The Asian watch: Day 6

September 3, 2010 | Posted by Benjie

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Oh, I missed a couple of days in updating how the Asian teams fare in this world tourney. By now, we have known the cast for the Last 16. Unfortunately, only China survived and managed to make it to the next round. In the preliminaries, Iran won only once, against Tunisia. Like Iran, Lebanon has only a win to show and that is at the expense of Steve Nash-less Canada. Jordan bids this tournament goodbye without a win. But the fact that it’s among the world’s elite 24 is already a huge feat considering 16 Asian teams scrambled for four slots in this once-in-four years prestigious tournament.