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BENGALURU (India) – Sheikh Saud Ali Al Thani was re-elected as President of FIBA Asia for a third term by the General Assembly of the member federations in Bengaluru India on Sunday. This makes Sheikh Saud Ali Al Thani the third elected member of the FIBA Central Board for 2019-2023 cycle after Burton Shipley, the re-elected President of FIBA Oceania and the re-elected President of FIBA Europe.

The Zone Assembly also elected the new board members:

1. Mr. Yao Ming (Chairman)
2. Mr. Akram Halabi (1st vice President)
3. Mr. Alfredo Panlilo (2nd vice President)
4. Mr. Abhijit Sarker (Chairman Finance Committee)
5. Ms. Xu Lan (member of Gender in Minority)

Sub Zone Representative:

1. Mr. K Govindraj (SABA)
2. Mr. Pan Yul (EABA),
3. Mr. Erick Tohir (SEABA),
4. Mr. Jalal Makrach (WABA),
5. Mr. Dimash Dosanov (CABA)
6. Abdellatif Al Nuaimi (GBA).

The above elected members join the FIBA Executive Director – Asia Mr. Hagop Khajirian, who’s also the Secretary General of FIBA Asia. FIBA President Horacio Muratore, FIBA Secretary General Andreas Zagklis, and FIBA Executive Director – Asia Hagop Khajirian were all present at the Zone Assembly.

Althani thanked Basketball Federation of India and its President Govindraj, for hosting this assembly in his beloved city of Bengaluru. Secretary General Andreas Zagklis congratulated Al Thani: “I want to congratulate Sheikh Al Saud for his re-election as president of FIBA Asia. We are confident that he will continue the great work he has done for basketball in Asia.”

“I would like to thank everybody and especially Basketball Federation of India for their great effort to deliver the General Assembly this year and look forward to working with our new Board for the benefit of basketball in our continent.” Khajirian said. The 2014-2019 FIBA Asia Assembly Report was presented to the Congress and highlighted the key achievements and the strategic plans for the term 2019-2023.