Al-Sharjah shocks the Philippine “Zampanga” in the “Dubai Basket”

The Sharjah team, the newcomer to the Dubai International Basketball Championship, surprised its Philippine counterpart, Zampanga, after the “King” succeeded in overturning its deficit to a deserved victory by a margin of 15 points with a score of (97-82), today, Saturday, within the second round of the group stage of the currently held tournament. In its 34th edition, it will be held at Al Nasr Club Hall in Dubai, and will extend until the second of next February.
The round also witnessed, for the second group itself, the victory of Al-Ahly Tripoli of Libya over the national team of Tunisia with a score of (83-70), while the match of the first group recorded a victory for Beirut of Lebanon over Ittihad Amman of Jordan by a score of (87-80).
Zampanga had taken the lead over Sharjah at the end of the first quarter (30-19), before the “King” players were able to gradually regain the initiative and decide the match in their favor by gaining the advantage in the results of the second and third quarters and then the fourth quarter by (30-17, 21-15, and 27). -20).
Tomorrow, Sunday, the group tournament will be completed with three matches, the first starting at five in the afternoon with the national team meeting against the Jordanian Amman Federation, then Al Ahly Tripoli and Zamboanga of the Philippines will face off, before the curtain comes down at nine in the evening with the Lebanese Hekma and the Tunisian national team meeting.