Alkass Digital
Qatari player Bashar Hussein won the gold medal in the billiards 9-Ball competition of the Gulf Championship for Billiards and Snooker, organized by the Qatar Billiards and Snooker Federation in Al Messila Resort until Tuesday, with the participation of the most prominent champions of the six GCC countries - Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, and the UAE.
Bashar Hussein's victory came after defeating his compatriot Walid Majed, who won the silver medal, in the final match 11-10 after a strong confrontation exceeded two hours, Bashar qualified for the final match after defeating his Kuwaiti rival Ahmed Al Dulaimi 11-10 in the semi-finals, while Walid qualified after defeating the other Kuwaiti Hussein Al Sayafi 11-6.
Bashar expressed his happiness for winning the gold medal in the billiards competition after defeating his compatriot Walid Majed in the final match, noting that the victory came with great difficulty in a confrontation that was full of excitement from its beginning to the end.
"Today's gold is compensation for the failure in the 10-ball and 8-ball competitions, and it also serves as a strong motivation for me and my colleague Walid Majid before competing in the team's competitions together on Tuesday on the final day of the championship," said Bashar.
Walid Majed, congratulated his colleague Bashar Hussein after winning the billiard 9-ball gold medal, noting that two Qatari players reach the final is the biggest gain regardless winner or loser.
For his part, Director of the Gulf Combined Billiards and Snooker Championship Sultan Al Suwaidi, confirmed that the championship competitions are going in a distinguished manner, both at the technical and organizational levels,
"The success achieved by the Qatar Billiards and Snooker Federation comes in light of hosting of the most prominent international championships which have made Doha the capital of sports in the world and its a new testament to the high efficiency of the Qatari organizational cadres, which have made great efforts during the past few days" said Al Suwaidi
Al Suwaidi praised the technical performance of Qatar national team players throughout the tournament, which resulted in winning the team gold medal in snooker, as well as the gold and silver medals in the 9-ball competition and the bronze medal in the individual snooker competition, and expressed his confidence that Qatars players will continue to excel in the pool and snooker 6 Reds competitions and win new medals in order to put Qatar at the top of the overall medal table on the final day of the tournament.