KUWAIT CITY, July 29: The Secretary-General of the Gulf Cup Federation, Jassim Al-Rumaihi, has announced that the draw for the Gulf Clubs Championship will take place in early August.

Al-Rumaihi highlighted that resuming this tournament, which has been on hiatus for nine years, continues the efforts of the Executive Committee of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, which oversees club tournaments at the Gulf level.

He mentioned that the participating teams were nominated by their local federations and that anticipation is building as the tournament's start approaches. Al-Qadisiya will compete in the tournament alongside Saudi Arabia's Al-Ettifaq, the UAE's Al-Nasr, Qatar's Al-Arabi, Bahrain's Al-Riffa, Iraq's Dohuk, Oman's Dhofar, and Yemen's Al-Ahly Sana'a.

It's noteworthy that Al-Ettifaq received the green light to participate after Jeddah Union, which finished fifth in the Roshn League standings last season, withdrew from the tournament.