The national basketball team suffered a sudden loss against the Tunisian Al-Radsi team, by a difference of 10 points and a score of 71-81, in the match they gathered yesterday, for the third round of the Dubai International Championship Group tournament, which is currently being held in its 31st edition at Al-Ahly Youth Club in Dubai, 11 of the Asian and African elite teams and clubs are competing for their titles.
The round also saw the Moroccan Sala team achieve its second successive victory, by beating the American University of Dubai team by 91-84, for the first group.
With the results of the round, the national team experienced the second consecutive defeat in the championship, which claimed it to occupy fourth place in the second group with two points, while Al-Radisi achieved his second successive victory, to impose himself as a partner with the Philippine Mighty Sport at the top of the group teams, with four points each .
At the level of Group A, Sala Al-Maghribi led the Group team with four points from two wins, while the American University swallowed its second loss in a row, to remain in the fourth place for the group's teams with two points.
The start came strong in the Tunisian national and Radassi team’s meeting, after the first period ended in a 20-20 tie, but the second period witnessed an exchange of control over its result, after the Tunisian team advanced during the first minutes by a difference of four points, followed by the team’s success in returning the difference with The end of the first half, to one point with a score of 40-39, to enter the match in its second run, during which the Al-Radisi team knew how to regain the lead and end the third period of its interest by 19-17, to complete its journey towards winning the match, settling the fourth period with a comfortable difference of 22 -15th.
Syrian basket representatives ask for compensation on the fourth day
Representatives of the Syrian basketball team, Al-Wathba Al-Homsi and Al-Halabi Federation, are requesting today to compensate for the stalled start, within the fourth-day matches, when Al-Wathba will face the American University of Dubai team at five in the afternoon in a meeting for the first group. The first. Al-Wathba performed remarkably in its historic first appearance in the championship, despite its stumbling yesterday, against the Philippine Mighty Sport «87-91» in a match in which the Syrian team players neglected the chance to win, especially since the Homsi team entered the last minute of the match, three points ahead of its advantage before The Philippine team succeeds in settling the match. In the same way, Al-Ittihad Al-Halabi lost the opportunity to reap its first points in the championship, after its Lebanese opponent Hobbs succeeded in the last seconds by turning the result in his favor and resolving the match «77-72».
The athlete and Sela are in the first group position task
The meeting of the Lebanese sports title holder and his rival Sala Al-Maghribi, which takes place at nine in the evening, holds the title of the first group, especially since the two teams had won their first matches, as the athlete won the first round over the Philippine Mighty Sport «96-78», and excelled Sala at the expense of the champion of the Arab clubs, the Egyptian Alexandrian Federation, "87-86".
To the detriment of the same group, at three in the afternoon, the Alexandrian Federation is entering into a difficult confrontation against the Lebanese Hobbs, especially since the Egyptian team is seeking compensation. This corresponds to the legitimate fortunes of Hobbes to achieve his second victory.
The third round saw Sala Al-Maghrabi win his second consecutive victory, by defeating the American University team 91-84.
The loss against the Tunisian Al-Radissi led the team to fourth place with two points.