Kuwait takes revenge on Al-Ahly of Egypt and crowns the Arab Basketball Championship for the first time

 

Kuwait was crowned champion of the 34 Arab clubs for basketball after winning by 1 point 78/77 scored by team captain Hamad Adnan in the last seconds of a free throw while the two teams were preparing for overtime. By that Kuwait takes revenge from his loss by Al-Ahly in the last Championship at Borj Al-Arab in Alexandria. Al-Ahly advanced in the first quarter 19/16 and in the third quarter 21/15, while the result of the second quarter was in favor of Kuwait 20/18, and he repeated that in the fourth quarter 27/19 after this half witnessed more than a tie.

After the match, Major General Ismail Al Karkawi, President of the Arab and UAE Basketball Federations, crowned the champion team and distributed gold medals to the players and the administrative and technical staff.

The scorer of the triple throw, Alexander Ghulais, Kuwait

The tournament's top scorer, Ali Haider, Beirut

And for the second time in a row, the MVP of the tournament was Ehab Amin

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