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*** KUWAIT DIVISION I MEN ***
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2008-2009
2007-2008
Al Arabi - 2008 Kuwait Champions
Al Arabi Club defeated
Al Kuwait SC Club 89 - 86 and giving them their first loss of
the season, in the most important game. This marks the first time
Al Arabi Club has won the championship since 1977.
Jeryl Sasser (198-G-79, college:
SMU) came up huge in the 2nd half, to give Al Arabi the edge.
Al Arabi Club were winning by a point when they were fouled
after a
Andre Pitts (185-G-73, college:
Huston-Tillotson) turnover.
Fahed Al Rabah (180-G-81), who finished with 25 points, missed
both shots but got the offensive rebound and Mohammed Mehzem went to
the line and hit both.
Andre Pitts airballed a last second 3 pointer, which gave Al
Arabi the championship.
Congrulations
Al Arabi Club for this championship.
Al Yarmook defeated
An Nasr to win the 3rd place game.
Kuwait League final standings are:
1.
Al Arabi Club
2.
Al Kuwait SC
3.
Al Yarmook
4.
An Nasr Undefeated Al Kuwait dominates #2 Al Qadsia!!! Golden Four to begin Wednesday, March 5!!
Last game day brings
final four preview for Kuwait League!
Final Game Day #25
March 2, 2008
Al Kuwait - Al Qadsia 88-70
Al Arabi - Al Jahra 85-77
Kuwait League 'Golden Four' to begin on Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Here is the program to determine the Champion for the final four
Playoffs:
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Al Kuwait - Al Arabi
Al Qadsia - Al Jahra
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Al Kuwait - Al Jahra
Al Arabi - Al Qadsia
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Al Kuwait SC - Al Qadsia
Al Arabi - Al Jahra
2006-2007

2005-2006
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Al
Qadisia clinches GCC crown
Most of the
fans stood up, some just moved to the edge of their foldable seats, some walked
from left to right and some had their nails between their teeth. Well, with just
15 seconds remaining and the electronic scoreboard displaying 63-62 in favour of
Kuwait's Al Qadisia against Al Rayyan of Qatar, the supporters, spectators,
bench players, team think-tank were all in for a nerve-tingling finale to the
26th GCC Clubs Basketball Championship at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
(SQSC) yesterday.
And as the countdown began, a crucial foul by Al Rayyan's Salah Ateeq on Al
Qadsiya's Abdullah As Sarraf saw the Belarussian referee Henrik Bakish award two
throws to Qadsiya. Abdullah successfully converted and then yet another foul saw
Qadisia's Nate Green score before Fahd Khalid slam in the final basket to record
a memorable 68-63 win over the favourites and lift the coveted GCC title.
Earlier in the evening, Al Shabab poured more misery on the holders Al Ittihad
of Saudi Arabia with a 95-86 victory to seal the third spot. The winners led
49-38 at the interval.
His Highness Sayyid Hareb bin Thuwaini al Said, who witnessed the final
throughout, presented the individual medals to the top three teams and then gave
away the glittering winner's trophy to Al Qadsiya players amid joyous
celebrations by the Kuwaiti team and their fans. Prince Talal bin Badr bin
Abdulaziz al Saud, Chairman of the GCC Basketball Organising Committee was also
present on the occasion.
Yesterday's win was also sweet revenge for Qadsiya, who had lost to Rayyan in
the group stages (85-55) and the credit should be given to their Lithuanian
coach, Lukoshus, who masterminded the downfall of the fancied rivals.
Al Qadisia's victory was based on their admirable defence and the players'
die-hard attitude, a fact Lukhosus later admitted.
"I am absolutely thrilled. We waited for this victory and worked hard to achieve
it. My defensive plans for the final was successfully executed by the boys and
we deserved to be the champions." "We had a compact defence and to hold Al
Rayyan to just 62 points is a tribute to our defensive system," he added. A
disheartened Al Rayyan coach, Jamie Angeli of the United States, deplored the
poor shooting of his players. "A second-place finish is not acceptable. Our boys
failed to shoot open baskets at crucial junctures," he lamented.
"Al Qadisia had a good defence but we have the wherewithal to break it open but
poor shooting put paid to our dreams," he added. The match expectedly got off to
a cautious start with both the teams taking time to settle down. Qadsiya was the
first to put in the basket but Rayyan soon found the rhythm with Yaseen Ismail
and American import Ben Walker finding the target to open up a 8-4 lead. But
Qadsiya's Abdulaziz Bargish, who deservedly was taken the man-of-the-match, came
up with the first three-pointer to help his side into the first break with a
13-10 lead.
The next quarter too was an exhibition of defensive play as points struggled to
come but occasional three-pointers by Abdulaziz and Rayyan's Yaseen kept the
score neck and neck. However, the match's first slam-dunk was shot in by
Rayyan's Yaseen to help his team take a 24-22 lead but Qadsiya's Abdullah,
American import Antony Green and Fahd Rehman came up with opportunistic baskets
to leave the match evenly placed at the lemon time with Rayyan leading 32-30.
The post-interval session saw Rayyan seize the initiative from Al Qadisia but
Abdulaziz got the second and final slam-dunk of the match to keep the lead close
as they trailed 45-46 to set up a perfect platform for the final ten minutes.
The narrow contest continued with Al Qadisia fighting back from 49-55 to 56-56
before the memorable final minute drama was enacted as Al Qadisia bounced back
from 59-60 to win 68-62 in less than 60 seconds left.
Al Qadisia 68 - Al Rayyan 62 (13-10,30-32,45-46 &
68-62)
The scorer of the game deservley were for the Kuwaiti player Abdalla As
Sarraf who scored 26 points.
2004-2005
2003-2004

Al Kuwait SC: Kuwaiti Champions and Martyr and Mubarak Cup Holders |
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Al Qadsia won Mubarak Great Trophy |
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