2023-06-17 22:09:19
The Bahraini team, Manama, was crowned champion of the first edition of the “Super West Asia” basketball tournament, after defeating Kuwait by eight points, with a score (67-59), in the final match that brought them together yesterday, at the Sheikh Saeed bin Maktoum club hall in the Shabab Club. Al-Ahly in Dubai.
The closing day also witnessed the Kazakh league champion, the “BC Astana” team, snatching the bronze medal, by defeating the Lebanese athlete with a score (90-94) in the third and fourth place match.
The Manama and Kuwait teams qualified for the 2023 Asian Club Championship, especially since the “Super West-Asia” championship system exclusively grants the champion and runner-up the qualification cards.
Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, First Vice President of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, President of the Public Authority for Sports, was crowned President of the Bahrain Olympic Committee, accompanied by the Executive Director of the Regional Office of the International Basketball Federation – Asia Hagop Khajirian, and the President of the UAE and Arab Basketball Federations, Major General Ismail Al Gergawi Lieutenant General Muhammad Al-Marri, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Sports Games Sector in Al-Ahly Youth Club, Chairman of the Sharjah Sports Council Issa Hilal, Vice President of the UAE Federation, Member of the Executive Office and Financial Director of the Asian Basketball Federation, Abdul Latif Al-Fardan, Team “BC Astana” with bronze medals, and Kuwait The Kuwaiti won the silver, and the Bahraini Manama won the gold and the cup of the first edition of the “Super West-Asia”.
Manama won the title of the first edition by winning the results of the first and second quarters (18-14 and 21-12), while the Kuwaiti players did not gain the advantage with the results of the third and fourth quarters (13-11 and 20-17), which were not enough for the Kuwaitis to return to the match.
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