The national teams of Saudi Arabia and Qatar reached the semi-finals of the Persian Gulf Under-18 Basketball Championship, which will be hosted by the UAE until August 6, and advanced to the final of the Asian Nations Cup.

The Qatar national team qualified after beating their Bahraini counterpart 63-47 in a match that took place between them as part of the third round matches of the competition, which are held from the same group, which includes Qatar and Bahrain, teams: Saudi Arabia Arabia, Kuwait, Sultanate of Oman and Emirates.

With this victory, the Qatari team raised their score to 6 points and took first place in the overall standings, equaling their Saudi Arabian counterpart, who also beat their UAE counterpart 58-48 to take both teams to the semi-finals. before two rounds at the end of the group stage.

The four best teams in the overall standings will advance to the semi-finals after the fifth and final round of the group stage, where the player who took first place will play fourth, and the player who took second place will play third. , and then the two winners will advance to the final, where the champion and runner-up will qualify for the Asian final to be held in Iran at the end of August next year, joining the Lebanese and Syrian teams. ranked first and second in Western Asia among youth.

Behavior / Donia Haddad