Al Hilal, Kuwait Club, Orthodox Amman, and Al Naft top respective groups after exciting opening week
BEIRUT (Lebanon) - Al Hilal, Kuwait Club, Orthodox Amman, and Al Naft finish the opening week at the top of their groups with exciting wins across the region.
BEIRUT (Lebanon) - Al Hilal, Kuwait Club, Orthodox Amman, and Al Naft finish the opening week at the top of their groups with exciting wins across the region in both WASL - Gulf and WASL - West Asia.
Make sure to keep up-to-date with the standings in WASL - Gulf here and WASL - West Asia here.
WASL - Gulf
In Group A, both Al Hilal and Shabab Al Ahli - Dubai claimed wins in the waning seconds of their games. Al Hilal gets the slight edge for now in the standings with an advantage in point difference as a result of their 4-point win over Kazma.
Group A
2/12 games played
| GAMES | GAME POINTS | POINTS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Team | P | W | L | % | For | Agt | +/- | FA | AA | |
| 1 | Al Hilal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 96 | 92 | 4 | 96 | 92 | 2 |
| 2 | Shabab Al Ahli - Dubai | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 71 | 69 | 2 | 71 | 69 | 2 |
| 3 | Al Bashaer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 71 | -2 | 69 | 71 | 1 |
| 4 | Kazma | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 92 | 96 | -4 | 92 | 96 | 1 |
Over in Group B, Kuwait Club hold the advantage over Al Manama by virtue of their 6-point overtime win over AL Sadd, though both clubs started their season with a valuable victory.
Group B
2/12 games played
| GAMES | GAME POINTS | POINTS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Team | P | W | L | % | For | Agt | +/- | FA | AA | |
| 1 | Kuwait Club | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 99 | 93 | 6 | 99 | 93 | 2 |
| 2 | Al Manama | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 75 | 72 | 3 | 75 | 72 | 2 |
| 3 | Al Nasr Riyadh | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 75 | -3 | 72 | 75 | 1 |
| 4 | Al Sadd | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 93 | 99 | -6 | 93 | 99 | 1 |
WASL - West Asia
The winning teams in Group A did not have much trouble getting to the final buzzer ahead with Orthodox Amman's 19-point win giving them a slight edge over Beirut Club's 18-point victory.
Group A
2/12 games played
| GAMES | GAME POINTS | POINTS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Team | P | W | L | % | For | Agt | +/- | FA | AA | |
| 1 | Orthodox Amman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 59 | 40 | 19 | 59 | 40 | 2 |
| 2 | Beirut Club | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 73 | 56 | 17 | 73 | 56 | 2 |
| 3 | ZobAhan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 73 | -17 | 56 | 73 | 1 |
| 4 | Al-Ittihad Ahli | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 59 | -19 | 40 | 59 | 1 |
Al Naft stays ahead in Group B for now, shouldered by a monster performance from Edgar Sosa, as Al Riyadi had to sweat out a tough game against Gorgan.
Group B
2/12 games played
| GAMES | GAME POINTS | POINTS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Team | P | W | L | % | For | Agt | +/- | FA | AA | |
| 1 | Al Naft | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 89 | 66 | 23 | 89 | 66 | 2 |
| 2 | Al Riyadi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 81 | 74 | 7 | 81 | 74 | 2 |
| 3 | Gorgan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 81 | -7 | 74 | 81 | 1 |
| 4 | Alkaramah | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 66 | 89 | -23 | 66 | 89 | 1 |
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