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Basketball: Al Sadd clinch Qatar Cup title

Published: 03 Feb 2023 - 10:42 am | Last Updated: 03 Feb 2023 - 10:44 am
Al Sadd's players and officials celebrate with the trophy.

Al Sadd's players and officials celebrate with the trophy.

The Peninsula

Doha: Al Sadd won the Qatar Cup basketball after beating Al Rayyan 100-76 (21-9; 32-20; 21-23; 26-24) in final at the Al Rayyan Sports Club on Wednesday. 

Waverly Samuel Austin (23 points), Babacar Dieng (16pts), Faisal Nabil Abuissa (9pts), Mohamed Bechir Sadi (7pts) and Ahmad Saeid Mohamed (6pts) were the leading scorers for Al Sadd while Ibrahima Seck (12pts) and Ali Tawfiq Hussein (8pts) excelled for Al Rayyan. 

President of the Qatar Basketball Federation Mohamed Saad Al Mughaiseeb presented the trophies to the players. 

Al Sadd’s Babacar Dieng won the Best Player Award. He scored a total of 850 points, recovering the ball 209 times and providing 105 assists. 

Al Gharafa club’s Mohamed Youssef won the award for three-pointer – scoring 79 shots. 

Mohamed Hashim of Al Ahli won the Best Promising Player Award with 276 points, while Al Sadd’s Vassilis Bratsiakos was named as the Best Coach.