Mohamad Hamdar joins Amchit

Amchit continue their big transfers campaign by signing Mohamad Hamdar from Hoops.

The 24 year -old Center was very close from Sagesse earlier this summer but he finally decided to join the new promoted club.

With this signing Amchit have now a competitive squad with Matt Freije , Sabah Khoury and Mohamad Hamdar.

Amchit signs Matt Freije and Sabah Khoury

 The new promoted team , Amchit , just made two big moves by signing Sabah Khoury from Sagesse and also Matt Freije.
Matt Freije signed a 4 year contract.

Lebanon triumph in Jordan : Lebanon 73-61 Jordan

Final Score : Lebanon 73-61 Jordan
Lebanon is the winner of this year's WABA edition .
This triumph is a big surprise because of the bad preparation that Lebanon had before the tournament and the very small roster that Ghassan Sarkis have to his disposition ( only 9 players ).
But the NT delivered very good performances against big teams like Jordan and Iran so we can say that this team , despite many abcsences , have a bright future ahead of it .
Congratulation Ghassan Sarkis and his players and for all the lebanese fans. Our next challenge is the Asian Cup ( Stanckovic Cup ) next September in Japan.

Breaking news : Rony Fahed joins Mouttahed

Rony Fahed signed a 3 year contract witj Mouttahed. The former Sagesse player is now back to Lebanon after playing 3 year in China.

WABA game 3 : Lebanon vs Iran

It's probably the most difficult game in this tournament.
The lebanese team faced Iran , one of the best team in Asia , with only 9 players ine the squad. And the result is both suprising and deserved : Lebanon 74-69 Iran.
Fadi el Khatib and Garnett Thompson have both lead the NT to this important victory while Hussein el Khatib was fouled out in the fourth quarter .
More stats soon...

Official signings in Lebanon

Champville:
Miguel Martinez , former Sagesse player which also used to play at Champville , and Sevag Ketenjian signed 3 year with Champville

Riyadi : 
Loren Woods is Riyadi's foreigner for the next 2 years

Sagesse:
As expected Elie Rustom and Elie Stephan joined Sagesse. They signed a 3 year contract.
Mohammad Ibrahim and Patrick Bou Abboud,  respectivly ex-champville and ex-bejjeh , joined Sagesse for 2 years .
And finally Jad Bitar and Charbel el Sokhen renewed their contract with the club

WABA game 2 : Lebanon vs Yemen

It's the Second game of the NT and it's probably the easiest one.
It ended 108-74 in Lebanon's favor.
Some stats:
-Charles Tabet 15pts and 5 rbds .
-Jad Bitar 13pts and 7 rbds .
-Nadim Souaid 18 pts and 13 rbds.

WABA game 1 : Lebanon vs Syria

The Lebanese national team faced Syria for their first game in this competition.

Lebanon won this game 98-69.

Players Stats :  -Fadi el Khatib 30pts 15 rbds

                       - Elie Stephan 19pts 4 rbds

                       -Garnett Thompson 19pts 8 rbds

                       -Charles Tabet 10pts 4 rbds

Lebanese players travelling to Jordan

Only 9 lebanese players have been called up by Ghassan Sarkis to represent their country in the West Asian Championship in Jordan ( from 11 to 15 June )
Note the ( excused ) abscense of Fadi el Khatib due to personal reasons.
List : - Rodrigue Akl , PG , Sagesse
        - Miguel Martinez , PG , Sagesse
        - Elie Estephan , SG
        - Hussein el Khatib , SF , Champville
        - Nadim Souaid , SF , Champville
        - Billy Fares , PF , Riyadi
        - Charles Tabet , PF - C , Anibal
        - Jad Bitar , PF - C , Sagesse
        - Garnett Thompson , PF - C
Many players didn't join the NT for various reasons ( injury , personal reason ... ) The big abscents are Fadi el Khatib , Jean Abd el Nour , Mohamad Ibrahim , Ali Mahmoud and many other big names . This situation is described as " shamefull and unacceptable " in Lebanon.

Preparation game : Lebanon 98-88 Syria

The lebanese national team faced today Syria . The objective of this game is to prepare for West Asian Championship. Lebanon won the game 98-88 .
Starting 5: Rodrigue Akl - Fadi el Khatib - Nadim Souaid - Nadim Hawi - Jad Bitar Fadi el Khatib scored 36 pts , Elie Stephan 18 and Hussein el Khatib 17 .

Transfers rumors

This is not official yet but Elie Rustom and Elie Stephan might sigb in next few days at Sagesse. And Rony Fahed , former NT PG , has the choice between joining Mouttahed or going back to China.

Official : Riyadi signs Ralph Akl

Ralph Akl (Rodrigue Akl's young brother) just signed a contract with Riyadi.