Alaaeddine and Zeinoun only U16 players named in Lebanon's U18 squad
BEIRUT (2016 FIBA Asia U18 Championship) – Only two players from the Lebanon team that played at FIBA Asia U16 Championship have been included in the final roster for the 2016 FIBA Asia U18 Championship.
Unsurprisingly, the two players selected from that U16 team are Salim Alaaeddine and Karim Zeinoun. The duo were Lebanon's star players in Jakarta last November.
| Lebanon 12-player roster for 2016 FIBA Asia U18 Championship | |||
| Salim Alaaeddine | Mark Al Khoury | Karl Assi | Elie Joe El Dani |
| Dani El Khoury | Jad El Lahib | Sami Ghandour | Ibrahim Haddad |
| Ali Mansour | Naji Ozeir | Adel Rizk | Karim Zeinoun |
Alaaeddine finished as the tournament's second-leading scorer with 23.3 points per game. Zeinoun, meanwhile, came up third, behind his compatriot Alaaeddine with 22.3 points per game.
As part of their preparations for the U18 Championship in Tehran. Lebanon traveled to Alexandria, Egypt last week to participate in the 2016 Arab Basketball Youth games; and have so far managed to win all four games.
Lebanon will take on hosts Iran, Korea, Kazakhstan, Indonesia and Lebanon in Group B of the FIBA Asia U18 Championship. The Lebanese last participated in the 2012 edition of the FIBA Asia U18 Championship in Mongolia, where they finished seventh.
The 24th FIBA Asia U18 Championship, which runs from 22-31 July, is the qualifying event for the 2017 FIBA U19 World Championship in Cairo with the top three teams from the 2016 FIBA Asia U18 Championship advancing to the U19 Worlds.
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