Written by Yasmine Yahya Thursday, September 21, 2023 04:18 PM
The Al-Ahly club basketball team became the first African team to achieve a victory in the history of the Basketball Club World Cup (Intercontinental Championship) after defeating the American Ignite.
In the seventh participation of African teams in the tournament, Al-Ahly succeeded in achieving the first victory after 25 losses to the clubs of the African continent, marking the red giant an achievement for Egyptian and African basketball.
The basketball team won Al-Ahly against its American counterpart, Giant, with a score of 82/76 in the first match of the Basketball Club World Cup, which is held in Singapore and continues until September 24 of this year.
The first quarter ended with Giant leading 20/21 after a remontada from the American team, as Al-Ahly was ahead throughout the first quarter, but the Giant team made the difference and advanced in the first quarter, and Al-Ahly players were able to end the second period and the first half with a lead over its American counterpart 45/43 and the period came. The third, with Al-Ahly leading 62/59, so the match ended with Al-Ahly’s victory
82, and Al-Ahly is located in the first group, which includes the Brazilian Franca and the American Ignite.
Al-Ahly hired three professional players of different nationalities to match the strength of the World Cup, which included the American Norris Cole, the Nigerian Michael Fakwadi, in addition to the Tunisian Omar Obada.
Al-Ahly’s list of players in the tournament includes Saif Samir, Norris Cole, Omar Obada, Ihab Amin, Moamen Khairy, Amr Zahran, Amr El-Guindy, Mohamed Abu El-Nasr, Michael Fakwadi, Marwan Sarhan, Omar Orabi, Mustafa Keigo, Youssef El-Maadawi, Ahmed. majestic
The Al-Ahly club’s basketball team qualified for the Club World Cup, after winning the African League in Rwanda this year.
Al-Ahly will face Brazilian Franca at 10 a.m. tomorrow, Friday, and victory means officially qualifying for the final
2023-09-21 13:18:00
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