There has been nothing new about the leadership of the Arab Women's Basketball Championship in its 13th edition, which is currently being held in the leaders. The first Egyptian team has strengthened its position in the lead with four points from two consecutive victories, after defeating yesterday in the second round of Morocco 81/18, while awaiting its next match with the Algerian national team on Considering that his last match in the preliminary round with the Egyptian U19 national team is outside the points calculations, because the results of the latter are not calculated on the basis that his participation is honorary, the aim of which is to prepare him for the World Youth Championship to be held in Spain during the current month. Returning to the match, it witnessed excitement and rivalry in its first eight minutes, during which the Moroccan team was able to equalize 15/15 despite the exhaustion that afflicted him as a result of his trip to Cairo and his arrival on the morning of the match, but the owner of the land imposed his control in the remaining minutes and proved that he is the first candidate to win the title and travel after that to Rwanda to compete in the African World Cup qualifiers. The Egyptian team advanced in the four rounds 25/15, 25/19, 17/12 and 14/12. Moroccan player Nora Fifias scored the highest score of 25 points, two points ahead of Egyptian Maral Shehab, one of the stars of the tournament. Commenting on the victory, Egyptian coach Ehab El-Alfi said His team knew how to deal with the match, whether from outside or inside the zone, or the follow-up, i.e. the rebound, as it succeeded in 46 follow-ups, 30 of which were in defense. He added that the Moroccan team had better technical capabilities, but it was exhausted as a result of travel, and Al-Alfi expected that the two teams would meet again in the final game.
The Algerian team had opened this round with a broad victory over its Kuwaiti counterpart in the first Arab participation, with a score of 88/41. Salman Ramadan, the Kuwait team coach said that do not underestimate the team, which appears for the first time in an Arab championship, and who will benefit from friction with strong teams that surpass it in experience
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The level goes up every round
In another context, Brigadier General Abdullah Shalaby, Secretary General of the Arab Basketball Federation, expressed his satisfaction with the development of the teams' performance in each round, saying that the real excitement will appear in the final rounds, wishing success to all participating teams.
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