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2016 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship
The 2016 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship was the 24th edition of the Asian Championship for Junior Men aged 18 years old and below. The tournament was held in Tehran, Iran from July 22 to 31. The top three teams will qualify and will represent FIBA Asia the 2017 FIBA Under-19 World Championship in Egypt. This will be the second time the country will host the tournament after successfully staging the 20th edition eight years ago. Qualification According to the FIBA Asia rules, the number of participating teams in the FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship is sixteen. Each of the six FIBA Asia Sub-Zones had two places, and the hosts (Iran) and holders (China) were automatically qualified. The other four places are allocated to the zones according to performance in the 2014 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship. Allocation Only 12 teams registered to participate in this tournament. No teams from the Persian Gulf region entered despite being allocated two automatic berths. Teams Draw O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmenistan to the north, by Afghanistan and Pakistan to the east, and by the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south. It covers an area of , making it the 17th-largest country. Iran has a population of 86 million, making it the 17th-most populous country in the world, and the second-largest in the Middle East. Its largest cities, in descending order, are the capital Tehran, Mashhad, Isfahan, Karaj, Shiraz, and Tabriz. The country is home to one of the world's oldest civilizations, beginning with the formation of the Elamite kingdoms in the fourth millennium BC. It was first unified by the Medes, an ancient Iranian people, in the seventh century BC, and reached its territorial height in the sixth century BC, when Cyrus the Great fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sajjad Al-Saedi
Sajjad is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Imam Sajjad ( Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin), 4th Imam of Shia Islam * Syed Sajjad Haider Yaldram (1880–1943), Urdu short story writer, travel writer, translator, linguist, essayist, and humorist * Sajjad Afghani, Kashmiri militant and Commander-in-Chief of Harkat Ul Ansar * Sajjad Akbar (born 1961), Pakistani cricketer * Sajjad Ali, Pakistani semi-classical, pop singer, film actor, director and producer * Sajjad Anoushiravani (born 1984), Iranian weightlifter * Sajjad Fazel (born 1991), Tanzanian clinical pharmacist, public health researcher, health columnist * Sajjad Ganjzadeh (born 1992), Iranian karateka * Sajjad Gul, Pakistani film producer, media mogul * Sajjad Hussain (cricketer, born 1980), Indian cricketer * Sajjad Hussain (cricketer, born 1986), Pakistani cricketer * Sajjad Hussain (composer), Indian music director * Sajjad Karim, British Asian politician * Sajjad Gharibi (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jolo Mendoza
Jolo ( tsg, Sūg) is a volcanic island in the southwest Philippines and the primary island of the province of Sulu, on which the capital of the same name is situated. It is located in the Sulu Archipelago, between Borneo and Mindanao, and has a population of approximately 500,000 people. The island is the location of the Jolo Group of Volcanoes, and contains numerous volcanic cones and craters, including the active Bud Dajo cinder cone. It has been the headquarters of militants from the terrorist group Abu Sayyaf. History After a series of less-than-successful attempts during the centuries of Spanish rule in the Philippines, Spanish forces captured the city of Jolo, the seat of the Sultan of Sulu, in 1876. On that year, the Spanish launched a massive campaign to occupy Jolo. Spurred by the need to curb slave raiding once and for all and worried about the presence of other Western powers in the south (the British had established trading centers in Jolo by the 19th century a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshua Sinclair (basketball)
Joshua Sinclair (born May 7, 1953) is an American writer, producer, actor and director born in New York City. Filmography References 1957 births Living people American male film actors 20th-century American male actors {{US-film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonas Tibayan
Jonas may refer to: Geography * Jonas, Netherlands, Netherlands * Jonas, Pennsylvania, United States * Jonas Ridge, North Carolina, United States People with the name * Jonas (name), people with the given name or surname Jonas * Jonas, one of two Jeneum (figures in the Book of Mormon) * Jonah or Jonas, a prophet in the Hebrew Bible * Jonas (footballer, born 1943), full name Jonas Bento de Carvalho, Brazilian football midfielder * Jonas (footballer, born 1972), full name Carlos Emanuel Romeu Lima, Angolan football midfielder * Jonas (footballer, born 1983), full name Jonas Brignoni dos Santos, Brazilian football defender * Jonas (footballer, born 1984), full name Jonas Gonçalves Oliveira, Brazilian football forward * Jonas (footballer, born 1987), full name Jonas Jessue da Silva Júnior, Brazilian football defender * Jonas (footballer, born 1991), full name Jonas Gomes de Sousa, Brazilian football midfielder Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Jonas'' (novel), a 1955 nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Montri Bassey
Justin may refer to: People * Justin (name), including a list of persons with the given name Justin * Justin (historian), a Latin historian who lived under the Roman Empire * Justin I (c. 450–527), or ''Flavius Iustinius Augustus'', Eastern Roman Emperor who ruled from 518 to 527 * Justin II (c. 520–578), or ''Flavius Iustinius Iunior Augustus'', Eastern Roman emperor who ruled from 565 to 578 * Justin (magister militum per Illyricum) (''fl.'' 538–552), a Byzantine general * Justin (Moesia), a Byzantine general killed in battle in 528 * Justin (consul 540) (c. 525–566), a Byzantine general * Justin Martyr (103–165), a Christian martyr * Justin (gnostic), 2nd-century Gnostic Christian; sometimes confused with Justin Martyr * Justin the Confessor (d 269) * Justin of Chieti, venerated as an early bishop of Chieti, Italy * Justin of Siponto (c. 4th century), venerated as Christian martyrs by the Catholic Church * Justin de Jacobis (1800–1860), an Italian Lazarist m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vishal Kumar Gupta
Vishal may refer to: People * Vishal (name), a common Indian given name * King Vishal, emperor of the Mahabharata era who founded the ancient city of Vishalapura * Vishal (actor) (born 1977), Indian film actor, producer and anti-piracy activist * Vishal–Shekhar, Indian musical duo consisting of Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani Buildings and places * De Vishal, a historical building and gallery in Haarlem, the Netherlands. * Vishalgad, fort of Shivaji in Maharashtra * Vishal Badri, synonym of the Badrinath temple in Uttarakhand's Himalaya Politics *Vishal Haryana Party, a former political party *Vishal Sangh, a former trade union in Fiji Other uses * INS ''Vishal'' (IAC-II), aircraft carrier of Indian Navy * Vishal Film Factory Vishal Film Factory is an Indian film production, distribution and music company established by actor Vishal in 2013. Based in Chennai, it mainly produces and distributes Tamil Tamil may refer to: * Tamils, an ethnic group nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sahil (born 1999)
Sahil may refer to: * Sahil, Azerbaijan, a municipality in Baku, Azerbaijan * Sahil (Baku Metro), a metro station of the Baku Metro * Sahil, Saudi Arabia, a city in the governorate of Bareq, Saudi Arabia * Sahil, Somaliland, a region of Somaliland * Sahil (name) Sahil is an Indian male given name of Sanskrit origin. Notable people with the name * Afroz Alam Sahil, Indian journalist * Sahil Anand, Indian actor * Sahil Babayev, Azerbaijani government minister * Sahil Deshmukh Khan, Indian actor * Sahil ..., an Indian name (including a list of people with the name) * ''Sahil'' (film), a 1959 Indian film {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiang Man
Jiang may refer to: * ''Jiang'' (rank), rank held by general officers in the military of China *Jiang (surname) Jiang / Chiang can be a Mandarin transliteration of one of several Chinese surnames: #Jiǎng (surname), Jiǎng (surname 蔣) (#蔣, 蔣), commonly spelled as Jiǎng, Chiang, Cheung, Jang (Korean name), Jang, Chioh #Jiāng (surname 江) (#江, ..., several Chinese surnames ** Jiang Zemin (1926–2022), as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party * Jiang River, an ancient river of China * Jiang County, in Shanxi, China {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
