Riffa, East Riffa kick off AFC Cup group campaigns

TDT | Manama

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Bahrain clubs Riffa and East Riffa kick off their respective group campaigns today in the AFC Cup 2022. Riffa are in Group B of the competition, being held in Kuwait, alongside Shabab Al Khalil of Palestine, Dhofar of Oman and home side Al Arabi. Riffa open their campaign this evening against Arabi, before playing Dhofar on May 21.

They then complete the group stage with their match against Shabab Al Khalil on the 24th. East Riffa are competing in Group C—the matches of which are set to take place in the Kingdom at the Muharraq Club Stadium in Arad. East Riffa are grouped with Tishreen from Syria, Nejmeh from Lebanon and Hilal Al Quds from Palestine.

They first face off with Nejmeh tonight, then take on Tishreen on May 21 before closing their group campaign against Hilal Al Quds. Riffa and East Riffa need to finish atop their groups or be the best runner-up from the West Asia Zone to advance to the next round of the competition. There are three groups in all in West Asia. Group A consists of Al Ansar from Lebanon, Al Seeb of Oman, Jableh from Syria and Al Kuwait from Kuwait.