Najma lose to Saudi’s Khaleej Club

TDT | Manama    

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

Bahrain’s Al Najma Club lost to Khaleej Club of Saudi Arabia 24-27 yesterday in the prestigious IHF Men’s Super Globe, currently being held in Dammam.

It was the first game for the Bahrainis in their fifth-toeighth classification bracket.

They will now play Kuwait SC today at 1.15pm, Bahrain time, for seventh place overall to end the 12-club competition.

The Kuwaitis lost to Al Ahly of Egypt 25-35 yesterday.

Najma trailed 10-14 at the half against Khaleej and never recovered and did well to outscore their opponents in the final 30 minutes.

But their efforts came up short in the end for a tough defeat.

Mohammed Habib Ahmed was their leading scorer with seven goals, while Mahdi Saad had five and both Belal Basham and Hassan Madan each finished with three.

Mujtaba Al Salem paced Khaleej with five goals, while Shinnosuke Takuda had four.

Najma are participating in the IHF Super Globe for the second time, following the 2018 edition when they finished seventh.

They will be hoping to match that result with a win today.

The global competition, organised by the International Handball Federation (IHF), is in its 16th year. Najma are the only Bahraini participants.