The results of the re-draw for the Arab Club Basketball Championship, which was drawn today, Monday in Egypt, resulted in the Al-Sharjah and Al-Bataeh teams falling into the first group, while Al-Wahda came in the second group, in the tournament that begins tomorrow in its 36th edition hosted by the city of Alexandria, and extends until 12 days. Next October.
The organizing committee resorted to repeating the draw ceremony that took place in the middle of last month, after the Lebanese teams of Beirut and Antony, and the Moroccan team Salé and Taraji Draria of Algeria, announced their withdrawal from the tournament. The re-draw ceremony resulted in the status of Sharjah and Al-Bataeh in a group that includes, next to it, the host, Al-Ittihad of Alexandria. Smouha Al Masry, Al Arabi Qatar, and Kazma Al Kuwaiti, while competing with Al Wahda in its group were Sporting Al Masry, Al Gharafa Qatar, Al Qadisiyah Kuwait, Al Seeb Oman, and Shaab Hadramaut Yemen.
The amendment to the number of participating clubs, and their distribution into two groups, resulted in amending the group league system, so that the top four places from each group qualify for the quarter-finals, with the leaders of the two groups in the quarter-finals facing the fourth of the next group, and the runners-up the third of the other group.
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