The national youth basketball team lost yesterday to Oman by six points and a score of 56-62 in the game that they gathered in the opening of the 17th edition of the Gulf U-18 Championship held in the Bahraini capital Manama until 25th of this month. , Qualifying for the Asian Cup 2020.

The team represents 12 players from the UAE clubs: Yousef Waseem, Rashid Saif and Hazza Omar, Yousef Sayed, Waleed Khalid and Khalid Khamis from Sharjah Club, Saleh Ibrahim and Saif Ahmed from Al Wahda Club, Abdullah Ahmed and Abdulaziz Khalifa from Al Wasl Club, and Abdullah Khalid from Bani Yas Club. Hussein Ibrahim is from Al Nasr.