Men's beach basketball 3X3 attracts capacity crowd at QOC Beach Games
Doha, December 25, 2020- The ongoing inaugural QOC Beach Games at the Aspire Park in Doha has continued to generate encouraging interests from the populace with increasing footfalls recorded daily with Friday's men's beach basketball 3X3 among the highest so far.
Aside from the men's beach basketball 3X3, there were actions in two other events on the day - men's beach handball and the women's beach volleyball.
A total of 12 matches were played in the four groups of the men's basketball 3X3 with each team involved in two games each. Al Waab, Al Ahlam, Al Dafna and Um Al Affai teams recorded victories in their games.
Al Waab defeated Al Shammal 15-12 and The cure 21-12 respectively in Group A while Al Ahlam secured victories against Al Khor and Qatar Elite.
Al Dafna edged Al Hilal 16-12 before trouncing Future Stars 17-15 in their Group C games while Um Al Affai got their wins against Al Gharafa (12-6) and Al Wakrah (14-12) respectively in Group D.
In the men's beach handball, Al Khafji hammered Al Hazm 2-1 in Group B while the other Group B encounter between Al Ruwais and Al Nomor also ended 2-1 in favour of Al Nomor.
In Group A, Al Soqour defeated Al Nosour 2-1 while Al Edaid won 2-0 against Al Fohoud.
Meanwhile, in the women's beach volleyball, Al Maha secured their semi-finals berth with a 2-0 defeat of the Al Mahaba team. At the same time, Al Amal also triumphed over Qatar Academy with a straight-sets victory.
Meanwhile, enthralling actions were witnessed in Thursday's men's beach football event with a penalty shootout deciding the winners between Doha Team and Al Shahaniya after the game had ended 3-3 draw in regulation time. In the end, Doha scored all their three penalties compared to Al Shahaniya's single goal to advance in the tournament.
In the other encounters, Al Raheeb won 3-0 against Al Jasra while Al Ennabi walloped Al Wukair 7-0. However, the Al Ettihad versus Madinat Khalifa game ended 6-3 in Madinat Khalifa's favour.
In the men's beach volleyball, Lusail defeated Al Jazeera 2-0 in Group B while Al Adaam also posted a straight-sets victory against Zekreet.
On Saturday, the spectators will enjoy another round of exciting women's beach handball. The day's first match will be between Al Shaqab and Lusail at 4:00 pm while the Msheireb versus Yasminat Tunisia game follows immediately.
Over 500 male and female athletes are participating in the maiden QOC Beach Games which will be held over two weeks until January 2, 2021.
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