Team Qatar gets better of Saudi Counterpart in Arab Men's Handball

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May 5, 2025
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5-May-2025

Team Qatar gets better of Saudi Counterpart in Arab Men's Handball

KUWAIT  - The Qatari handball team defeated its Saudi counterpart 31-22 in its first match of the 10th Arab Men's Handball Championship, which kicked off Monday in Kuwait and will continue until May 11.

The Qatari team led 16-12 at the end of the first half, before pulling further ahead in the second half and clinching the victory by a margin of nine goals.

Qatari goalkeeper Ahmed Magdy received the Man of the Match award, presented to him by President of the Qatar Handball Association Ahmed Al Shaabi.

The Qatari team will play their second match tomorrow against Tunisia, a victory that will secure the team's top spot in Group B and a place in the semi-finals.

Nine Arab teams are participating in the championship: Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iraq, Tunisia, Morocco, the UAE, and Bahrain.

The participating teams were divided into three groups. Group A includes Egypt, Iraq, and Bahrain; Group B includes Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Tunisia; while Group C includes Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Morocco.

Egypt won the Arab Men's Handball Championship in the first two editions, in 1975 and 1977. Kuwait won the trophy in 1979 and 1988, Tunisia in 1986 and 1993, Saudi Arabia in 1998, Algeria in 2000, and Bahrain in the most recent edition in 2002.