Handball team lose temper and match

The UAE handball team lost all hopes of reaching the semifinals following a defeat at the hands of Qatar 30-22 yesterday. The UAE were playing in a group B match at the Changwon gymnasium yesterday.

The match went out of control in the 23rd minute of the second session when players from both teams resorted to a free for all for one minute.

However, play resumed when the referees, coaches and managers of the two teams restored order and the left seven minutes was completed.

The UAE's Ahmed Hasan was sent off for starting the fight when he hit one Qatari player. Despite the frayed tempers the UAE players still congratulated their Qatari counterparts at the end of the match.

Qatar led in the first session (15-13), advancing through swift moves by Ahmed Aman and Saleh Burhan. The UAE players made several mistakes in attack when they lost the ball and the Qatari's quick counterattacks enabled them to score more goals in the second session.

The scorers for Qatar were, Ahmed Saad 8, Saleh Burhan 7, Abdullah Saad 4, Bilal Al Ali 4, Mohammed Saad 4, Mohammed Eid, Khalid Abdullah, Yousuf Hussain and Naser Saad each of them scored one goal.

UAE goal scorers: Abdullah Al Saffar 7, Jasim Ali 6, Khamis Saqr 4, Mohammed Ali 2, Adm Al Nuaimi, Ahmed Hasan and Mohammed Ahmed each scored one goal.

Meanwhile, the UAE's No. 1 player Omar Behroozian and Mahmoud Nader lost their doubles encounter to Koreans Korean Hee Oh Kwon and Hyun Dong Kim 6-1, 6-2 at the Geumjeong tennis stadium yesterday. They will play today in the singles second round after the draw gave them a first round bye.