Tomorrow, Monday, the matches of the round of 16 of the Arab Clubs Basketball Championship for men, which are currently being held in Kuwait, will start. The first round will witness four matches between Al-Ittihad of Alexandria and Al-Gharafa of Qatar at 1:00 pm Kuwait time, followed by Kazma and Wedad Boufarik of Algeria, then Al-Ahly of Bahrain and Degla of Iraq, and finally Kuwait with Al-Minaa Al-Yemeni, and the round matches will be completed. On Tuesday, the Egyptian Al-Ahly and the Syrian Al-Ahly will meet at one o’clock in the afternoon, followed by the Lebanese Al-Riyadi club, the Libyan Al-Ahly Benghazi, then the Lebanese Beirut, the Qatari Al-Sadd, and finally the Kuwaiti Al-Jahraa and the Omani Al-Bashaer. All matches will be held at Al-Ittihad Hall.
The chances of Kuwait, Al-Ittihad of Alexandria, Kazma, Al-Ahly of Bahrain or Degla, Al-Ahly of Egypt, Al-Riyadi, Beirut and Al-Jahra seem very great to reach this round, which is expected to witness a strong confrontation between the two poles of the Lebanese basketball Al-Riyadi and Beirut.
The Ranking of the Teams
in the preliminary round:
The first group
Kuwait is first by full score with 6 points, followed by Al-Ittihad of Alexandria with 5 points, Al-Ahly of Benghazi with 4 points, and finally Al-Ahly of Aleppo, Syria, with 3 points.
the second group
Al-Ahly of Egypt came first with a full score of 6 points, followed by the Lebanese Al-Riyadi Club with 5 points, Al-Gharafa of Qatar with 4 points, and finally Al-Minaa Al-Yemeni with 3 points.
The third group
Kazma is the first Kuwaiti with 5 points and one loss, followed by second place with the same balance of Al-Ahly Bahrain and one loss against Kazma, who excels in direct confrontations, then Al-Bashir of Oman third with 4 points and Al-Sadd of Qatar fourth with 3 points.
Fourth group
Lebanon's Beirut is first with a full score of 6 points, followed by Kuwait's Jahra with 5 points, Iraq's Degla with 4 points, and finally Algeria's Wedad Boufarik with 3 points.
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