Alkass Digital
Qatar's national team recorded its fourth successive victory in Gulf U-18 Youth Basketball Championship hosted by the United Arab Emirates until next Saturday, which acts as a qualifier for the AFC Asian Cup.
Qatar's win came at the expense of its Saudi counterpart, with a score of (79-55), in the match that took place between them Tuesday evening at the court of Al Wasl Club as part of the matches of the fourth round of the competition.
The tournament brings together six GCC nations, including hosts United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman.
In Tuesday’s other games, Kuwait beat Bahrain 64-47 and hosts the United Arab Emirates got better of Oman 57-45.
After the end of the fourth-round matches, Qatar raised its tally to the top of the standings with 8 points while Saudi Arabia are in second with 7 points.
The Kuwaiti team came in third place with 6 points same points as the Bahraini team which came in fourth place. The UAE team came in fifth place with 5 points and Omani came in sixth and last place with 4 points.
The group stage is scheduled to conclude on Wednesday, with three matches in the fifth and final round, where the Qatari team will meet in an easy match against the Omani team, while the Saudi team will meet with the Bahrain team, and the Kuwaiti team will face its UAE counterpart.
The first four teams in the general standings at the end of the fifth and final round matches of the group stage qualify for the semi-finals, where the first-placed team will play with the fourth, and the second-placed team play with the third, and then the two winners will advance to the final, where the champion and runner-up will qualify for the Asian Finals which will take place in Tehran at the end of next September.