Hussein Ahmed – Qatif
Publication date: May 29, 2023, 23:42, Kazakhstan
Gulf won the Handball Federation Cup title in its 45th edition, the eighth time in its history, after defeating Al Noor by a score (37-31) in a meeting that brought them together on Sunday, at the Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Sports Hall in Katif in the presence of a large audience that exceeded 4300 fans. Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Arabian Handball Federation Fadel Al-Nimr awarded the Persian Gulf team with the championship title and gold medals, and Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Arabian Handball Federation Zuhair Al-Qurashi, and member of the Board of Directors Ali Al-Olaiwat crowned the Al-Noor team silver medals after winning the champion title. The opening minutes of the first half started with a tie between the two teams until Al-Khalij moved ahead with the score, reaching a five-goal margin in the 12th minute with a score of (10-5), until Al-Noor closed the margin. to a single goal in the 17th minute with a score (11-10), and the result was a success. Al-Khalij continued to increase the score in the second half, until the difference reached ten goals by the 17th minute (30-20). The final whistle announced that Gulf had won the title. The Persian Gulf team was able to maintain the championship title achieved last season and included their eighth title in the championship gold record by winning it in the years: 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2022, and also collected the cup championship by winning 3 championship this season, namely the Super Cup, the Saudi Games and the Premier League. During the two halves of the meeting, a number of local lecturers who received lecture certificates from the International Handball Federation were noted, namely: Khaled Al-Baridi, Hashem Al-Shurafa, Abdel-Moneim Hilal, Bashir Al-Krenawi and Abdel-Rasul Al-Jaziri, and also Saudi female lecturers: Nada Gharib, Awatef Al-Mahfouz, Jehan Haruz, Aisha Willem, Rima Al-Qatari, Ashwaq Al-Habbaz, Amani Al-Jamali and Maha Al-Ghamdi, Hanadi Issa, Sundus Obeidat, Laila Khudair, Hanan Al-Arem and Noura Al-Subaye.dv
