Kuwait volleyball team wins league
KUWAIT: Kuwait Volleyball Club was crowned Tuesday, the Premier League Volleyball Championship for the current sports season 2024/2025 for the 15th time in its history after beating Burgan with three clean sets in the final round of the championship, at the Kuwait Volleyball Federation Hall at the Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Complex.
The first half witnessed a strong challenge as Burgan was able to match Kuwait with the result to end in favor of Kuwait (25-23), and in the second half, Kuwait continued its superiority and came out victorious (25-19), and Kuwait completed its superiority overall by winning the third half (25-22) to win the match by three innings without compensation.
In a statement to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), Dr Jaber Al-Marri, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Federation, praised the level of the Kuwait Volleyball League this season and the competition between many teams, which gives optimism for a new season coming strongly, expressing his hope that the fans will come to support their teams in the game.
Al-Marri said that the competition this season was not normal, as teams such as Al-Qadisiya, Al-Arabi and Kazma tried until the last meters to win the league title, which makes it a special season at the technical and competitive levels, hoping that the teams will continue these levels until the next period because of the local cup competitions, which adds more enthusiasm and shows Kuwaiti volleyball at its usual level.
He emphasized that the high level of the league with its players reflects on the national team and thus the performance of the level of the national team automatically increases, expressing his thanks to the General Sports Authority, represented by the Acting Director of the Authority, Bashar Abdullah, for all the support that the federation has received.
Kuwait won the first match of the final round last Friday against Burgan with a score of (3-0) after winning in 3 innings (17-25), (11-25) and (19-25) without compensation, and according to the regulations and rules of the league, the final match is played in 3 stages, and after Kuwait guaranteed to win two stages, thus ensuring that the title is decided in its favor.
Earlier today, Al-Arabi Club managed to beat Kazma with a score of (3-1), as Al-Arabi won 3 innings (25-21), (22-25) and (22-25), while Kazma got only one innings with a score of (21-25) to ensure that Al-Arabi secured the third place in the league.
It is noteworthy that Al-Qadisiya holds the record for the number of times winning the Kuwaiti Premier Volleyball League with 23 titles, followed by Kuwait and Kazma with 15 titles each, Al-Arabi 4 times and Jahra only once. - KUNA
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