Al Riyadi Beirut crowns with 19th ACC trophy

All-Lebanese League Awards 2005-06
Ismail	Williams	El Khatib	Jobity	Danielson

Player of the Year: Ahmad Ismail (201-F-76) of Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut
Guard of the Year: Deon Williams (188-G-78) of Feytroun
Forward of the Year: Greg Danielson (206-C-81) of Feytroun
Center of the Year: Kevin Jobity (206-F/C-74) of Al Mouttahed
Newcomer of the Year: Rasheim Wright (193-G-81) of Al Mouttahed
Most Improved Player of the Year: Roland Amoury (190-G-85) of Champville
Import Player of the Year: Ahmad Ismail from Al Riyadi
Domestic Player of the Year: Fadi El Khatib (197-F-79) of Sagesse
Defensive Player of the Year: Ali Mahmoud (182-G-83) from Al Riyadi
Coach of the Year: Fouad Abou Chakra from Al Riyadi

1st Team:
Greg Danielson from Feytroun
Kevin Jobity from Al Mouttahed
Deon Williams from Feytroun
Ahmad Ismail from Al Riyadi
Fadi El Khatib from Sagesse

2nd Team:
Rasheim Wright from Al Mouttahed
Calvin Warner (201-F/C-80) from Al Riyadi
Jerod Ward (206-F/G-76) from Sagesse
Johnny Taylor (206-F-74) from Bluestars
Devon Ford (193-G-77) from Champville

All-Domestic Players Team:
Fadi El Khatib from Sagesse
Ali Mahmoud from Al Riyadi
Joe Vogel (211-C-73) from Al Riyadi
Georges Kehdi (180-G-77) from Feytroun
Jean Abdel-Nour (198-G/F-83) from Bluestars

All-Imports Team:
Deon Williams from Feytroun
Greg Danielson from Feytroun
Kevin Jobity from Al Mouttahed
Ahmad Ismail from Al Riyadi
Jerod Ward from Sagesse

All-Defensive Team:
Ali Mahmoud from Al Riyadi
Ahmad Ismail from Al Riyadi
Roland Amoury from Champville
Alvin Sims (193-G/F-74) from Sagesse
Brian Beshara (204-F-77) from Champville

All-Newcomers Team:
Rasheim Wright from Al Mouttahed
Ramy Akiki (186-G-82) from BlueStars
Alain Boustani (180-G-84) from Al Mouttahed
Karl Sarkis (181-G-86) from Champville
Paul Chalhoub (192-G-80) from Anibal

 Al Riyadi Beirut crowns with 19th ACC trophy
Al Riyadi Beirut of Lebanon deserved to be 1st in 19th Arab Clubs Championship which ended yesterday in Rabat, Morocco after they won over Ittihad Jeddah of Saudi Arabia by 24 points 99-75, While RCA Casablanca took third after winning over Al Kuwait Club of Kuwait 77-72.

Al Riyadi Beirut - Ittihad Jeddah
Calvin Warner (201-F/C-80, college: Jacksonville) played his best game ever with Al Riyadi Beirut and led his team to win over Ittihad Jeddah of Saudi Arabia 99-75.
Calvin scored from all the ranges and places inside or outside the zone and helped Ismail Ahmad and Joe Vogel to lead in the 1st quarter by 16 points 35-19.
In the 2nd quarter, Omar Turk and Ali Mahmoud made a big job in defense and supplying their team-mates with easy balls to score from and tha made them be the leaders of most parts of the game, 2nd quarter finished with 20 points lead 59-39.
The 3rd quarter, Al Riyadi Beirut's head coach Fouad Abu Shakra played with Mazen Mneimneh and he made good game, But Ittihad Jeddah made the score range only 13 in the last of this quarter 62-75, But Al Riyadi Beirut replied quickly and made the range bigger and bigger till it arrived to 24 at last 99-75.

Al Riyadi Beirut 99 - Ittihad Jeddah 75 (35-19, 59-39, 75-62 & 99-75)
Best scorers in Al Riyadi Beirut: Calvin Warner (201-F/C-80, college: Jacksonville) (37 points), Joe Vogel (23 points), Ismail Ahmad (20 points)
Best scorers in Ittihad Jeddah: Art Long (34 points), Marlon Parmer (27 points)

  Riyadi wins lebanese cup after smashing Sagesse 86-69
RIYADI win the LEBANESE CUP FOR THE FIRST TIME of his history WITH A REMARKABLE VICTORY OVER SAGESSE.
13 years after their defeat in last lebanese cup final , riyadi does not have this time to miss the occasion to add the only trophy missing to its prize list filled already well. The yellows wins their fourth tournaments of the year after those of Duba�, Pekin and Houssam el Dine el Hariri. The final opposed Saturday at Camille Chamoun stadium, in front of 4 000 supporters come to encourage their favorite team, the two best Arab and Asian teams of the moment. Riyadi which recorded the return of the Pharaon Ismail Ahmad easily dominated Sagesse which was to play without three of their key players, Paul Khoury, Elie Mechantaf and George Chibaini. All three being wounded.
Serbian coach Dragan Racca Begin the match with : Fadi el-Khatib - Jerod Ward - Yervant Avakian - Alvin Sims - Bassem Balaa
on the other hands Riyadi�s coach the maestro Fouad Abou Chakra Begin with : Ismail Ahmad - Omar Turk - Joe Vogel - Hussein Tawbe - Ali Mahmoud
Riyadi started strong and created a small 5 points differential in an attempt to take control of the game since the beginning. Ismail�s Ahmad delighted the crowds as he marked his comeback with some great moves, and allowed Riyadi to outperform Sagesse from both the perimeter and under the basket. The first quarter ended in favor of the Yellows (21-11), after Warner replaced Tawbe 5 minutes into this quarter to help Ahmad offensively.
The second quarter saw a comeback attempt from Sagesse, who were trying to reiterate the scenario that happened in the last three games in which Riyadi would create the lead in the first quarter only to loose it in the second, but managed only to cut the deficit to 5 points mainly thanks to Riyadi�s overconfidence that cost them some easy fast break points as Mahmoud and Warner attempted several overoptimistic alley-oops that resulted in many turnovers on the yellows. The first half ended (38-43) for Riyadi, but neither Racca nor Abou Chakra were satisfied with their team�s performance.
The third quarter began with more of the same, with Riyadi�s defense denying Sagesse any easy point, while the yellows were still committing turnovers. However, the gap was reduced to one point before Omar Turk and Calvin Warner started relying on perimeter shots to restore the lead ten minutes from the end to (66-51). Whether it was Abou Chakra�s coaching or Ismail�s ability to play in any position, or even Warner�s ability to adapt quickly to any playing system, the last quarter raised a clear question about whether a replacement for Madison�s position was necessary, as the duo Warner and Ahmad showed that it can be a winning combination to have both of them together on the court. Sagesse�s defense was crumbling, and their lack of inside game started to appear more clearly as the lead increased to 20 points. At the end, and after an unfortunate hand injury for Alvin Sims, Riyadi had no problem keeping the lead, and the game ended (86-69).
The best Scorer of the game for Riyadi were Calvin Warner with 22 points, 8 rebounds and for Sagesse, the best scorer were Jerold Ward with 23 points, 8 rebounds.
As a reminder, the team will travel on Monday heading to Morocco to defend its Champions� title in the Pan Arab tournament and the greens meet Al Jalaa in WASL club league.