The day before yesterday, Sheikh Saeed bin Saqr bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Deputy Head of the Office of His Highness the Ruler in Khor Fakkan, opened the fifth edition of the Sharjah International Youth Basketball Championship, which is organized by the Sharjah Sports Council in cooperation with the Jam Sports Academy and Khor Fakkan Club, with the participation of 35 teams and 500 players representing 10 Countries.
The opening ceremony witnessed a sports march from the beginning of the Corniche Street, in the presence of the players of the participating teams, all the way to the Khor Fakkan Arena, and included sports activities and parades.
The results of the first day in the under-12 category resulted in the victory of the Jam Sport Emirates team over the New English Jordanian School (63-9), Khor Fakkan over Hobbs Qatar (52-46), and Al Sharjah Sports Club over the English Jordanian School (46-14).
In the U-14 competitions, the Russian Dynamo beat Amman United of Jordan (95-36), Al-Sharjah Sports Club beat the English Jordanian School (76-31), the English Jordanian School beat the Serbian Combo (78-56), and the French (Number One). over the Jordanian English School (B) «137-18», and the Spanish Nixp Hobbs over the Indian Hobbs Dreams «156-32». The Serbian Combo also defeated Khorfakkan Sports School (73-66), the Qatari Hobbs defeated the Jordanian English School (71-69), and Al Hamriyah defeated the Indian Hobbs Dreams (88-28).
In the U-16 competitions, the Jordanian School team defeated Spain’s Next Hobbs (64-52), Qatar Hobbs defeated the Sharjah team (86-48), Jordanian Amman over Manchester Giants (54-36), and Khor Fakkan Sports Club defeated the English Jordanian School (52). -45”, and Sharjah Sports on Indian Hobbs Dreams “53-44”.
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