Damascus-Lattakia-SANA
Sahel and Tishreen will meet Qasiyoun and Al Wehda respectively in the second leg of the women's basketball league for first-class clubs today in the eighteenth and final phase.
The seventeenth stage was held yesterday and witnessed Al-Sahel's victory over Al-Wehda with a score of 61-57 points, Qasiyyin over Tishreen 48-45 points, Al-Orouba over Ashrafieh 57-54 points, and Al-Thawra over Al-Galaa 66-54 points.
Al-Thawra tops the ranking with 33 points, followed by Al-Jalaa with 32 points, Qasiyoun with 31 points, Al-Ittihad with 26 points, Al-Wehda and Tishreen with 24 points for each team, and Al-Sahel and Al-Araba with 23 points each, and Al-Hurriya and Al-Ashrafiya also score 21 points for each team.
The tournament system stipulates that the participating teams play back and forth in the first round, at the end of which the first four teams qualify for the final round, during which the first will play with the fourth and the second with the third to win two out of three matches, and the two winners qualify for the final match in which both sides also play two matches Out of three matches, noting that the teams of Thawra, Al-Galaa and Qaciyon have secured their qualification for the final round, while waiting for the results of the last round to see the fourth team qualified for the next round.
Tishreen coach Ibrahim Halabi said in a statement to SANA's sports correspondent, “Our players prepared well for this match because it is decisive. And the competition for the title.
On the other hand, the eighteenth stage of the men's basketball league was concluded yesterday after Al-Karama defeated its guest Al-Nawa'ir 77-58 points, Al-Jalaa over Al-Thawra 74-60 points, Al-Ittihad over Al-Yarmouk 97-74 points, and Al-Wehda over Al-Wathba 89-78 points.
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