Bahrain beat hosts Syria 76-67 last night in a stunning upset in their Group D encounter of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Asian Qualifiers round at the Al Hamadaniyeh Sports Arena in Aleppo.
A capacity crowd of 8,000 raucous, chanting home fans was first stunned into silence by Bahrain’s early ascendency in the first two quarters, then caused a disturbance in the game’s last few seconds when it became apparent that the visiting team were going to win comfortably.
