24 Nov. 2016 – AUL represented Lebanon at the FISU 3×3 Basketball Championship and grabbed a bronze medal after a hard game against China, the host country, in Xiamen, China.
The game between the host nation and our national team ended 18-21. We should note that the team did an amazing job during this tournament despite losing to Mongolia in the semi-final.
Our Lebanese team kicked off the championship with three wins and one loss to China in the group stage. They then defeated Thailand to advance to the semi-finals where they lost against Mongolia in 18-21.
China lost to France in the semi-final leading to a bronze medal match between Lebanon and China that ended in favor of the Lebanese team.
We would like to give a shout out to Elio Abi Saleh, Bilal Nazha, Georges Ive Daaboul and Samir Khoury who delivered an outstanding performance.
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