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Al Nasr win their first Vice President Cup title
Al Nasr clinched their first ever basketball title when they won the Vice President Cup after defeating Al Ahli 74-62 in the final held at Rashid Bin Maktoum indoor sports hall at the Al Wasl club on Sunday night.
- By Sayed Ali, Staff Reporter
- Published: 23:31 February 4, 2008
- The Al Nasr basketball team with the trophy after beating Al Ahli club in the final of the Vice President Cup, at Al Wasl Club.
- Image Credit: Arshad Ali/Gulf News
Dubai: Al Nasr clinched their first ever basketball title when they won the Vice President Cup after defeating Al Ahli 74-62 in the final held at Rashid Bin Maktoum indoor sports hall at the Al Wasl club on Sunday night.
Al Nasr players and supporters were delighted with the Vice President Cup which they have waited for years to win.
It was their first basketball title as the other teams in the club like football, volleyball, handball, table tennis, cycling and other sports clinched a lot of titles in recent years.
"Its a great honour for Al Nasr basketball team to win the first Vice President Cup. All the players showed an excellent performance and deserved to win the title, especially Qassim Mohammad the team skipper," said Amr Abulkhair the Al Nasr coach to Gulf News.
Al Ahli led in the second quarter 42-41 after the two teams were level 23-23 at the end of the first, Al Nasr led by Qassim and the two Americans Brest Lauderdail and Carl Trello, stormed back in the third quarter to advance with a 13 point difference 66-53.
Al Ahli tried hard in the fourth and last quarter, but Al Nasr defended well under their basket with Qasim Mohammad's three point long range throws that settled the issue for Al Nasr in the third and fourth quarters to clinch the title.
"I think the team was in need to win a major trophy which will pave the way to clinch other titles. We have great hope in competing to win the remaining three titles: The President Cup, the league title and super cup," Abulkhair said.
Al Nasr: Saleh Sultan, Hisham Hasan, Brest Lauderdail, Ebrahim Obaid, Carl Trello, Salim Obaid, Talal Musabah, Qasim Mohammad, Ali Khalil, Khedir Abdullah, Khalid Obaid, Talal Salim.
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