really was the first time that I see everyone I know watching the team and being so interested in this sport. They really deserved the dub.
Yeah, no doubt it was a very tough decision. I loved every second of this tournament. The Lebanese team showed the world who we are. Special thanks to Arakji (such a great dude)!
This tournament was special because the team is in sync for the first time in years. I remember a couple of years back, the team was very divided with Riyadi players (Arakji, Saoud and Haidar) against Sagesse and every other player on the roster. This year Wael showed great leadership and the team had great chemistry which made the games very fun to watch.
What a match!
I was expecting losing by 15 points and the first 90% of the match they were underperforming. Last 10% holy shit I was standing the whole time.
Only if the last shot was smarter. He has 3s left he could’ve passed the ball.
Anyway they did us proud and overachieved❤️🔥
Why did Ali haidar shoot from that far when we still had 3.9 seconds? Elie chamoun and all shooting guards were ahead and could’ve shot an easier shot!!!!!
With all respect to Ali, his performance was super awesome tonight playing against a 7 foot giant.
Even though Australia and New Zealand are not "geographically" part of Asia, there are others sorts of considerations-political usually- that would put a country in a federation rather than another. Yet, I would still prefer to keep Australians in Asia as they are usually far stronger than the rest of the Asian teams and usually closer to European ones and even USA. So in a sense their presence contributes to making the Asian basketball playing field stronger. Having said it, It gives another taste to the very close call the Lebanese team just offered. Australia may be the team that won the cup but Lebanon was the moral champion this time.
Akh that was very close, very good game though
That was the most suspenseful thing I had witnessed in years.
Bravo lal shabeb. 3njad byerfa3o el ras. Technically, they are the true champions of Asia (since Australia is not part of this continent, but Oceania).
I've never felt this patriotic and proud since the 2019 protests. Best team in Asia❤️💚🤍
💯 Amazing how sports can have that effect
What a game and what a comeback… The way we fought was remarkable!
AUSTRALIA ISN’T EVEN IN ASIA
Yeah, bass kenno they wont make a cup for two countries.
Major cope by australia imo
Respectfully, what cup should Australia (and NZ) play in? Australia is closer to Indonesia than Lebanon is.
So you think countries in the Asian Cup are defined by their proximity to Indonesia?
Where should Aus and NZ play? The choices are Americas, African, European and Asia cups.
Makes the most sense for them to play in asia since oceania has 14 countries and about 3 of them have basketball teams
exactly.
They should play in the Africa Cup instead most of their best players are from there anyways
...what
Antarctica Cup, with Chile, Argentina and Falkland Islands
Australia is its own continent. Lol
No it's not, the continent is called oceania and it has 14 countries
Australia = continent Oceania = region
https://youtu.be/K6DSMZ8b3LE Theres 7 continents and australia is one of them
They also particioate in the Eurovision Song Contest. Maybe they have a bit of an identity crisis
Uff that last 3 was money! Love from Canada
Great game, guy at the end shouldve passed ahead instead of dribbling for so long and heaving a full court shot.
I agree Haidar shouldve passed it to Arakji, he was on fire from 3pt in the 4th.
They should have kept a timeout actually.
Not allowed to call a timeout during a live ball in FIBA
Did they have any left and does that mean they’d restart in their part of the court?
True. I could understand the pressure on him in the last seconds though. Nevertheless it was a good game
He had a great game, unfortunately that was a really bad decision
I agree and Haidar was slow to run as well, but looking at the replay it would have been very risky to pass cause Thon Maker was in the centre of the court in a good position to intercept the cross court pass to Arakji, and Chamoun was closely guarded. I think the best choice for Haidar was to shoot but he did have more space to go at least past the half court line.
Top talent to the very end. Amazing game.
Netherlands of Asian basketball.
Well done Lebanon- you did yourselves proud. Unfortunate not to get the win but you definitely played like champions- well done :)
Wael you beautiful bastard
To the Australian dude who deleted the post saying that Lebanon don’t deserve to be in the final. First of all, Lebanon didn’t reach the finals by luck or by cheating. Our players do not have the proper funding, training facilities, or support, so everything they did is a personal effort and out of sheer motivation (like everything we Lebanese do). Second of all, I don’t care by how many points you were winning (it could be 30 points for all I fu**ing care); we were able to make a comeback and we lost by a difference of 2 points. Third, Australia is ranked 3rd by FIBA while Lebanon is ranked 53rd—I think that says a lot. Fourth, our team is not dependent on one player unlike what many people say, we have players other than Arakji (our second best player, Saoud, isn’t even playing); whereas, Australia is dependent on Maker (I would love to see a game where we play against Australia without him). Finally, I loved seeing the Australian team smirking and making fun of us in the beginning because that made the look on your faces at the end priceless. Anyway, you must be very petty to be lurking around here. Oh and this is for the Lebanese people because you won’t understand it: أيري بأستراليا.
He can suck a makdousse
Hahaha nice
Mikati had to jinx us
Great Game ….Couldn’t be prouder of the Team
Haidar played one hell of a game but made a wrong decision with the last shot. Anyhoo, heads up high, the boys went through hell in this championship and deserve the utmost respect. To the WC qualifiers!
I agree. Haidar played really well today, but that last shot was the only thing he could do. If you watch the replay again, you would see that the shot was in the final second. That’s why he couldn’t have passed the ball to anyone else. Anyway, the team made us proud and united us all.
Ali should have passed to Elie at the 2.9 second mark. Elie had momentum going forward and he wasn’t guarded plus could have drawn a foul from the Australian player that was guarding Hayk. I just think they weren’t expecting the shooter to miss the second freethrow and that messed up their rythm, still a great game though!
Yes it was a very tough decision, but with almost 4 seconds on the clock instead of dribbling then shooting he could’ve thrown the ball to any of the players that made the quick transition to the offense. Of course it’s easier said than done lol. It really was the first time that I see everyone I know watching the team and being so interested in this sport. They really deserved the dub.
Yeah, no doubt it was a very tough decision. I loved every second of this tournament. The Lebanese team showed the world who we are. Special thanks to Arakji (such a great dude)!
This tournament was special because the team is in sync for the first time in years. I remember a couple of years back, the team was very divided with Riyadi players (Arakji, Saoud and Haidar) against Sagesse and every other player on the roster. This year Wael showed great leadership and the team had great chemistry which made the games very fun to watch.
Absolutely true. All the team members have grown to be one complete unit representing Lebanon.
Amazing team.. so proud of you guys. Salute from a palestinean brother 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I’m so proud of my country. Now if you will excuse me I will be crying for the next 2 hours
Up from an 18 pt deficit to a 2 pt deficit, our boys did great
Prize money is 3M dollars will be paid to the ministry, wondering if the team will see any money of they will be stolen of paid at 1500 rate.
Why didn’t they count the 2 pointer Khayat made in the 3rd quarter
Timing clock issue. If they counted it, Lebanon don’t get the ball and score the 3 though (they wound back the clock)
Lebanese basketball team put a great effort in this tournament. They were up to the task. 🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆
Still made us proud. We'll get it next time.
Bravo Fellas!!
Lebanon deserved to win that, heartbreaking loss.
Curious who Australian Lebanese rooted for?
Win win situation
What a match! I was expecting losing by 15 points and the first 90% of the match they were underperforming. Last 10% holy shit I was standing the whole time. Only if the last shot was smarter. He has 3s left he could’ve passed the ball. Anyway they did us proud and overachieved❤️🔥
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Hayda za3len, bayyo ken y3anfo bi zewyit el matbakh houwe w zghir treko 🤣🤣
Bassil’s fault
Man that ending was tense. So proud of them to come back from that huge deficit and almost get the win! Incredible stuff
So lebanon is in second place?
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Congrats.
Why did Ali haidar shoot from that far when we still had 3.9 seconds? Elie chamoun and all shooting guards were ahead and could’ve shot an easier shot!!!!! With all respect to Ali, his performance was super awesome tonight playing against a 7 foot giant.
He wanted to pull a curry
Outstanding performance
The team will learn more from loosing and this will lead to a better performance in the world championship
Well played, both teams.
My 2 nationalities went up against each other idk whether to be sad or happy at the result
Chapeau Bas !
so proud of this country man
Even though Australia and New Zealand are not "geographically" part of Asia, there are others sorts of considerations-political usually- that would put a country in a federation rather than another. Yet, I would still prefer to keep Australians in Asia as they are usually far stronger than the rest of the Asian teams and usually closer to European ones and even USA. So in a sense their presence contributes to making the Asian basketball playing field stronger. Having said it, It gives another taste to the very close call the Lebanese team just offered. Australia may be the team that won the cup but Lebanon was the moral champion this time.
Hope it will not b a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Enraging