Both teams will take to the field of Istora Senayan in the Indonesian capital as the only undefeated to star in an unprecedented final in the history of the continental competition.
The Lebanese team beat Jordan 86-85 yesterday to return 15 years later to the contention for the gold medal, after exhibiting the best results in the subtitles in 2001, 2005 and 2007, as well as fourth place in 2009.
For its part, Australia defeated New Zealand 85-76 in the semifinals to give a blow of authority in its status as current champion and number three in the world ranking thanks to the bronze metal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
According to the statistics of the competition, Lebanon will bet on the inside game and the speed to counteract the power under the tables of the representation of Australia.
The Cedars team under the command of Jad El Hayy agreed to this instance after leading the qualifying group D with successes over the Philippines (95-80), New Zealand (86-72) and India (104-63) and victories against China (72 -69) in the quarterfinals and semifinals against Jordan.
Meanwhile, Australia dominated key A with joy against Jordan (78-60), Saudi Arabia (76-52) and Indonesia (78-53), then surpassed Japan (99-85) in the quarterfinals and for the passage to gold defeated New Zealand.
In the individual order, Lebanese point guard Wael Arakji leads the scorers with an average of 25.5 points in four games thanks to a 51.4 ERA from the field (74-38), in addition to contributing nine rebounds and 15 assists.
On the opposite side, power forward Thon-Maker (2.16 meters tall) has averages of 17.8 points, nine rebounds and 2.2 basket passes in five games to stand out for the Australian monarchs.
Early this Sunday, Jordan will compete against New Zealand for the bronze medal, in an event that brought together the best 16 teams in Asia in Jakarta.
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