The Snooker League kicked off yesterday with the participation of 65 players, drawn by 11 teams, who will compete over the next three months to book their places in the knockout rounds that start in the 32nd round in January.
The nine matches played in Abu Dhabi for the first round of the tournament groups, the brilliance of the players of the national team, with the victory of Issa Al Sayed and Mohammed Joker and the same result «3-0» on both Al Mansouri and Indian Nithian Gupta, while Saeed Al Mansouri needed five games to resolve his victory Ali Mohamed Sharif (3-2).
The executive director of the Snooker and Billiards Federation Khalid Al-Khaili, that: «the technical levels witnessed in the first round of the tournament groups, came at the level of ambitions, and told Al-Khaili to« Emirates Today »,«: The adoption of the first special snooker league at the state level, with the participation The four categories represent a paradigm shift aimed at uncovering more talent capable of forming a qualitative addition to national teams. ”
He pointed out: «Snooker League is held between Abu Dhabi and Dubai, where Abu Dhabi hosts the Western Region and Al Ain, while the second qualifiers will be held in the Al Ittihad Hall in Dubai, and includes the players of Dubai and the Northern Emirates, provided that Al Ittihad will re-host the final rounds, starting from the round of 32 to be determined On the current 11 group league. ”
He continued: «Snooker League, which will be completed this weekend again rounds league groups with several benefits, most notably the preparation of national team players ideally for the next foreign participation, with the adoption of five national team over the next few months, starting from the maturity of the World Championship in Myanmar during the period From 14 to 26 September, followed by participation in the West Asian Championship which will be held in Jordan from 5 to 12 October next, and then the Arab Championship in Jordan also to be held between 13 and 21 of the same month, and then travel to Turkey to participate in the championship The World Beginning The team will conclude its participation this year in the Gulf Championship hosted by the Sultanate of Oman from 27 November to 7 December next ».
He concluded: «the accumulated experiences of the Union through the organization and hosting major international and regional championships, able to move forward and successfully in the implementation of the competition snooker league as desired, especially as it will be followed during the coming period with the launch of the first league level in the country at the level of billiards, up to the month of January Which is witnessing the launch of the first edition of His Highness the President's Cup ».