Tomorrow, Saturday, the preliminary round of the Arab Clubs Basketball Championship for men, which Kuwait is currently hosting, will conclude. In the light of this round, the identity of the four knights in the lead will be determined.
While attention is directed towards the summit of the second group, which brings together the Egyptian Al-Ahly, the defending champion, and the Lebanese Al-Riyadi, who won the title of this tournament five times, and which attracts the interest of fans of the Egyptian and Lebanese basketball and the fans of the two teams, which are abundantly present in the Al-Ittihad Hall. The summit will be at 5:00 pm Kuwait time before Kuwait and Ithad of Alexandria game.
On the other hand, the leader of the fourth group will be determined after the Kuwaiti Al-Jahraa meeting and the Lebanese Beirut in the Kuwait Club Hall at seven in the evening local time, provided that it is preceded by the Bahraini Al-Ahly match, the Yemeni Al-Bashaer, the Algerian Boufarek and the Iraqi Degla, and they are two meetings far from the lead struggle, whether in the third or fourth group.
The pre-final round that was held today resulted in Al-Ahly’s victory over Al-Gharafa of Qatar 108/59, after the title holder had complete control over the four periods, who received extraordinary encouragement from the fans of the red jersey; it is the second time for Al-Ahly to exceed the hundred after the opening game with Al-Minaa Al-Yemeni. Also, Al-Riyadi achieved an expected victory over Al-Minaa 108/54, despite the participation of the reserve players most of the time, and in order to save the efforts of the main players for the Al-Ahly summit.
Beirut and Al-Jahra win
On the other hand, Beirut and Al-Jahra strengthened their balance in preparation for tomorrow’s confrontation, after the first’s victory over the Iraqi Degla 84/80. Degla leaded in the first period 21/13 and Beirut leaded in the second and third periods 25/8 & 21/18; the second period leaded the Lebanese to win although the Degla leaded in the fourth quarter 33/25 but lost the game by four points, Degla’s English player scored the highest points (30), followed by Beirut player Michael Dixon by five points. In the same group, Al-Jahra continued its series of victories by defeating Wedad Boufarik of Algeria 75/63, led by the Lebanese international star Wael Arakji, who managed to score 31 points, surpassing most scorers in this round.
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