Jordan national basketball team

Jordan
FIBA Ranking	28th
Joined FIBA	1957
FIBA Zone	FIBA Asia
National Federation	JBF
Coach	Tab Baldwin
Olympic Games
Appearances	None
Medals	None
World Championships
Appearances	1
Medals	None
Asian Championships
Appearances	11
Medals	Silver: 2011 Bronze: 2009
Uniforms
Light Dark

The Jordan national basketball team is the official basketball team of Jordan in international competitions. It is one of the top teams in Asia and is the defending champion of the 29th William Jones Cup.

There are many improvements that have been made for the Jordanian team in recent years beside qualifying to World cup for the first time, they won William Jones cup in its 30th edition in 2008 and FIBA Asia Stankovic cup in Kuwait in 2008 beside finishing at the first place of Arab Nations cup in Egypt in 2007, and runners up in 2008.

The President of JBF is Hilal Barakat. Its head coach is American national Tab Baldwin.

Honors

– 2011: 2nd Place: FIBA Asia Championship in China. 1st Place: King Abdullah II Basketball Cup 2nd Place: West Asia Basketball Cup in Iraq. 2nd place : arab games – 2010: 23rd Place: 2010 FIBA World Championship.

– 2009: 4th Place: Italia International Tournament. 2nd Place: Qatar International Tournament. 2nd Place: William Jones Cup. 3rd Place: FIBA Asia Championship in China.

– 2008 : 1st Place: FIBA Asia Stankovic Cup. 2nd Place: Arab Basketball Cup in Tunisia. 1st Place: Qatar Friendly Tournament. 1st Place: William Jones Basketball Cup in Taiwan. 2nd Place: West Asia Basketball Cup in Jordan.

– 2007 : 1st Place: William Jones Basketball Cup in Taiwan. 1st Place: Arab Basketball Cup in Egypt. 2nd Place: Pan Arab Games in Egypt. 1st Place: King Abdullah II Basketball Cup. 5th Place: Asian Cup Basketball Championship in China.

– 2006 : 4th Place: Asian Games in Qatar – Basketball. 3rd Place: King Abdullah II Basketball Cup.

– 2005 : 2nd Place: West Asian Games – Basketball. 4th Place: King Abdullah II Basketball Cup.

– 2004 : 1st Place: King Abdullah II Basketball Cup. 1st Place: Qatar International Basketball Cup.

– 2002 : 2nd Place: King Abdullah II Basketball Cup.

– 1999 : 2nd Place: 9th Pan Arab Games in Jordan.

– 1992 : 2nd Place: 7th Pan Arab Games in Syria.

– 1987 : 1st Place: Arab Gold Cup in the UAE.

– 1986 : 3rd Place: Asian Cup Championship in Malaysia.

Current roster

Jordan National Basketball Team roster roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight DOB (Y–M–D) From 1.0 !PG 5 Jordan ! Daghlas, Sam 77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) – Amman 1.0 !PG 5 Jordan ! Wright, Rasheim 77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) – Philadelphia 6.0 !C 6 Jordan ! Al-Khas, Zaid 82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) – Gannon 4.5 !PF 5 Jordan ! Abbaas, Zaid 79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) – Amman 4.5 !PF 6 Jordan ! Abbaas, Islam 80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) – Amman 6.0 !C 7 Jordan ! Dais, Ayman 84 !7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) – Amman 1.0 !PG 5 Jordan ! Qahwash, Imad 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) – Central Arkansas 1.0 !PG 6 Jordan ! Al-Awadi, Mousa 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) – Amman 3.0 !SF 5 Jordan ! Soobzokov, Enver 78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) – Amman 2.0 !SG 8 Jordan ! Abu-Shamala, Jamal 77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) – Minnesota 6.0 !C 9 Jordan ! Maaytah, Jamal 86 !7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) – Amman 1.0 !PG 10 Jordan ! Abdeen, Mahmoud 73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) – Amman 4.5 !PF 11 Jordan ! Hadrab, Mohammad 80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) – Amman 1.0 !PG 12 Jordan ! Irefiej, Francis 74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) – Amman	Head coach Mario Palma Legend (C) Team captain from field describes home town

William Jones Cup

Jordan became the first West Asia team to win the Jones Cup after posting a 7–2 record in the tournament to beat Lebanon and the Philippines.

Jordan is also willing to win the Arab cup this year after they won the King Abdullah Championship.

2007 FIBA Asia championship

Placed in Group A, or the so-called "Group of Death" alongside China, Philippines and eventual champion Iran, the Jordanians won two of three games in the group phase to make it to the quarterfinals; however, they lost to Korea and Japan in the said round and eventually placed fifth after beating Chinese Taipei, 95–74. Some of the key players for the Jordanian National Team are Enver Soobzokov, Sam Daghlas, Zaid Al-Khas, Zaid Abbaas, Islam Abbaas and Rashiem Wright. One key member of the University of Minnesota basketball team, Guard/Forward Jamal Abu-Shamala, is Jordanian-American.

Head coaches

• Tab Baldwin
• Murad Barakat

Preceded by Athletes in Action

William Jones Cup Champions 2007, 2008

Succeeded by Iran