Damascus-Sana
The twenty-second and final stage of the first round of the men's basketball league kicks off today, where Al-Wathba meets Al-Hurriya in Homs and Yarmouk halls with Al-Thawra in Al-Assad Gymnasium in Aleppo.
The matches will be completed tomorrow with the Al-Jaish and Al-Ittihad meetings in the Al-Faiha hall in Damascus and Al-Karama with Al-Arabiya in the Homs hall, provided that this phase will be concluded the day after the Al-Wahda and Al-Galaa matches in the Al-Fayhaa and Al-Nawa'ir hall with Al-Talia in the Hama hall.
The competition for the lead between the army and al-Karamah is most intense because they are equal to the total points of 40 points with the army superiority by the difference of scoring before entering the final stage, and the third union guaranteed 38 points and the fourth unit with 35 points qualifying them for the semi-final round of the tournament, where the competition system stipulates that the first four teams qualify. From the first floor.
Al-Karama coach Khaled Abu Touq said in a statement to SANA's sports correspondent that despite the clear differences between dignity and Arabism, dignity will not spare any effort to achieve victory, especially since there is hope to return to the fore in the event of Al-Ittihad winning over the army in the last stage.
The twenty-first stage scored the army’s victory over al-Jalaa after two extensions after the original time ended with a draw of 67-67 points and the first overtime 74-74 points, so the army decided the result in the second overtime, 84-80 points, while al-Karamah beat Al-Ittihad 73-69 points, and Al-Nawa'ir won the revolution. 74-71 points, Al-Wehda over Al-Hurriya 82-68 points, Al-Tali'a over Al-Yarmouk 77-49 points, Al-Wathba over Al-Orouba you 92-71 points.
The army tops the ranking with 40 points, followed by Al-Karama with the same score, then Al-Ittihad with 38 points, Al-Wehda with 35 points, Al-Jalaa with 33 points, then Al-Tali'a with 32 points, Al-Wathba and Al-Nawa'ir with 30 points, Al-Thawra and Al-Hurriya with 28 points for each team, Al-Orouba with 22 points, and Yarmouk finally with 21 points.
Muhammad al-Rahil
