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RIYADH: Palestine will face Egypt while Oman play Morocco after the four teams on Thursday qualified for the semifinals of the Arab Beach Football Championship, being held in º£½ÇÖ±²¥.
The competition, which began on May 11, has been organized by the Arab Football Association and hosted by the º£½ÇÖ±²¥n Football Federation in Jeddah, and ends on Saturday.
In the first game, the Saudi national team’s three goals were not enough to defeat the Palestinians who netted five to secure a place in the semifinals.
Naji Al-Nahhal scored a brace for Palestine, while teammates Fadi Jaber and Thaer Abu Obeida bagged one each. The fifth was an own goal scored by º£½ÇÖ±²¥â€™s Ramzi Dakman.
Meanwhile, Mohammed Al-Ajmi, Majid Shahmani, and Yahya Al-Tamihi were the Saudi scorers.
The second quarter-final match played on Thursday, saw Egypt overcome Mauritania 8-3 to qualify for the next stage of the tournament.
Abdelrahman Al-Shafei and Haitham Mahsoub both scored two while Al-Hussein Ali, Mustafa Shaaban, Mohammed Hassan, and Ahmed Suleiman managed a goal each. Sheikh Belkhir, Mohammed Jallow, and Abdel-Latif responded for Mauritania.
The third match was an edgy and highly competitive game with Oman emerging as narrow 5-4 victors over the UAE.
Omani players Yahya Al-Muraiki, Sami Al-Blushi, Khaled Al-Araimi, Abdullah Al-Souti, and Meshaal Al-Araimi were their team’s scorers, while Ahmed Beshr got two goals, and Ali Mohammadi and Abdullah Dahfani one each, for the Emiratis.
Morocco edged Libya out of the championship with a 5-2 win in the remaining quarter-final game.
Moroccans Anwar Frindi and Badr Al-Freishli both netted twice backed with a goal from Reda Zahrawi. Ahmed Mohammed and Ahmed Al-Rafi’I were on the scoresheet for Libya.
The semifinals will take place on Friday evening with the final on Saturday.