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AL-RIYADI BEIRUT, ASIAN CHAMPION, HEADS TO WORLD CLUBS BASKETBALL TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIP


The “Beirut Sports Club” (Al-Riyadi), Champion of Lebanon in Basketball and the West Asian Champions League ‘Wasl’, added the Continent’s Club Championship to its record full of titles, and reserved its place in the finals of the World Club Championship, by defeating Al-Shabab Al-Ahly of the Emirates, 122-96, in the final match of the Asian Continent’s Club Championship that was held between them this afternoon in the First Hall in Dubai.

The best scorer was athlete Wael Araqji, who scored 31 points in the FIBA Intercontinental Cup.

Al-Riyadi team ended its participation in the continental finals with a full mark, and renewed its victory over Emirati competitor, after easily surpassing it in the second stage of the first round of the first group.

The Lebanese champion did not face a serious threat in its journey, and it played its strongest match in the ‘Wasl’ final in the ‘Lusail’ hall near the Qatari capital, Doha, against its traditional local rival, Al-Hikmeh Beirut, and won in the additional time.

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ource: National News Agency – Lebanon