Head of Iran Basketball Federation Mahmoud Mashhoun says that there is a small chance of booking an Olympic quota place but nothing is impossible in sports.

The Iranian team left Tehran on Saturday to hold a training camp in Latvia ahead of the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
 Iran will play two warm-up matches against New Zealand and Latvia on June 26 and June 28 respectively in its training camp. 
“Our team is in good shape at the moment but we have a difficult task ahead of us. I don’t expect to qualify for the Olympics but on the other hand I believe that nothing is impossible,” Mashhoun told Mehr news agency.
He went on to explain that the German coach Dirk Bauermann has given the team a fresh impetus.
“We have invited some young players to the national team. With these players, Iran won the West Asia Basketball Association (WABA) tournament in early June and also won the 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge last week,” he added.
“I believe that our young players have a bright future. Regardless of the results in the tournaments, they will earn experience and show their capabilities in the next competitions,” Mashhoun concluded. 
The FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament will be held between July 4 and July 9 at the multi-purpose Pala Alpitour indoor sports arena in Turin, Italy.
Iran, Greece and Mexico will trade blows in Group A, and the top two sides will advance to the Final Round to meet the top two sides from Group B, which includes Tunisia, Croatia and Italy.
The first-place team in Group A will take on the second-place team from Group B in one semi-final, and the side that comes top of Group B will go up against the second-top team in Group A in the other semi-final. The winners will them meet in a do-or-die showdown for a spot in the Olympics.
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