The quarter-finals of the 33rd Dubai International Basketball Championship will take place at the Rashid bin Hamdan Hall at Al Nasr Club, starting with a match between the Tunisian national team and Beirut, the Arab champions, at 3:15 PM UAE time. This will be followed at 5:15 PM by the match between Al Ahly Tripoli and Al Ahly Benghazi. Then, at 7:15 PM, Lebanese champion Al-Riyadi, the leader of Group A, will face off against the Lebanese team Homentmen, and finally at 9:15 PM, Strong from the Philippines, leader of Group B, will compete against the Moroccan team Salé, which finished fourth in Group A.
Given the performances and results of Al-Riyadi and Strong, who have achieved a full score, their chances of advancing to the semi-finals scheduled for tomorrow, Saturday, appear stronger against Homentmen and Salé, who displayed modest performances in the preliminary round and placed fourth in their group based on direct encounters. The spotlight will also be on the match between the Libyan teams Benghazi and Tripoli, which matches the level of Al-Riyadi and Strong; Benghazi finished as the runner-up in Group B after losing by a single basket to the Filipino team.
The fourth match, which brings together the Tunisian national team and Beirut, remains open; Beirut has shown modest performance thus far. The final round of the preliminary stage resulted in a victory for the Lebanese Wisdom team over Al Ahly Benghazi 77-72, the Syrian unit against Homentmen 92-85, Al-Riyadi over the Emirati Nasr team 85-82, and Beirut winning against the UAE national team in overtime 100-92 after both teams were tied at 89-89 in regulation time.
