The Basketball Association celebrates the "1983 Gulf Cup" team in the cup final today
From a previous meeting that brought together Sharjah and Shabab Al-Ahly in the final of the President's Cup.
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The Secretary-General of the Basketball Federation, Salem Al-Mutawa, revealed a new initiative, approved by the federation in its last meeting, aimed at enhancing communication between generations of the game and highlighting the owners of achievements, provided that the launch this evening between the two halves of the Vice President's Cup competition, which is held at the Al Wasl club hall And the Sharjah and Al-Ahly youth teams gathered together, by honoring the UAE national team for the "mini basket", which was crowned champion of the Gulf states in 1983, and who won the first gold medals in the history of the country’s national teams.
Al-Mutawa told "Emirates Today", that "the new initiative of the federation, which begins with the champion of" Gulf 1983 "in a team that included players who now occupy leadership positions, the size of the Chairman of the Sharjah Sports Council, Issa Hilal Al-Hazami, and the Director of the Central Financial Department in Sharjah Walid Al-Sayegh, and the country's ambassador to Canada, Muhammad Saif Al-Shehhi, will continue its path during the next season, by honoring the accomplishments of the Emirati basket, which aims to enhance communication between generations, and to motivate the current generation of players in all national stage teams to exert more effort, and return the UAE basket to its natural position. And the competition for regional and international championship titles in the coming maturities ».
Sharjah seeks the first title and Al-Ahly youth «sixth»
The Sharjah team seeks its first historic title in the Vice President’s Cup competition, when it meets, at 9:45 pm today, in the final, with its rival, Shabab Al-Ahly, aspiring to the sixth title, "a record".
Al-Ahly's youth are counting on the elite of its international elements, led by brothers Muhammad and Ahmed Abdullatif, Saeed and Muhammad Mubarak, Qais Omar and Talal Salem, and behind them the American playmaker Justin Brunel, and the German national team's focuser Mike Zakir.
On the other hand, Sharjah coach Abdul Hamid Ibrahim is counting on internationals Jassim Mohammed, Omar Al Khaled, Rashid Nasser, Yunus Khamis and Hamid Hashel, and behind them are American Taylor Wilkson.
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