Category: Athletic

Syria’s men basketball team beat its Emirati counterpart 78-63 points in the 2nd round of the first window of Asian Cup Qualifiers, in a match that brought them together Monday in the United Arab Emirates(UAE).

Meanwhile, the Syrian team lost to its Lebanese counterpart 87-78 points in the first round of the 1st stage.

24 teams are participating in the current qualifiers, and they are distributed into six groups, and the first and second teams in each group will qualify directly for the next Asian Cup.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

Syria’s men basketball team beat its Emirati counterpart 78-63 points in the 2nd round of the first window of Asian Cup Qualifiers, in a match that brought them together Monday in the United Arab Emirates(UAE).

Meanwhile, the Syrian team lost to its Lebanese counterpart 87-78 points in the first round of the 1st stage.

24 teams are participating in the current qualifiers, and they are distributed into six groups, and the first and second teams in each group will qualify directly for the next Asian Cup.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

United States Ambassador to Lebanon, Lisa Johnson, attended on Sunday the embassy team’s match in the second division volleyball tournament in the hall of the Al-Rusul School in Jounieh, alongside the club president, vice president of the Olympic Committee, Asaad al-Nakhl, and Mr. George al-Hani.

The match ended with the US embassy team defeating Mont La Salle 3-1.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon

The Lebanese basketball national team achieved its second victory over the Palestine national team this afternoon (84-55), in the ‘Beirut Cup’ quadrennial international tournament held in the Ghazir Sports Club hall.

Lebanon began the tournament by defeating Iraq yesterday, and will conclude it on Tuesday by meeting Syria, while Palestine won over Syria, and will meet Iraq on Tuesday.

The tournament serves as preparation for the participating teams for the first window of qualifiers for the continental championship finals in Saudi Arabia next year. Each team plays two matches in this window.

Global Active Sports, the tournament organizer, will host an official dinner banquet for the delegations, at 8:30 pm tomorrow at the Palms Beach House restaurant in Jounieh, under the patronage of the President of the Lebanese Basketball Federation and First Vice President of the AFC, Akram Halabi.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon

Al-Riyadi Beirut qualified for the final match of the 33rd Dubai International Basketball Tournament, defeating Al-Ahly Tripoli of Libya (83-73) in the first of the two semi-final matches that took place between them this afternoon at Al-Nasr Club.

Al-Riyadi team kept its record clean, awaiting the winnder in tomorrow’s match between the “Strong” team of the Philippines and “Beirut First Club” that are playing in the second semi-final.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon

Al-Riyadi Beirut, the Lebanese basketball champion, achieved a second victory in the 33rd Dubai International Tournament over the Moroccan Salé Association (88-72), in the match that took place between them this evening at Al-Nasr Club Stadium in the first group.

The Riyadi players controlled the match from the beginning, and decided it to be in their favor, despite the Moroccan team’s attempt to come back in the third half.

The Libran “Al-Ahly Tripoli” team achieved its second victory in the second group over the Lebanese “Homenetmen Beirut” team (93-71). The Libyan team is coached by Lebanese Fouad Abu Chakra.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon