The army team scored a thrilling victory over their guest, defending champion Al-Sadaqa, by one goal (28-27) after two extra games in a match that took place between them at the Emile Lahoud Military Sports Complex in March. Rukoz to take him out 1-0 out of three matches possibly in the semi-finals of the 2022 Lebanese Handball Championship.

The first half was enthusiastic as the land owner relied on more than one standout player led by George Al-Badawi and Ahmed Hammoud and the guest was armed with his star Ali Kubeisi and Muhammad Mansour to end this half with the latter leading by one goal (15-14).

In the second half, the army team closed the defense tightly, which friendship also did, in addition to the brilliance of the duo’s guards Ali Shehade (army) and Ahmed Mortada (friendship), so that this half ended with the advancement of the army (11-10) and thus the number equal to ( 25-25), so the two teams ruled two extra games, the first ended with an orphan goal for the army, so it advanced to the score (26-25), before the second ended in a draw (2-2), so that the owner of the land led by his coach Suleiman Al-Taqi managed to emerge victorious (28-27).

The top scorer of the match was the winner’s player George El-Badawi with 12 goals, Ahmed Hammoud added 5 goals and Ali Kobeisi was better than the underdog with 8 goals, Mohamed Mansour added 7 goals and Mohamed Zein El-Din 6 goals.