Jordan bows out of championship with one win

AMMAN — Jordan ended its Level 2 participation at the 22nd FIBA Asia U-18 Championship for Women with only one win over Kyrgyzstan (62-52). The team lost to Sri Lanka, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia and Hong Kong. Jordan Basketball Federation officials had hoped the event would be “a platform to jump back and advance the game on the local and regional levels”, It was only last year that after a 20-year break Jordan returned to the Asian women’s competitions taking part in the 3rd FIBA Asia U-16 Championship for Women in Sri Lanka where they finished in 5th spot in Level 2. The results were not as important as the fact that the team was back on the court as the only Arab squad along leading the Asian teams. With the women’s game now having little prominence locally, the national team had not competed on the Asian scene since 1995 when Jordan became the first Arab team to play at the Asian Basketball Confederation Women’s Championship in Japan and the U-18 team competed in its event in 1996 in Thailand where they finished in 8th place.