Tomorrow, Sunday, three matches will be held at the end of the group stage of the 27th Asian Men’s Handball Champions League Club Championship, which is currently being held in Doha and will continue until the twenty-third of this November, and qualifies for the World Confederations Champions Club Championship (Super Globe 2025).
The first match will bring together Al-Duhail of Qatar with Miss Kerman of Iran for the second group, and in the second match, Al-Khaleej of Saudi Arabia will meet with Ahli Sadab of Oman in the same group, while in the third match, Al-Rayyan of Qatar will play with Al-Kuwait of Kuwait in the first group.
The final standings of the two groups and the sides of the quarter-final matches scheduled for next Tuesday will be determined in light of the results of the three matches.
Al-Duhail and Al-Rayyan, the representatives of Qatari handball, are seeking to achieve victory in their last match in the group stage and to continue their journey strongly on the way to the quarter-finals in an effort to achieve their ambitions, as Al-Duhail is looking forward to winning its fourth title at the continental level, as it had won the title on three previous occasions, in years. 2016, 2019, and 2021, while Al Rayyan is looking for its second title in the continental championship after winning the fifteenth edition, which was held in… Doha in 2012.
Nine teams are participating in the tournament, distributed into two groups. The first group includes Al-Rayyan of Qatar, Al-Kuwait of Kuwait, Al-Sharjah of the Emirates, and Al-Shabab of Bahrain, while the second group includes Al-Duhail of Qatar, Al-Khaleej of Saudi Arabia, Kazma of Kuwait, Ahli Sadab of Oman, and Miss Kerman of Iran.
The teams with the first four positions in each group qualify for the quarter-finals, where the second of the first group will play with the third of the second group, the second of the second group will meet the third of the first group, while the first of the first group will play with the fourth of the second group, and the first of the second group will play with the fourth of the first group. .
This is the fifth time that Qatar has hosted the Asian Men’s Handball Champions League Championship after 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2016.
It is noteworthy that Al-Sadd of Qatar holds the record for the number of times it has won the championship title, having won the title five times, while Al-Duhail of Qatar won the title three times, Al-Jaish of Qatar, Kazma and Al-Qadisiya of Kuwait, and Al-Najma of Bahrain twice, and once each of Al-Rayyan and Al-Arabi (Qatar), and Al-Fahaheel. Sulaibikhat, Al-Kuwait (Kuwait), Al-Ahly, Mudar, Al-Nour, Al-Khaleej (Saudi Arabia), and Al-Sadd of Lebanon.