The Gulf Basketball Federation, in cooperation with its Bahraini Basketball Federation, continues its final preparations for the start of the 2025 Gulf Cup for Junior Under -16, which is hosted by the Kingdom of Bahrain during the period from 22 to 27 July 2025, with the participation of six teams: Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Emirates, Bahrain, Sultanate of Oman, and Kuwait, and the Umm Al -Hassam Sports Hall hosts all the championship matches.
This tournament is of great importance, as the champion and runner -up will get two direct seats to qualify for the Asian Cup for Junior U -16, which will be held in Mongolia during September 2025.
In this context, Mr. Saadoun Sabah Al -Kuwari, Secretary General of the Qatar Basketball Federation, and the Secretary General of the Gulf Basketball Federation, expressed his wishes for success for all the participating teams, and to appear at the higher technical level, which befits the Gulf basketball, stressing the importance of this event, which will give the champion and runner -up two card to qualify for the Asian Cup finals, which will be reflected at the technical level in the championship and raises enthusiasm and challenge Between the teams participating in the Gulf championship.
He said: We work in the Gulf Basketball Federation in cooperation with the Bahraini Federation to organize an exceptional championship that reflects the advanced level of the game in the region.
Al -Kuwari stressed: We always seek with the AFC to develop Gulf competitions and raise the efficiency and quality of the teams, and that granting two direct seats to the Asian Cup through the Gulf Championship is tantamount to international recognition of the development of the level of Sunni groups in the Gulf countries, and gives national teams a greater incentive to shine and qualification.
Al -Kuwari added: Through this tournament, we seek to enhance the readiness of the players of the Gulf teams, achieve our long -term goals in discovering talents, expanding the base of practice, and building teams capable of continental and international competition.
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The championship draw resulted in the distribution of the teams in two groups, as the first group includes the teams of Qatar, Kuwait and the Emirates, and the second group includes the teams of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the Sultanate of Oman.
This, and the championship competitions start on July 22, 2025, with the meeting of Qatar and Kuwait at five in the evening for the first group, followed by a meeting that brings together the Bahraini and Omani teams at seven thirty in the evening for the second group.
