Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Alsous In ASU Officially

The Natioanl Team and Riyadi player Wesam Alsous Signed yesterday for ASU team

This was done during a press conference held at Ibn al-Haytham Hospital, and attended by Dr.Haitham Abu Khadija, ASU club president, Fadi Al-Sabah, the Secretary of the Riyadi Club, Ahmed Najib vice-president of ASU, who began the meeting by welcoming the attendees

Wesam Alsous showed his new shirt holding the number (11), the same number worn by him in the national team which qualified for the 2010 World Cup in Turkey after winning the bronze in the Asian continent for the first time in the history of Jordan Basketball

Abu Khadija announced that the transfers of Wesam is the highest in Jordan on the basketball court, without giving financial details of the deal, which extends for five years

He added that there were a lot of discussions for Alsous to join the team to enhance the gap suffered in last season, which prevented them from crowning a champion of the Premier League in his first participation

Abu Khadija continued: the club, which takes pride in all of his players and cares about ethics first and then the technical level, the plan for the club going as its planned and the team soon will be able to compete locally and externally

Abu Khadija thanked the Riyadi Club, the closest to them, which is known by its attention to age groups, and ASU looks forward to walk in his footsteps in the near

Sabah: a hard decision... We are confident in youth

Secretary of the Riyadi Club, Fadi Al-Sabah said that the decision to abandon the star of the team and the national team Wesam Alsous was very difficult, but Riyadi is interested to achieve the interest of the player who has gave since he came to the club in all age groups all he has and has been a leader in and off the pitch, which made us give into that difficult decision

He Added: we have not given up on the ambition of competition, and Riyadi, which focuses on elements of the young players whom will be given the opportunity to emergence in the absence of Alsous

For his part, Wesam Alsous thanked at the beginning of his speech Riyadi Club which gave him a chance to move to ASU which enable him to achieve his ambition of winning the domestic league which is free to record it by the competition for Arab and Asian Championships

Alsous said: thanks go to ASU which did not makes me feel that I left the club where I grew up very early age and stayed with them nearly 14 years, and now it's time to prove to the club that I deserved the deal, which has been through with my quest to win championships and titles, as the group since its inception and became reckoned with, not only at the local level, but also on the Arab level, especially after winning bronze in the Arab clubs championship

ASU And Riyadi In A Friendly Game... Today

ASU and Riyadi teams has a friendly basketball game held in First team’s hall at seven in the evening today, and comes as part of preparations for the two teams for next season

Moreover, Secretary of the Sports Club Fadi Sabah announced that the club is preparing for the retirement festival for a large star and leading scorer Hossam Lutfi, who gave a lot for the club and the national team for many years


Saturday, September 5, 2009

Sam Daghlas Words On Asia Championship

The playmaker for the national team basketball Osama Douglas confirmed that the historic achievement that has been made available for Jordan to the World Cup in Turkey next year, was the natural result of the large amount of work done by everyone over the years, as the players were very determined not to waste this opportunity Gold
Douglas said in an extensive dialogue with the "Alghad": indescribable pleasure that we are going to play at the largest theater in the world, but when the joy expires we have to think, what then? We need to prepare very high, and when the World Cup comes, I hope that we are going to be an unpleasant surprise for all the teams that we will play against
He added: they say, Jordan has a good team and only, but after the first match in front of Lebanon that started to say that they are coming to change the features of the competition and rise to the final match, so that we have 12 players capable of playing and the granting of the assistance required for the team, and defense against us was like the impossible
The outstanding playmaker spoke about the importance of making Rasheim Wright for the title of leading the Asian Cup,that Palma’s method does not recognize the single star, to play a priority and performance of collective defense
Challenges imposed by Reality
At the beginning Sam indicated to the harsh conditions experienced on the team, when it was announced that the Olympic Committee went to solve the basketball federation, but the resolve of the players stayed on to honor home to the highest levels, he said: "It was not easy for us to put aside all the effort and tension, anxiety and inconvenience of travel and stay away from loved ones in the preparation of a 3-year, it was not allowed us to give up the dream of reaching the World Cup”
He continued: "Before the recent travel to Chinese Taipei and then to China, there was a lot of problems and to talk, we sit down after practice and talk for hours, we wonder: What are the features of the future that lies ahead, but after travel we decided to put everything behind us, and what has helped us to forget all the problems, the continued joy because of the continued successive victories in the William Jones and then in the Asia Championship
The only problem in front Iran
It is known that the team had not yet suffered from any of his problems, only to retreat in the face of Iran located in the William Jones, and Douglas noted about this: "it bothered me The way in which the Iranian Hamid Ohdadi tried to hurt Zaid Abbas, and I liked me and all my collegues to defend on Zaid so that all Iranian team will realize that the team is one family, and when they decided not to punish the Ihdadi I approved the decision to withdraw because it was a clear message to the organizers who did not give us, and we are champions of the tournament for two consecutive years, the necessary degree of respect
As for the benefit for the Iranian team from our withdrawal, when the timing of the semi-final, He said: "it is a double-edged sword, we might benefit, because the coach of Iran did not recognize well on our players and the sources of power, we have a time when we know the sources of power they have, but on the other We have probably have lost the focus with the start of the match because of tension
However: "In my opinion, we did not conciliators not because of the tension, but because of luck , it just not there in some cases of non-reason, in short, the Iranians luck in the semi-final was good, as we have gave them a great service when we missed 19 shots in the first half of the game" .
Secret of the "Jordanian mixture" in Asia
It must be the national team may have a secret blend of Asian Cup has made him a clear advantage for the rest of the group, and this mixture from the standpoint of the playmaker is a major force in the other points, and about that he said: "The Team strength points with the presence of Rasheim, focus of the defensive teams in the competition is limited and placed under permanent surveillance, but he quickly leaves them confused because they will not be able to know the source of danger, it might be me or maybe Zaid Abbas, Idais or Enver or AlKhas or one of colleagues of the bench, such as Hamdan, or Al-Awadi and Alsous or Islam. "
He continued: "We have 12 players,all of them are capable of playing and granting the assistance required for the team, and by all testified, playmakers and wings were the best we have at the level of the tournament, even the centers players’ actions were unpredictable , and the defense against us was like the impossible."
The secret of the playmaker’s professional
As for his shinning performance at the Asian Cup, where he was chosen the best playmaker in the tournament, both at the level of registration or pass the ball and the kidnapping of the critical, negative with the loss of the ball, he said: "The ball is spending more time with the playmaker, and therefore he is exhibit more than others to lose it, perhaps my classification as best playmaker came because of the skilled assistance and also recorded the points, I was helping in the attack whenever the team needs for registration, note that I was going to the basket more in the William Jones championship because of its friendly nature, but in the Asian Cup I decided to give more balls to my colleagues
And he added, “ we all saw how Rasheim was scoring from most of the shots, I didn’t care of his place in the moment I pass him the ball unlike the rest of the players who I prefer to give them the ball in places that they love, and observers noted the non-recurrence of the attacks of any of the team’s attacks because of my concern for the distribution of roles and make everyone fall in the list of registered because basketball science says that each player to score immediately brings the performance level of defense
Flu played a negative role
With regard to the effects of flu, which hit a number of players at a critical time of the Asian Cup Douglas said: "flu has affected mostly on Rasheim, Enver,Zaid Abbas and Fadel Najjar, and began its implications for the Philippines in the quarter-finals, culminating in the semi-finals, I have been confirmed because I was asking about Rasheim, Enver and Zaid during the match, and the answer was always one: I'm tired
The first match was most difficult
The most difficult matches in the Asian Cup was the first match in front of Lebanon, according to Sam confirmation, where he explained: "We are aware that to win means that we will take the right path, we had some concern because of the nominations before the tournament was aimed at the interests of Iran and Lebanon and China”
He added: "They say Jordan has elected a good team, but they say after the game they started to say that Jordan can change the features of the competition and rise to the final match, a number of trainers were minimizing the importance of our team, despite successive victories we have achieved, for example, Qatar's coach said after we win , that it is impossible for Jordan to qualify for the World Cup, Iran's coach said after the semi-final that Jordan team did not achieve and will not achieve anything, and on the contrary, was China's and Lebanon coach’s statements.
He explained: " Fadi Khatib and I talked, when we met in the" gym "before the two semi-finals, and he told me that he expected for us to meet in the final game, as the Lebanese team was full of respect for us, but God willing, we met in the match for third place, and similar circumstances and conditions of the Lebanese because we gave the Iranians win in the semi-finals, while rulers gave a false victory for China on Lebanon.
However: "In return to Iran game, they were not going to win other than for the errors, which were calculated on me and made me leave the game in the beginning of the fourth quarter, as well as some of the errors that have not accounted for us, the most important was to Zaid AlKhas in the Iran last attack, team needs me in the last 30 seconds”.
As for his alternative in the playmaker, Wesam Alsous,Douglas said: "he was special as always, however, that the injury had affected him greatly, especially as he has suffered throughout the William Jones tournament and recovered after 3 matches in the Asian Cup."
Great frustration after Iran
And feelings of the players after losing the semi-final against Iran, despite a difference of half of the basket closest we have to win in more than one occasion, the field commander for the team cleared: "After the game with Iran until the end of the match of Lebanon and China , I did not speak with anyone, and I was afraid of the victory for Lebanon on China , because the third-place match with China will be a lot of the courtesies of the owners of the land by the rulers. "
And the status of fatigue suffered by the Lebanese team for the difficult match with China in the semi-finals, said: "We too had succumbed to the psyche and the very poor, if we look carefully, it is the first time that we get to the semi-finals of the Asian Cup, and the Lebanese have more experience, it did not have any role in the fatigue issue, so that the importance of the game delete any presence of fatigue, leaving us only 40 minutes to reach the World Cup
He added: "What happened shortly, we played the game with a brave heart, and the Lebanese felt that and was not able to compete with us so they confess with lost
Rasheim exceeded all
According to the opinion of Douglas, the most players in the team competition are: "Jackson Froman (Lebanon) for the representation he is skilled and knows how to get the error, Wang (China) has the experience, skill and intelligence and intervene on behalf of his team in a timely manner, and Samad Bahrami (Iran) that if he played he Grants his team a great energy and the instigator and has unlimited enthusiasm
Sam Douglas confirmed that Rasheim beat out all those referring to the importance of a top scorer of the team of Jordan, "Palma’s method does not recognize the single star, to play a priority and performance of collective defense
Great Happiness and Large Thanks
The national team playmaker Douglas Osama Speaking of the "tomorrow": "I am very happy with the euphoria I was very qualified and the starring role Snalb the largest theater in the world, but when it expires joy we have to think, and what then? We need to prepare very high, and when the World Cup I hope that we are an unpleasant surprise for all the teams that play against them, I thank all the people of Jordan, because they trust us and stood with us and special thanks to the players and the technical and administrative

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Prince Faisal Honored The National Team

Prince Faisal bin Hussein, head of Olympic Committee honored yesterday the members of the basketball national team whom got the bronze medal-of the 25 Asia Championship which finished in the Chinese city of Tianjin last week and finalist for
The World Cup to be hosted by Turkey next year
And he handed during the ceremony which was held at City Hall Ya Hala Hussein Youth financial rewards to the players and the administrative and technical staffs, totaling (279) thousand dinars at a rate of ten thousand dinars for each player and they are... Zaid AlKhas, Sam Douglas, Ayman Idais, Zaid Abbas Islam Abbas, Enver Soobzokov, Fadel Najjar, Wesam AlSous, Moussa Al Awadi, Mohammed Hamdan, Jamal Abu Shamala, Rasheim Wright, Jamal Maaytah, the last two did not attend the ceremony because of their presence outside the country, and Coach Portuguese Mario Palma got bonus amounted to 120 thousand dinars, as was the team manager - head of the delegation obtained Yanal Alkhas and training members :Mario Gomes, Yusuf Abu Bakr and Ruslan soobzokov to honor distinguished
His Highness Prince Faisal praised for the stars and their commitment and their determination to represent their best, also commended the efforts of the technical and Administrative
His Highness talked to the players saying: you have achieved a great achievement and finished an important step on the beginning of the road, and we look forward for more in the next phase
According to the Olympic Committee adviser Walid Abu Obaid, Prince Faisal renewed confidence in the coaching and administrative teams, explaining that he will
Provide the necessary support to the team which has become a universal character
Lana Jaghbir Secretary General of the Olympic Committee has initiated celebration with a brief word, saying that the achievement is the result of support and attention of your Highness in sports, and in a sustained effort to develop
The center giant of the national team, Ayman Idais expressed in a statement to Alrai his deep thanks and gratitude for the honor given to the national team of His Highness Prince Faisal


Monday, August 24, 2009

Zaid Alkhas Story...

Today's story join between the achievement unique to basketball, where the Jordanian youth team qualified for the World Cup in 1995 and here is the men's national team qualified for the 2010 World Cup after getting the bronze
The story told by Basketball star and Captain of the national team, Zaid AlKhas, who was elected one of the stars of young and men team
Captain Zaid AlKhas went back in memory where the Asian championship held in the Philippine capital of Manila during the period from 3-11 May, in the first round began to beat heavily on Hong Kong 71/24, and then to Singapore 88/35 and lost to South Korea 61/75 to settle in second place of the group
In the second round , our group included China, Philippines, Japan and the beginning was very difficult infront of Philippines as we won on them in the last second 72/71, and lost to China 49/88 before we achieve an easy win at the expense of Japan 73/56 and within it we have reached to the semi-finals
Samir Jankat Vice President of the federation and then President of the Jordanian delegation to the championship interfered: After the stunning win on the Philippines, I called the technical staff to the meeting immediately, and asked Murad Barakat Can you beat China tomorrow and he said "No....” I asked him to rest players against China the following day, even if lost by fifty points, to take advantage of physical inventory to Japan squad which will be stressful from the meeting with the Philippines, and was thus.. Philippines barely were able to reverse the result and won on Japan which lost morale with the physical inventory in front of our team
Zaid goes again to our play with South Korea, the tournament champion; we lost 51/69 to keep us a new opportunity to compete for the World Cup finals for the first time in the history of Jordan, the meeting for third and fourth places, which brought us to meet Thailand and have succeeded in crossing to Greece 62/56
Captain Alkhas, who was wearing Jersey number 13 continue his talking : The team that managed to win the bronze Asia in Manila included Maen Odeh, Ashraf Samara, Fadi Saqqa, Ehab Msseh, Mahmoud Shaaban, Samer El Niño, Ramsey Ghoneim, Raed Ghosheh, Saif Alda', Zaid Zu'mot, and Ziad Nagoj is the same that participated in the World Cup held in Greece during the period from 12-22 july
He adds: It is true that we went through eight meetings at the World Cup and have not been able to achieve any victory but we were proud of performance that we have made despite the fact that the period of preparation for the event was short and included only one camp. In the first round we went through three meetings with Italy and lost 64/87, and with the United States and lost 51/61, the third meeting , the result was double against Australia 35/78
In determining the centers, we met with the Asian champions South Korea and lost in front of 60/68, and then we met with Puerto Rico and the result was 68/87 and 53/81 against China, we met again with Italy 45/65 was finally the end of participation was with South Korea 61/69, and the best meeting for me was in front of Puerto Rico as I recorded 22 points during the meeting while the first meeting with South Korea was the most prominent for me as I recorded 20 points and successfully 16 follow-up, including seven offensive
Alkhas continued: For me personally, I came in the tournament ranked 19 in terms of scorers, scoring 115 points in the tournament at 4.14 points a game and I came rank fifth in terms of follow-up rate of observers 10 balls at the meeting, a balanced ratio between Recordings and follow-up defense 1,5 and 9,4 Offensive
But despite the achievement of 1995,Alkhas who was requested by the U.S. national team to a university there, consider that achievement of 2009 the most important in his career by reaching the World Cup finals for the first time with the men’s team and getting the bronze medal with a win of third place in the finals of Asia, which was held in China
Although the injury he suffered which made him absent from a number of meetings of the Asian Championship but more importantly, we reach the World Cup Turkey, which will be the last station in my career
And AlKhas said: Now we have rest before starting the preparation phase, which must be long-term include the camps with a high level and includes games with teams like universal France and Spain, after focusing on increasing fitness level
Alkhas concluded: we must leave a footprint on the 2010 World Cup and not limited to participation only, before couple days ago the Portuguese coach Palma held a press conference and said that the planning which occur in the first stage includes overcome the first round and reach the second round of the tournament

Olympic Committee honors the basketball team .. Today

His Highness Prince Faisal bin Hussein, head of the Olympic Committee Sponsor on one afternoon a ceremony honoring the national team of basketball, organized by the Olympic Committee in City Hall Ya Hala Hussein Youth
According to the press release issued by the Information Office of the Olympic Committee, a press conference will follow the ceremony

His Highness Prince Faisal has directed to honor the basketball team, who recently returned from China with the historic qualification for the first time for the World Cup to be held in Turkey next year

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Basketball team marched to the World Cup...historic success and the price too high

The Basketball Federation "dissolved" paid a high price for the policy of "Open Object", which marched with a view to the rehabilitation of the national team to World Cup finals, although the unprecedented historical achievement has been achieved, and Jordan had the greatest honor of appearing on the global stage in Turkey in 2010, but many people do not know by numbers the preparation of the team process particularly in terms of the number of participants and the financial costs
The national team played over the past three years, since late 2006 until the end of this year "166" legal game in both tournaments official or friendly, and won "126" games and lost 40 games, with a very high success rate of 77%
The team played 89 official matches in the Arab or continental championships, won 70 times and lost only 19 times the success rate is considered excellent according to international standards amounted to about 80%, and at the level of friendly matches they played 77 matches, won 56 and lost 21, a success rate of 75%
According to a reading , the Basketball Federation has spent 600 thousand dinars to the national team until the end of 2007, but this figure rose to more than one million in 2008 due to the global financial crisis, and the high cost of the camps and international participants, and may cause the accumulation of debt on the Common until it reached at 2009 million and 200 thousand before making Olympic Committee's decision to dissolve the Union
The Union has started since they had the Portuguese coach Mario Palma in the first of the month of September (September) in 2006 to pay the monthly high salaries for the technical staff. And then follow that specific financial allocations for the players as long as they are playing for the calculation of the national team, in line with the draft of professionalism that has been applied As of 2003-2004 season
National Team Participations
2006: the national team Participated in, King Abdullah II tournament, and has finished third behind Egypt and Lebanon's sports, and then participated in the Asian Games in Doha and had finished fourth behind China, Qatar and Iran
2007: the team participated in William Jones championship and has the first place, beating teams such as the ancient Lebanon, Iran, South Korea, then participated in the Asia Championship in Japan, won fifth place behind Iran, Lebanon, Korea, Kazakhstan, and then made King Abdullah II tournament ahead of Tunisia in the final , and the team succeeded in achieving Arab Cup for the first time in history, beating hosts Egypt in the final game, but the loser returned a few days after, and revenge for himself in the finals of the Arab
2008: The team won the West Asian qualifiers behind Lebanon and in front of Syria and Palestine, and then won the title of William Jones for the second year in a row, and was crowned champion of the champions of Qatar and the Asian Cup in front of Qatar, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, India, and behind Tunis in the Arab Cup
2009: the team Participated in Italy torments and finished the fourth behind Italy, Greece, Croatia, Italy, and then participated in the Qatar International Championship and achieved second place behind Qatar,and in front of Egypt and Tunisia, and then second place in William Jones championship after 7 victories and the withdrawal to Iran, then the timing of historical involvement in Asia came, where the tournament culminated in the team bronze medal behind China and Iran and for qualification to World Cup

Prince Faisal Congratulates commander of the homeland for the historic achievement

His Highness Prince Faisal bin Hussein, head of the Olympic Committee as soon as he returned to home from a business trip in Germany to honor the National team, which recently returned from China out by the historic qualification for the first time for the World Cup to be held in Turkey next year. The team will be honored Monday at the headquarters of the Olympic city of Al Hussein Youth and comes under a policy of honoring the Olympic Committee and the vision of His Highness Prince Faisal to give athletes of the achievements of great importance in the tribute
In this regard, His Highness said: We will meet on Monday to honor the constellation of our athletes were recruited loyal to the homeland and have demonstrated our confidence and trust of their homeland, they represented Jordan the best representation and demonstrated to the world on the strength of the sport of Jordan .. We are all proud of these heroes and we are confident to complete the process of their success in the coming period, and I take this opportunity to extend my name and congratulate all the athletes in this sport to qualify for the first of His Majesty King Abdullah II Bin Al Hussein, the sponsor sports and athletes
His Highness the President of Olympic Committee since the beginning of a journey and prepare for the Asian Championship, World Cup qualifying gave his instruction to make all available resources to facilitate the task team, and he followed every small and large in this regard, as he was following up on each team matches and lasting contact reassuring and congratulating each win
The Jordanian sport has seen since Prince Faisal Bin Al Hussein had the Olympic committee leadership a remarkable development at all levels and achieved a qualitative leap and entered the world in more than one occasion, Jordan hosted during the past period many world championships with great success

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Palma: We will not go to Turkey to visit, but to compete

National team coach Portuguese Mario Palma Afflicts to develop a detailed plan for the team to prepare for the World Cup organized by Turkey next year, during intensive working meetings held in Lisbon with his assistant Mario Gomes during the vacation he spends in his country beginning this week

Palma through a news conference at the Basketball Federation with the attendance of the Federation manager Tayseer sa’adeh and the sports activities manager in Al Hussein Sports City Radwan Abadi Revealed the initial features of the plan for the preparation for participation in the World Cup. The plan which will apply early October next includes a training camp in Europe includes robust experimental games, in addition to the posts of Foreign Affairs at the level of team and Zain Group, which includes nine of the team Stars

League with the participation of twp professionals

He said he would advise to set up league with two professional, stressing that it was not possible to prepare and develop the team without the cooperation and support of the clubs, adding that he will present the details and financial costs on the Union who will assume the responsibility and Olympic Committee

The Portuguese coach, who will keep his staff that the team would not go to Turkey in August 2010 for the visit, but to play and shows the evolution of Jordan's basketball and compete strongly, indicating that the primary objective is seeking to reach the sixteen round in the tournament, which witnessed the participation of 24 teams from the World

He stressed that the door will be open to accession by any player to prove his worth, and will not be a representation of the national team limited to certain names, likely to be initially called 16 or 18 players, including thirteen who were present in the Asian Championship in China

Palma, who has the leadership of Angola's to World Cup,presents achievements of the national team over the past three years, most notably the bronze Asia 2009 and qualify for the World Cup and sit on the throne of Arab basketball in 2007 and winning the Stankovic Cup 2008 and the title of William Jones Cup for two consecutive years and win the title Cup of King Abdullah II International in 2007 and finished second in the Arab Championship 2007 and the West Asia 2008

The real end of the Asia Champions

And Palma, who has a track record of training includes seventy win titles, that team during this period jumped 29 places from No. 68 to 39 in the category of the International Federation, and they are candidate to progress more in the next category, indicating that the team played through the past three years over 157 games official and friendly games and won 121 at a rate of 77 percent, which is a non-normal proportion

And he reviewed the team process and details on participating in the Asian Championships which concluded in the Chinese city of Tianjin last week which resulted in an unprecedented achievement for the Jordanian basketball, considering that the game against Iran has been the real end of the tournament

Achievement of a collective effort

He said that the credit for the historic achievement was due primarily to the players who have made a lot of effort and contribution and sacrifices and kept away from their families for long periods, he said, adding that I am proud I took the training of these heroes, and I expect that they get from the next federation all the attention and care

Palma noted the role of the former federation, which provided all requirements and facilities and the requirements and prerequisite for success, and he cannot forget the extraordinary effort exerted by Tarek Al Zoubi

He stressed the importance of the role of the Olympic Committee which was keen to support the team, and taking care and attention of them and followed the team and provided reasons for its success, especially during the last month through its participation in the William Jones Cup and Asian Cup.

Palma praised the efforts of the technical staff and administrative and medical, who works with him, as he commended the Union efforts and sporting director at Al Hussein Youth and media

In response to a question about his future with the club Zain, he said, "I am a professional coach, and related to my business with Zain or not will be in coordination and consultation with the Union

In response to another question about his position if the next union wants him to continue, Palma repeated:”I am a professional coach, and there is a formal contract extends until August 2010, in the case of a desire to terminate the contract I'm going to pay a full year salary

ينكب المدير الفني للمنتخب الوطني لكرة السلة البرتغالي ماريو بالما على وضع تفاصيل خطة اعداد المنتخب لنهائيات كأس العالم التي تنظمها تركيا العام القادم، أثناء اجتماعات عمل مكثفة يعقدها في لشبونه مع مساعده ماريو جوميش خلال اجازة يمضيها في بلاده بدءا من الأسبوع الجاري

وكشف بالما خلال مؤتمر صحفي عقده في مقر اتحاد كرة السلة بحضور مدير الاتحاد تيسير سعادة ومدير النشااطات الرياضية في مدينة الحسين للشباب رضوان العبادي الملامح الأولية لخطة التحضير للمشاركة الأردنية الأولى في كأس العالم. وتشتمل الخطة المقرر المباشرة في تطبيقها مطلع تشرين أول القادم على معسكر تدريبي في أوروبا يتضمن مباريات تجريبية قوية، اضافة الى مشاركات خارجية على صعيد المنتخب وفريق زين الذي يضم تسعة من نجوم المنتخب

الدوري بمشاركة محترفين اثنين

وقال أنه سينصح باقامة الدوري بمشاركة محترفين اثنين، مشددا على عدم امكانية تحضير المنتخب وتطويره دون تعاون ودعم الأندية، مشيرا الى أنه سيعرض التفاصيل والكلف المالية على الاتحاد الذي سيتولى المسؤولية وعلى اللجنة الأولمبية

وأكد المدرب البرتغالي العجوز الذي سيحتفظ بطاقمه أن المنتخب لن يذهب الى تركيا في آب 2010 من أجل الزيارة بل ليلعب ويظهر تطور كرة السلة الأردنية وينافس بقوة، مبينا أن الهدف الأولي يتمثل في السعي لبلوغ دور الستة عشر في البطولة التي تشهد مشاركة 24 من نخبة المنتخبات العالمية

وشدد على أن الباب سيكون مفتوحا أمام انضمام أي لاعب يثبت جدارته، ولن يكون تمثيل المنتخب الوطني حكرا على أسماء معينة، مرجحا أن يتم في البداية استدعاء 16 أو 18 لاعبا من بينهم الثلاثة عشر الذين كانوا موجودين في بطولة آسيا بالصين

وعرض بالما الذي سبق له قيادة منتخب أنجولا لكأس العالم الانجازات التي حققها المنتخب الوطني على مدار السنوات الثلاث الماضية وأبرزها برونزية آسيا 2009 والتأهل لكأس العالم والتربع على عرش كرة السلة العربية عام 2007 والفوز بكاس ستانكوفيتش 2008 وحراز لقب بطولة كأس وليم جونز عامين متتاليين والفوز بلقب بطولة كأس الملك عبدالله الثاني الدولية عام 2007 والحصول على المركز الثاني في الدورة العربية 2007 وبطولة غرب آسيا 2008

النهائي الحقيقي لبطولة آسيا

وبين بالما الذي يمتلك سجلا تدريبيا حافلا يتضمن الفوز بسبعين لقبا، أن المنتخب قفز خلال هذه المدة 29 مركزا من المرتبة 68 الى 39 في التصنيف الصادر عن الاتحاد الدولي، وهو مرشح للتقدم أكثر في التصنيف القادم، مبينا أن المنتخب خاض خلال الأعوام الثلاثة 157 مباراة رسمية وودية فاز في 121 منها بمعدل 77 بالمئة وهي نسبة غير عادية

واستعرض مسيرة المنتخب والتفاصيل المتعلقة بالمشاركة في بطولة آسيا التي اختتمت في مدينة تيان جين الصينية الأسبوع الماضي والتي أسفرت عن انجاز غير مسبوق لكرة السلة الأردنية، معتبرا أن مباراة المنتخب وايران كانت النهائي الحقيقي للبطولة

الانجاز بجهد جماعي

وقال أن الفضل في الانجاز التاريخي يعود في المقام الأول للاعبين الذين قدموا الكثير من الجهد والعطاء والتضحيات وابتعدوا عن عائلاتهم لفترات طويلة، مضيفا أفخر بانني توليت تدريب هؤلاء الأبطال، وأتوقع أن ينالوا من الاتحاد القادم كل الاهتمام والرعاية

ونوه بالما بدور الاتحاد السابق الذي وفر كل الاحتياجات والتسهيلات ومتطلبات ومستلزمات النجاح، وتابع لا يمكن أن ننسى الجهد الاستثنائي الذي بذله طارق الزعبي

وأكد على أهمية دور اللجنة الأولمبية التي حرصت على دعم المنتخب ورعايته والاهتمام به وتابعت الفريق ووفرت أسباب النجاح له وخصوصا خلال الشهر الأخير خلال مشاركته في كأس وليم جونز وبطولة آسيا

واثنى بالما على جهود الكادر الفني والاداري والطبي الذي يعمل معه، مثلما أشاد بجهود كادر اتحاد اللعبة ومدير النشاط الرياضي في مدينة الحسين للشباب ووسائل الاعلام

وردا على سؤال حول وضعه المستقبلي مع نادي زين، قال أنا مدرب محترف، وما يتعلق بعملي مع زين من عدمه سيكون بالتنسيق والتشاور مع الاتحاد

وردا على سؤال آخر حول موقفه اذا رغب الاتحاد القادم بعدم استمراره كرر بالما انني مدرب محترف، وهناك عقد رسمي يمتد حتى أب 2010 ، وفي حالة الرغبة في انهاء العقد سأحصل على رواتب عام كامل