Mousa Al-Awadi (born July 20, 1985 in

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, Jordan) is a Jordanian professional

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player who currently plays for Al-Ahli of the

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. He also is a member of the

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Career

Al-Awadi competed with the Jordanian team at the

FIBA Asia Championship 2007 The 2007 FIBA Asia Championship for Men was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the men's basketball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing. The tournament was held in Tokushima, Japan from July 28 to August 5, 2007. Participati ...

and

FIBA Asia Championship 2009 The 2009 FIBA Asia Championship for Men was the biennial Asian continental championship and also served as the FIBA Asia qualifying tournament for the 2010 FIBA World Championship. The tournament was held from August 6 to 16, 2009 in Tianjin, China ...

. In 2009, Al-Awadi helped the Jordanian team to a national best third-place finish by averaging 4.8 points per game off the bench for the team.FIBA Player Profile
/ref> The third-place finish meant that

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qualified for its first ever

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References

1985 births Living people Asian Games competitors for Jordan Basketball players at the 2014 Asian Games Jordanian men's basketball players Shooting guards Sportspeople from Amman 2010 FIBA World Championship players 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup players Al-Ahli SC (Amman) basketball players 21st-century Jordanian sportsmen {{Jordan-basketball-bio-stub