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Arab Times
a day ago
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- Arab Times
Kuwait storms past Palestine 3-0 at Arab U-18 Volleyball Championship
AMMAN, Aug 17: Kuwait cruised past Palestine with a 3-0 victory (25-20, 25-14, 25-20) in its Group B opener at the 17th Arab U-18 Volleyball Championship, held in Amman, Jordan, and running through August 26. The team wraps up the group stage tomorrow against Iraq. Elsewhere in Group B, Bahrain takes on Iraq today, while Group A features matchups between Egypt and Lebanon, and Jordan against Libya. Under the tournament format, all teams advance to the quarterfinals. The top seed from Group A will play the fourth seed from Group B, while the second seed from Group B faces the third seed from Group A. Similarly, the Group B leader meets the fourth from Group A, and the second from Group A takes on the third from Group B. Kuwait prepared for the tournament with a training camp in Cairo, where it played five friendlies against Egyptian youth teams, winning two matches and losing three.
Arab Times
4 days ago
- Sport
- Arab Times
Kuwait begins quest for Arab U-18 Volleyball Championship glory
AMMAN, Aug 14: Kuwait's U-18 volleyball team will kick off its journey tomorrow in the 17th Arab U-18 Volleyball Championship, hosted in Amman, Jordan, from August 15 to 26. The 'Blues' begin their group-stage matches against Palestine at 7:00 p.m. at Prince Hamzah Hall, following the Libya–Lebanon clash at 5:00 p.m. on the same court. Kuwait will then face Bahrain on Sunday and Iraq the following Wednesday. Following the withdrawal of Saudi Arabia and the UAE, the Arab Volleyball Association revised the tournament format. The updated groups are: Group A — Egypt, Libya, Lebanon, and Jordan; Group B — Bahrain, Palestine, Iraq, and Kuwait. The top four teams from both groups will advance to the quarterfinals. Kuwait's delegation is led by Kuwait Volleyball Association board member Hamoud Al-Badhali and includes head coach Mohammed Abdulrazzaq, assistant coach Mishal Al-Subaie, physiotherapist Dr. Moataz Ezzeldin, team manager Abdullah Al-Rais, and 12 players: Mohammed Al-Doukhi, Salem Al-Shammari, Abdullah Al-Ali, Mishari Al-Mutawtah, Ahmed Al-Sarheed, Salem Khaddadah, Fahad Ayadah, Saad Al-Failakawi, Bader Bouarki, Bandar Al-Ahmad, Abdulaziz Al-Obaid, and Nasser Al-Sanea. As part of their preparations, the team recently completed a training camp in Cairo, Egypt, where they played several warm-up matches.
