El-Qirqawy in the Delegations' Reception Party: we support all the Arab national teams to reach the continental and international levels

Major General/ Ismail El-Qirqawy, Chairman of both the Arab and the Emirati Basketball Federation stressed on his support to all the Arab national teams to reach the continental and international levels. During the party held by the organizing committee, and in the presence of the senior manager/ Abdallah El-Ansary, the Emirati basketball icon, and Abdelrahman El-Mosaad, Vice Chairman of the Arab Basketball Federation and the Head of the Youth Championship Technical Committee, El-Qirqawy stated that the Arab Federation was glad with such meetings between the Arab brothers and keen to intensify the championships along with the training and officiating courses, for the purpose of supporting the clubs, national teams, coaches, referees, and all staff of the game to improve their standard. El-Qirqawy appreciated the efforts exerted by the organizing committee headed by Dr. Magdy Abu-Frekha, Vice Chairman of the Arab Basketball Federation and the Chairman of the Egyptian Basketball Federation; the organizer of the Championship, for the distinguished organization of the Youth Championship, he also praised the General Secretariat of the Arab Federation headed by Brigadier/ Abdallah Shalabi and the assisting team work for the efforts expended before and during the Championship. El-Qirqawy pointed to the highly technical standards developed by the current championship, referring to the promising future of several teams, saying that some teams presented high standard performance especially Egypt and Algeria demanding the federations whose teams did not come up with the required accomplishments to make use of their mistakes and improve their teams in the upcoming competitions.

In his turn, Dr. Magdy Abu-Frekha extended his thanks to Major General/ Ismail El-Qirqawy and the Board of Directors of the Arab Federation and the General Secretariat of the Federation for their support for the organizing committee and their contribution in the success of the Championship. He also welcomed Abdallah El-Ansary, the former Secretary of the Emirati Basketball Federation appreciating his presence in the party and the close of the Championship, hoping success for all the teams. Afterwards, the ceremonies of distributing the shields were conducted between the Arab Federation and the organizing committee from one part, and between the committee and the participating delegations from the other part. Moreover, on behalf of the Emirati delegation, Rashid El-Naqabi, the Supervisor of the Emirati national team, presented honor shields to the Chairman of the Arab Federation, the organizing committee, and the delegations.