Al-Ahram Weekly Online   20 - 26 January 2005
Issue No. 726
Sports
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Blanket win


AHLI won the 23rd Arab volleyball championship for clubs after blanking Saudi Arabia's Helal 3-0 with sets of 25-15, 25-19, 25-19. Ahli had won all its matches en route to the final.

Arabi of Qatar came third after beating Al-Rayan, also of Qatar, 3-1.

Ahli's local rivals Zamalek lost in the quarter-finals to finish fifth.

Ahli's Ahmed Salah was named best spiker and Wa'el El-Aidi best libro.

"I'm very happy with the cup," Ahli coach Fouad Abdel-Salam said. "We all did our best and the players exerted a lot of effort."

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