Damascus - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Palestinian national basketball team for juniors lost today, Friday, to its Lebanese counterpart, 100-38, in the semi-finals of the West Asian Basketball Championship for the under-18 category, which is held in Al-Fayhaa Sports City in the Syrian capital, Damascus.

The Lebanese team will face the winner of the Syria-Iraq match in the final match, while our team will meet the losing team in the third-place match.

The first and second places will qualify directly for the Asian Cup finals, which will be held in the Iranian capital, Tehran, next August.

Our national team was bottom of the standings at the end of the first round, with three defeats against the Syrian team with a score of 87-55, against Lebanon with a score of 101-65, and against Iraq with a score of 67-53.