Kuwaiti wheelchair basketball champions honored – 9th edition of tournament to be hosted by Kuwait

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ABU DHABI, Dec 26, (KUNA): Kuwait’s Wheelchair team was honored on Sunday as champions in the recently held ceremony of the 8th GCC Wheelchair Basketball Championship, hosted in New York University’s Abu Dhabi, after defeating Saudi Arabia 62-56.

The Kuwaiti team with eight points won the championship, followed by Bahrain with six points after beating UAE 52-47, while Oman took fifth place with four points.

Kuwaiti player Yosif Ahmad Khalaf won best scorer in the tournament, and Bahraini Nabil Al-Dosari won best three-point shooter award.

Kuwait’s embassy First Secretary Nasser Aba Al-Khail praised, in a statement to KUNA, Kuwaiti team performance and achievement for the eight consecutive time.

For his part, Khalaf in a separate statement to KUNA, said that such achievement by the team comes as a result of cooperation and efforts exerted by the players, administrators, and trainers.

Following the win, Shafi Al-Hajri, president of Kuwait Disabled Sport Club, hailed Kuwaiti players’ performance throughout the championship.

For his part, Ahmad Al-Shatti, the team’s assistant coach, lauded the Kuwaiti team for adherence by the directions and instructions made by the technical and administrative teams that contributed to winning the match.

Meanwhile, Secretary-General of the GCC organizing committee for the wheelchair basketball Jasem Hassan Mubarak announced on Monday that Kuwait would host the 9th edition in 2018.

Mubarak told KUNA that the State of Kuwait has had adequate and distinguished experiences in hosting various tournaments in general and championships related to disabled persons in particular.

He expressed hope the prospective tourney would be successful and achieve the sought objectives in all domains.

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