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El Jaish, Al Gharafa cagers to clash for Emir’s Cup again
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17 Apr 2016
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Defending champions El Jaish and three-time winners Al Gharafa Club will once again battle it out for the prestigious Emir’s Cup Basketball Championship glory after a year’s gap. The final is scheduled on April 22 at the latter’s home at 6:00 pm.
Centre Vernon Leon Macklin guided the army team’s attack and uncorked a brilliant double-double of 39 points and 14 rebounds to set up an 87-75 victory over eight-time winners Al Rayyan Club. With this triumph, El Jaish won the semi-final playoffs 2-0, spoiling rival team skipper Yaseen Ismail Musa’s farewell.
Veteran Musa was hoping to bow out of the game with three out of three titles. Earlier in the season, his Al Rayyan team bagged the QBF League crown and overcame El Jaish 2-1 in the semis before winning the Qatar Cup. But tonight, the mighty Al Rayyan collapsed under Macklin’s excellent show at the both ends of the court and lost.
Al Gharafa also completed a 2-0 series victory against disjointed Al Sadd and qualified for their fourth final in the most important competition on the domestic calendar. Point guard Kevin Galloway (15 points and 13 rebounds), forward Emmanuel Adako (15 points) and swingman Hassino Ndoye (14 points) all made impact with contributed to the victory.
In the 2013-14 season, Koussay Hatem-tutored Al Gharafa had a made a clean-sweep of whatever was at the stake. They had beaten the army team to win the only final between them. The unique feature about Al Gharafa is whenever they make it to the Emir’s Cup title clash, they won it. They did it in three finals before – they beat Al Rayyan in the 2009-10 and 2010-2011 finals. They got the better of El Jaish in the season before the last well.
In the beginning, both Al Gharafa and Al Sadd went nearly neck and neck. Twice Galloway and guard Abdulrahman Mohamed Saad, who finished with 10 points, lifted Al Gharafa to a seven-point gap in the first and second quarters. Al Sadd managed to reduce the gap on both occasions.
However, seven seconds before the interval, Ndoye triggered off a 12-point run at 30-28 that lasted four minutes and eight seconds and it effectively sealed the fate of Al Sadd. After that, Al Gharafa had to just pull along and they did it to nicety, winning by 11 points. For Al Sadd, Dante Nathanael Williams had a match-high 21 points and Mohamed Deba Kone collected 14.
Al Rayyan did well in the first two quarters to lead by just two points at the interval (35-33). But in the third quarter, El Jaish exploded and reeled off 33 points to 16, which swung the match into the army team’s favour. El Jaish, who led by 21 points at one stage (79-58) then hung on to win by 12 points.
The problem with the Al Rayyan was their failure to get their beyond-the-arc shots in. Normally they do well but tonight, they could sink only 10 off 34 shots. Lawrence Hill had 17 points, Tanguy Ngombo got 14, Malek Seleem Abdulla netted 12 and Mohamed Hassan Mohamed posted 10. For the winners, Adamu Saaka (14) and Ali Turki Ali (10) were other main scorers, besides Macklin.
Results
Al Gharafa Club beat Al Sadd Club 63-52 (halftime 32-28)
Main performers – Al Gharafa Club: Kevin Galloway 15 & 13 rebounds, Emmanuel Adako 15, Hassino Ndoye 14, Abdulrahman Mohamed Saad 10
Al Sadd Club: Dante Nathanael Williams 21, Mohamed Deba Kone 14
El Jaish beat Al Rayyan Club 87-75 (halftime 33-35)
Main performers – El Jaish: Vernon Leon Macklin 39 & 14 rebounds, Adamu Saaka 14, Ali Turki Ali 10
Al Rayyan Club: Lawrence Hill 17, Tanguy Ngombo 14, Malek Seleem Abdulla 12, Mohamed Hassan Mohamed 10
April 22 (final)
6:00 pm – El Jaish vs Al Gharafa Club
El Jaish shock Al Rayyan in Emir Basketball Cup
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13 Apr 2016
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DOHA, April 13, 2016 - El Jaish threw a spanner in the works of treble-chasing Al Rayyan after posting an upset victory in the first match of their Emir Cup three-match semi-final playoffs at the Al Gharaffa Indoor Hall on Tuesday.
Al Rayyan, who won the Qatar Basketball League and the Qatar Cup and are favourites to bag the Emir Cup crown too, fell to an 87-80 defeat, leaving them with the daunting task of winning their next two matches.
El Jaish hit their stride early and led 24-19 after the first quarter, 48-35 after the second and 64-43 after the third.
At one point in the final quarter they held a whopping 75-50 cushion and it’s a testimony to Al Rayyan’s never-say-die attitude that they still managed to make a fight out of it by scoring a whopping 37 points to take the fight to the opposition.
Adamu Saaka was the star for El Jaish with a match-high 26 points, while Leon Macklin and Turki Ali chipped in with 16 and 15, respectively.
For Al Rayyan, Joseph Raffa top-scored with 18 points with a trio of three-pointers while Lawrence Hill had 18 and Hassan Mohamed 11.
In another match, Al Gharafa boosted their chance of qualifying for the finals with a convincing 75-57 victory over Al Sadd in their first match.
Al Sadd edged the first quarter 16-14 but fell behind steadily after that to allow Al Gharafa run away with the match in the end.
Al Gharafa held a 50-44 lead going into the final period during which they scored 15 points to seal the outcome of the match.
Dwayne Galloway excelled for Gharafa with 20 points, while Osaro Adako had 19 and Hassino Ndoye 18.
Deba Kone and Nathaneal Williams scored 16 apiece for Al Sadd.
Qatar WINS GCC 3x3 titles
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03 Apr 2016
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Hosts Qatar made a clean-sweep at the GCC 3x3 Basketball Championships at the Al Gharafa Club Indoor Hall on Saturday, winning in both senior and junior categories.
Tanguy Ngombo, Abdulrahman Mohamed Saad, Erfan Ali Saeed and Boney Watson set up a thrilling 21-19 triumph in the final of the men's category against Saudi Arabia B's Mohammed Almarwani, Ayman Almuwallad, Mohammed Alsager and Jaber Kabe.
Earlier Qatar A and Saudi Arabia B qualified for the title-clash after beating their compatriots in their respective semi-final clashes. While Qatar A downed Malek Seleem Abdulla, Mohamed Amin, Emir Mujkic and Omar Salem of Qatar B 21-14.
Saudi Arabia B were also first to collect the maximum points in their match and defeated Saudi Arabia A, represented by Nassir Abo Jalas, Mohammed Asad Abujabal, Ahmed Mohammed Almuktar and Marzouq Almuwallad, 21-14.
Qatar B however had some consolation when they finished third against Saudi Arabian challengers, winning by 21-17.
In the under-18 boys class, both Qatari teams A and B battled for the top honours after having defeated Saudi Arabia A and Bahrain A in the semi-finals.
The final turned out to be a one-way affair as Qatar A, featuring Alen Hadzibegovic, Nedim Muslic, Faris Sadikovif1'e6 and Ndoye Elhadj Seydou, outclassed Qatar B 17-9.
Qatar Bf0's Faisal Abuissa, Abdulrahim Ashraf Abuissa, Raslan al Abdulla and Alhadji Magasa tried their best but it was not enough against the rivals, who are playing regularly in the QBF A division teams.
In the semi-finals, Qatar B edged Karim Aboukoura, Hussain Ali Safar, Hussain Busafwan and Mohd Jassim of Bahrain A 13-11, while Qatar A romped past Saudi Arabia A, being represented by Hashim al Shibr, Mohammed Alaqeli, Mohammed Alsuwailem and Fahad Faqihi, 21-10.
Saudi Arabia A defended their fifth seeding as they downed sixth-seeded Bahrain A to win the third-place playoff by 19-15.
Results
GCC Men's 3x3 championship
Team Score Team Pool
Oman (4) 14-12 Bahrain A (7) A
Qatar A (3) 22-15 KSA A (6) B
Qatar B (5) 14-16 KSA B (2) A
KSA B (2) 17-11 Oman (4) A
Bahrain B (1) 10-21 Qatar A (3) B
Bahrain A (7) 15-18 Qatar B (5) A
KSA A (6) 21-7 Bahrain B (1) B
Qatar B (5) 14-10 Oman (4) A
Bahrain A (7) 12-17 KSA B (2) A
SEMI-FINALS
KSA B (2) 21-15 KSA A (6)
Qatar A (3) 21-14 Qatar B (5)
3RD PLACE
KSA A (6) 17-21 Qatar B (5)
FINAL
KSA B (2) 19-21 Qatar A (3)
GCC Under-18 Boys Championship
Teams Score Team Pool
Qatar B (7) 19-10 Bahrain B (2) A
KSA A (5) 19-8 Oman (1) A
Qatar A (4) 21-16 Bahrain A (6) B
Oman (1) 13-15 Bahrain B (2) A
KSA B (3) 11-21 Qatar A (4) B
KSA A (5) 11-12 Qatar B (7) A
Bahrain A (6) 22-11 KSA B (3) B
Qatar B (7) 19-16 Oman (1) A
Bahrain B (2) 14-21 KSA A (5) A
SEMI-FINALS
Qatar B (7) 13-11 Bahrain A (6)
Qatar A (4) 21-10 KSA A (5)
3RD PLACE
Bahrain A (6) 15-19 KSA A (5)
FINAL
Qatar B (7) 9-17 Qatar A (4)
Al-Rayyan Claims the title of Qatar Cup
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30 Mar 2016
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With a sizzling out-of-the-arc finish, Malek Seleem Abdulla powered Al Rayyan Club to dethrone defending champions Al Gharafa Club by 83-71 at home on Tuesday. This was the second title of the season for them after having clinched the QBF League earlier.
Qatar Basketball Federation President Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman al Thani was the chief guest and presented the awards. Al Rayyan were rewarded with QR700,000 for winning the title eighth time in 11 finals. Three-time winners Al Gharafa, featuring in their sixth final, were handed a prize money of QR350,000.
The final was expected to be a thrilling affair and within nearly the first eight minutes when the two shared the lead five times between them, it indeed looked headed for a close finish.
As Al Gharafa switched to the zone defence, Al Rayyan altered their game plan and resorted to outside the key shooting, getting much more what they might have expected.
After 11-11, which was the third and last time when the teams were locked, forward Abdulla, from left of the court, sank two three-pointers in a row.
And then point guard James Dominic Davon pulled off another one before veteran forward Tanguy Ngombo posted the fourth one in a row.
Though Al Gharafa replied strongly when Al Rayyan had a series of three-pointers with point guard Kevin Galloway and forward Abdulrahman Mohamed Saad scoring mainly, they failed to match after Ngombo fired his lone beyond-the-arc shot in three attempts.
Forward Lawrence Hill then pushed the advantage to seven points with a jumper for Al Rayyan and thereafter, the winners brooked no significant resistance. In the second quarter, they stretched the lead to double digits with Abdulla again collecting another three-pointer.
After the interval when Al Rayyan were 43-34 ahead, they started pushing the rivals further behind and were 62-45 up after the third quarter. Soon after the five minutes into the final quarter, they extended the lead to maximum 21 points in the match (75-54).
Al Gharafa however finished the match rather strongly, edging Al Rayyan 26-21 in the last 10 minutes play.
Abdulla top-scored for the champions with 25, including seven three-pointers off 14 attempts. In all, he shot nine field goals out of 16."Yeah, I'm delighted with my personal contribution. I always try my best for the team but earlier, I've not been as successful as I was tonight.
"The match wasn't easy. But Al Rayyan are a big team and know well how to play the crunch match. When we're in the final, we're too difficult to stop. The entire team played superbly after the initial resistance from Al Gharafa.
"We're happy for this victory but we've more to play for (Emir Cup)," added Abdulla.
Al Rayyan captain Yaseen Ismail Musa, who had to be replaced after getting injured, said,"My team played a wonderful game tonight. In the beginning, Al Gharafa were quite hard and matched us shot for shot. But we managed to control the match after we got the lead.
"I want to thank my teammates for another title. This is my last season before I retire from the club basketball. I want to finish it on a high. Now we'll focus on the Emir Cup and GCC championship," added the 36-year-old Musa, who has been associated with Al Rayyan for about 17 seasons.
Hill said,"We played tough against El Jaish in the semi-final playoffs. We knew that Al Gharafa would be difficult but we believed that if we could play hard basketball, we could overcome them. We were quite hard and clinical in the second half and managed to win."I'm enjoying my time here and I'm happy that I'm able to help my team," added the forward.
Al Rayyan Club Head Coach Koufos Stergios commented after the final,"We're really proud of our performance as it was not an easy win. We've been here close to two years now. There are many differences here compared to the other places.
"We've come here to work hard and show that with professionalism, any difficult target can also be achieved easily. We're delighted with our team's display till now. We won the League and now the Qatar Cup.
"Against the El Jaish, we played without our point guard (Davon). Still we won the third match and qualified for the final. We're not depending on just one player. Rather we tried to develop the team all-round.
"Even today, our American player had four fouls in the first half. But we used other players and they also delivered for us. Sometimes our professional approach may be quite demanding. It may be painful as well but that is the only way we know how to secure successes," he added.
Stergios also added that,"We'd assess the injury of Musa and then we'll decide if we want to have the same team or any changes for the Emir Cup."
Result
Qatar Basketball Cup final
Al Rayyan Club beat Al Gharafa Club 83-71 (halftime 43-34)
Main performers – Al Rayyan Club: Malek Seleem Abdulla 25, James Dominic Davon 22, Tanguy Ngombo 14 & 13 rebounds,
Al Gharafa Club: Abdulrahman Mohamed Saad 25, Jeremiah Massey 23 & 20 rebounds, Kevin Galloway 12 & 13 rebounds
Teams:
Al Rayyan Club:
0 Mohamed Elsayed, 1 Malek Seleem Abdulla, 8 Tanguy Ngombo, 10 Yaseen Ismail Musa, 14 James Dominic Davon, 15 Lawrence Hill, 6 Omar al Khanji, 9 Mohamed Rashed Abdulla, 11 Meho Haracic, 13 Majid Abdulla, 22 Abdulla Matalkeh, 24 Mohamed Hassan Mohamed, 35 Abdelrahman Abdelhaleem
Head Coach: Koufos Stergios. Assistant Coach: Thanasis Giaples
Al Gharafa Club:
0 Ali Abdullah Juma al Kuwari, 4 Abdulrahman Mohamed Saad, 5 Nedim Muslic, 6 Mohammed Nayef, 7 Feisal Mohammed Esmaeili, 8 Hassino Ndoye, 10 Raslan al Abdulla, 11 Jeremiah Massey, 12 Salama Ali el Sakka, 13 Kevin Galloway, 15 Omar Abdelkader Salem
Head Coach: Koussay Hatem. Assistant Coach: Yasser Abdul Waab.
Referee: Jassim M Nader. Umpires: Baker al Kuwari & Khalid al Hebabi
HEIR APPARENT CUP FINALS
Year Winners Runners-up
1999-2000 Al Ahli Al Rayyan
2000-2001 Al Ahli Al Sadd
2001-2002 Al Rayyan Qatar SC
2002-2003 Qatar SC Al Rayyan
2003-2004 Al Rayyan Qatar SC
2004-2005 Al Rayyan Al Sadd
2005-2006 Al Rayyan Al Gharafa
2006-2007 Al Arabi Al Sadd
2007-2008 Al Rayyan Qatar SC
2008-2009 Al Rayyan Qatar SC
2009-2010 El Jaish Al Gharafa
2010-2011 Al Gharafa Al Sadd
2011-2012 Al Arabi El Jaish
2012-2013 Al Rayyan El Jaish
Qatar Cup (name changed)
2013-2014 Al Gharafa Al Rayyan
2014-2015 Al Gharafa El Jaish
2015- 2016 Al Rayyan Al Gharafa
Club wise record (finals)
SOP Basketball Finals get positive response
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17 Mar 2016
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DOHA, March 17, 2016 – Under the theme “ Sport and Media”, the basketball competitions for different learning stages received overwhelming response from students at the prestigious schools Olympic Program (SOP) 2015-2016 on Wednesday.
HE Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, the President of Qatar Basketball Federation (QBF) and Mohammed Issa Al-Fadala the SOP Executive Director honored the champions in a festive sport scene.
Wednesday’s basketball competitions brought together students from different learning stages to compete in basketball 3x3 event. At the primary level, Al Furqan school won the first place, Lebanese school finished in the place and Khalifa took the third place.
At the preparatory school level, Hamza bin Abdulmotalab school took the first place , ahead of Ali bin Abi Taleb who finished in the second place and Hikma international school managed in the third place.
At Secondary school level, Abdullah Al Misnad school won the first place, Debkai medical profession school managed in the second place and Mosab bin Omair school took the third place.
On other sport scene, the football competitions for primary and model schools (boys) were successfully held on Wednesday. Where Abi Ayoob Al Ansari school defeated Sudanese school 6-0, Al Shrouq school outclassed Qatar French school.
The SOP is striving to achieve the ambitions of the Qatar National Vision 2030 and the National Development Strategy to increase sports participation and promote an active healthy lifestyle in Qatar.
