Al-Ahly of Egypt achieved a great victory over the Yemeni Port 132/53 at the beginning of the journey to defend its title, within the second iron group, which also includes the Lebanese Al-Riyadi, the former Arab and Asian champion, and the Qatari Al-Gharafa, who will face the defending champion in the third round on Friday. The Egyptian teams grabbed the lights in the opening of the 34th edition of the Arab Clubs for Men, which started this afternoon in Kuwait. Immediately after Al-Ahly winning; the Alexandrian Al-Itihad, the master of the country and the record holder in this competition (7) titles, gained a great victory over Aleppo – Syrian by score 99/52 within the first group, which includes both of Kuwait, the host of the tournament and Al-Ahly Benghazi- Libya, Al-Itihad of Alexandria succeeded in controlling the game from the beginning to the end, amid the astonishment of the Syrian audience, who was surprised by the level of his team, because of the absence of both Anton Bakr and Abdel-Wahhab Al-Hamwi.
In the third group, Al-Ahly of Bahrain defeated Al-Sadd of Qatar 69/60, and Kazma Al-Kuwaiti defeated Al-Bashaer Al-Omani 99/80; his professional, Kevin Murphy, scored the highest score, 33 points, up three points from the Egyptian Al-Ahly player Amr Zahran.
Tomorrow, Thursday, the Lebanese Sports Club and Al-Gharafa of Qatar will meet in Al-Ittihad Hall at three in the afternoon, Kuwait time, followed by Al-Ahly Benghazi with Al-Ittihad of Alexandria, then Al-Ahly of Aleppo with Kuwait, and at the same time, Beirut-the Lebanese and Algerian Boufarik will meet in the hall of the Kuwait Club, followed by Kazma and Al-Ahly of Bahrain, and finally Al-Sadd and Al-Bashaer.
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