Days, weeks or even months ahead of the womens dateless and undecided season, many question marks stand unanswered. Question marks of who? Why? When? cant find answers. Whos participating in the coming season? Antranik Beirut, Riyadi Beirut, Homenetmen Antelias, Mouttahed Tripoli and? The 4th of the past few seasons, Bourj Aintoura, havent decided in or out yet, arent planning on paying their players and have given them the right to leave or stay, the club cant care less about participating. Homenetmens Beirut and Bourj Hamoud have retreated already, leaving many talents behind. The champions of division 2, Antranik Sin El Fil, have called quits. The second of division 2, Champville, have plans on being in division 1 instead. Anibal have retreated since last season. Saint George are completely undecided. Why? Why cant Lebanese basketball have a respected womens league? Is it lack of talent? Is it lack of attention? Maybe, just maybe it is lack of management and lack of will to make a better league for the upcoming talents, starting this very day. When will the season be starting? Mid-November? Were there, yet teams havent handed in their rosters, dont know their competitors, and have no idea when things will be getting serious. Whos to blame? An unorganized league with unorganized rules and unorganized clubs. No fundamentals for teams to work upon, no foreigners allowed in teams, no media attention, its simply a total chaos, and no solutions seem to be coming anytime soon.
Champville secure WABA Cup for first time in clubs history - May 18, 2013
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BEIRUT: Reigning Lebanese champions Champville secured their first WABA Cup title Friday after finishing first in standings with a 5-1 record.
Champville were level with both Iranian sides Petrochimi and Foolad Mahan at 5-1, but the head-to-head advantage saw the Lebanese side clinch the gold for the first time in history.
Foolad came in second, while Petrochimi completed the podium with the bronze medal [read more]
BEIRUT: Reigning Lebanese champions Champville secured their first WABA Cup title Friday after finishing first in standings with a 5-1 record.
Champville were level with both Iranian sides Petrochimi and Foolad Mahan at 5-1, but the head-to-head advantage saw the Lebanese side clinch the gold for the first time in history.
Foolad came in second, while Petrochimi completed the podium with the bronze medal. But it is Foolad who will represent Iran in the Asian clubs championship next September in Jordan next to Champville and Duhok, as only one team from each country is allowed in the championship.
The win is a major boost for Champville ahead of their final four clash with archrivals Riyadi Beirut in the domestic league as the best-of-five series starts early next week.
Champville used the tournament as a warm-up for the leagues semifinals, particularly because they were able to improve their chemistry with newcomer Jeremiah Massey (202-F-82, college: Kansas St.), who showed brilliant form during the tournament and great abilities in scoring and rebounding.
Ghassan Sarkis side also earned the chance to play for the first time in the Asian championship, as the 58-year-old manager will look to retain Asian glory after guiding Sagesse to victory in 1999 and 2000 in Beirut.
His side grabbed their second title this season after they beat Anibal Zahle to the Super Cup in October. By Danny Abboud Courtesy of: http://www.dailystar.com.lb
Al Moutahed Tripoli will look to end their series 3-1 with Byblos, when they meet this friday 17:30 at Jbeil in the fourth game of the best-of-five first-round playoffs series of the Lebanese League.
Moutahed was able to get the win in the game 1 after an overtime (87-80) where Eric Chatfield (191-G-79, agency: Fusion Sports, college: N [read more]
Al Moutahed Tripoli will look to end their series 3-1 with Byblos, when they meet this friday 17:30 at Jbeil in the fourth game of the best-of-five first-round playoffs series of the Lebanese League. Moutahed was able to get the win in the game 1 after an overtime (87-80) where Eric Chatfield (191-G-79, agency: Fusion Sports, college: N.Mexico) finished with 21pts,5reb,5ass leading his team in crucial moments, Rony Fahed (184-PG-81) added 15pts, and Marc Saylers (205-F-79, college: Samford) had a double double 14points and 10 rebounds. Byblos clinched game 2 by five points (81-76), all the credits go for Byblos defense who allowed Moutahed to score only 29points in the first two quarters, offensively Byblos imports Jasmon Youngblood (195-G-84, college: Kent St.) lead his team with 24pts,4reb,4ass and their canadian center Michael Fraser (203-C/F-84, agency: Hart Sports Mngm, college: Oklah.Baptist) had 19pts,9reb,3ass. In game 3, Saylers scored 27points and Chatfield added 23pts,6ass while Youngblood scored 26points and Fraiser had 27points,16reb and Mouttahed queited Byblos in a 96-81 victory.
In their 2nd game in the tournament Champville played another Iranian Team Petrochimi , the first game saw Champville loosing against Foolad Mahad on the score of 83-84. This time Champville had other thoughts , and they were very focused to score their first win in the tournament . the first quarter saw the home team leading on the score of 23-22. Both teams continued to score and the neither teams managed to impose their rhythm , the score at the half was 38-38 [read more]
In their 2nd game in the tournament Champville played another Iranian Team Petrochimi , the first game saw Champville loosing against Foolad Mahad on the score of 83-84. This time Champville had other thoughts , and they were very focused to score their first win in the tournament . the first quarter saw the home team leading on the score of 23-22. Both teams continued to score and the neither teams managed to impose their rhythm , the score at the half was 38-38.
The 3rd quarter Petrochimi through Hamed Afagh imposed their game and finished the quarter on the score of 60-53. The last quarter Champville with Fadi Khatib and Jeremiah Massy sound the alarm and led their team to a big comeback which gave the lead and the win at the end of the game on the score of 84-78.
Massy led Champville with 29 points, Fadi Khatib 16pints
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