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Easy victories for Wakrah and Rayyan 17/2/2015
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18 Feb 2015
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Anthony Coleman scored a game-high 35 points but still ended up on the losing side as Al Wakrah thrashed Al Khor 95-75 in the Qatar Basketball League at the Al Gharafa Indoor Hall yesterday.
Coleman was on the court for the full 40 minutes during which he tormented his rivals but Al Khor’s defence was found wanting, especially in the second quarter, allowing Al Wakrah to nail the contest with considerable ease.
American Coleman, who played in NBA summer league with the Milwaukee Bucks in 2007, scored 16 field goals and shot three 3-pointers, while Kardell Bridge Waters scored 15.
Al Wakrah just managed to edge their rivals (21-20) at the end of the first quarter but surged ahead to lead 46-31 in the second after which Al Khor simply gave up the fight.
Adamu Saaka led the charge for Al Wakrah with 33 points, which included 26 from field goals and seven from free throws, while Mohamed Abdulrahman also excelled with 27.
Mohamed Ouri with 20 points and Rashaad Singleton with 20 completed the Al Khor rout.
Although Al Khor scored 16 points from turnovers as opposed to 12 by Al Wakrah, they were behind in all other aspects of the game. Al Wakrah shot 66 points in the paint compared to Al Khor’s 38 and had 25 second chance points as against 11 by their rivals.
“They gave us a good fight in the first quarter but we pulled up our socks after that and never looked back,” said Al Wakrah coach Ihab Galal.
“It’s wins like this that increases the confidence of the team,” he added.
In the second match of the evening, Al Rayyan proved far too strong for Al Ahli, winning 93-72.
Aloysius Ewing Jr. led Al Rayyan’s charge with 21 points, while Dominic Davon and Armond Bolds had 19 each.
Al Rayyan, Qatar’s leading basketball team, held an 18-15 lead after the first half which they steadily kept improving to eventually win the match with ease.
Qatar legend Yaseen Ismail Musa scored 11 points for the winners as Al Rayyan excelled with 48 points in the paint and 21 from turnovers.
For Al Ahli, Tyrone McNeal shot 32, with 26 coming from field goals and the remainder from free throws. Consteveous Jefferson was second best for the losers with 15 points.
El Jaish lead the standings with 25 points from 13 matches, while Al Rayyan are a close second on 24 from as many games.
Al Sadd are in third spot with 23 points, but have played one match less. Al Gharafa are the defending champions.
Musa & Saleem Inspire kids
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28 Dec 2014
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Yaseen Ismail Musa and Mohamed Seleem Abdulla were the part of the Qatar team that stunned one and all on the way to winning the FIBA 3x3 World Championship in Moscow in June this year.
The two players were also in the team which finished runners-up to Novi Sad from Serbia in the recently held prestigious FIBA 3x3 All Stars final at the Katara Cultural Village.
Now both Musa and Abdulla are ranked 8th and 14th in the world and it is the first time that any 3x3 player from the Asia and Arab world has secured such high rankings.
Headed by dynamic Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman al Thani, the Qatar Basketball Federation, organised a felicitation function for the two players at its Al Gharafa Club Training Hall and combined it with the weekly basketball festival for under-12 boys, hoping to inspire the young players with the presence of the stalwarts.
Players from all the clubs - Al Rayyan, Al Gharafa, Al Sadd, El Jaish, Al Arabi, Qatar Sports Club, Al Ahli, Al Wakrah, Al Shamal and Al Khor – and Qatar Foundation attended the festival, took selfies with the two stars and got the basketballs, T-shirts and signed posters from Musa and Abdulla in gifts.
Also present on the occasion were QBF Secretary-General Mohammed Ali Hobash al Marri, QBF Assistant Secretary-General Mohamed Ali Subaei, QBF Board Member Ashraf Abu Issa and Al Rayyan Club basketball head Ajlan al Aneizi.
The kids looked quite excited by the presence of Musa and Abdulla and interacted with them as well. The two Al Rayyan players asked some basic questions to test the knowledge of the youngsters and all of them displayed their intelligence by giving right answers!
Musa was indeed delighted by being among the kids and said, “It has been a great honour for me to have been playing basketball for more than 20 years for Qatar. In my young days, there was no such facilities and support. The young players are really very fortunate to have got such a nice playing environment now.
“Now the time has come to pay back to my country for all that I got through this game. I felt really moved to be among them today. It was great to chat with them. I want to thank the QFB for inviting Mohamed and me on this occasion. I feel if we could inspire a player or two in this lot to Musas or Mohameds in future, it will be a big contribution by us in the development of the sport.
“We’ll keep coming and motivating them in whatever ways we can,” added Musa.
Sheikh Saoud was quite ecstatic by a good turn-out of the players, the presence of Musa and Abdulla. He said, “I’m really very glad to see such a big gathering of young player, who came to see Yaseen and Mohamed.
“We organise the basketball festivals every Saturday and but we’re celebrating today’s occasion for two reasons – this is the first time that any player from Asia and Arab world has secured such a high rankings in the 3x3 basketball and the second thing is we want these kids to make them their role models and follow them to become like Musa and Mohamed in future.
“We know well that if we have our grass-root base strong and productive, our game will flourish and prosper. We want to send this message out. I know the journey is long but we’ve already taken a few good steps forward. We have now to just keep working in the right direction,” added Sheikh Saoud.
Novi Sad win 3x3 All Stars tournament
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14 Dec 2014
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DOHA, December 13, 2014-Serbian team Novi Sad won the second edition of 3x3 All Stars basketball tournament after beating Doha team 20-12 in the final match held at Katara Beach yesterday.
The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) Secretary General HE Sheikh Saoud Bin Abdulrahman al-Thani and FIBA president Muratore Horacio gave away the prizes.
The squad of Qatar’s doha team that claimed the silver medal included Yaseen Ismael, Boney Watson, Mohamed Yousuf and Mohamed Saleem Abdullah.
Serbian team included Dusan Domovic Bulut aka ‘Mr Bullutproof’, Marko Zedro, Marko Savic and Dejan Majstorovic.
The event featured the participation of six strong teams including Novi Sad (Serbia), Yokohama (Japan), Doha (Qatar), Bucharest (Romania) , Saskatoon (Canada) and Kaunas U-18 (LTU).
El Jaish win GCC 3x3 Basketball Championship
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14 Dec 2014
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DOHA, December 14, 2014-Qatar’s El Jaish won the second edition of GCC 3x3 Basketball Championship after beating Al Sadd 19-16 in the final match held at Katara Beach on Saturday.
HE Sheikh Saoud Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani , President of the Qatar Basketball Federation and Secretary General of the Qatar Olympic Committee gave away the prizes.
Al Rayyan finished third following their 21-15 victory over Al Gharafa.
El Jaish team, who are GCC 3x3 basketball Championship winners, comprised of Baker Ahmad, Mohammad Yousef, Fadi Hani and Arno.
Four Qatari teams qualified to the semifinals of the championship where Al Sadd defeated Al Rayyan 15-13 while El Jaish edged Al Gharafa.
Qatar Basketball Federation To Celebrate Golden Jubilee
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19 Nov 2014
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DOHA, November 19, 2014-The Qatar Basketball Federation (QBF) will celebrate its Golden Jubilee celebrating 50 years of success this friday.
Founded on September 26, 1964, the QBF contributed to the development of the Qatari sports movement where its players, administrators, coaches and referees made great efforts to promote basketball inside and outside the state of Qatar.
The QBF board of directors under leadership of HE Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani began the preparations for such an important occasion, in which the QBF will honor all those who have contributed to foundation of the federation as well as those have supported the QBF year after year.
The Golden Jubilee ceremony will be held on November 21.
The QBF was founded on September 26, 1964 with a ministerial decree from HE Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani, Minister of Education and Chairman of Supreme Sports Committee. HE Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani became the first president for the federation.
The first appearance for Qatar national basketball team was during the Arab School Games held in Kuwait in 1963 as basketball was one of four event in which the state of Qatar has participated alongside Football, Athletics and Table Tennis.
It is worth mentioning that the first committee formed to develop basketball included Ahmad Al Mughni, Abdulamir Zainal, Mubarak Waleed and Mohammad Saif Mayouf.
