Al Rayyan crowned Arab club volleyball champs

Tunis: Qatar’s Al Rayyan won the 36th Arab Club Volleyball Championship in Tunis after beating Tunisia’s Esperance 3-0 in the final of the tournament.Al Rayyan won the game 25-22, 25-18, 25-23. In the third place play-off, Qatar’s Al Arabi were defeated by Saudi’s Al Hilal 2-3. Al Rayyan defeated Saudi’s Al Hilal 3-0 in the semi-final of the tournament. In the other semi-final, Tunisian Esperance beat Qatar’s Al Arabi 3-0. The eighteen teams that participated in the championship were Morocco’s FAR, Bahrain’s Al Ahli, Iraq’s Al Shorta, Libya’s Alahly Benghazi, Saudi Arabia’s Al Ittihad, Qatar’s Al Rayyan, Libya’s Asswehly, Algeria’s GS Petroliers, Palestine’s Sngl, Tunisia’s E.S.Sahel, Qatar’s Al Arabi, Oman’s Al Slam, Saudi Al Hilal, Tunisia’s Esperance S.T, Sudan’s Al Amen, Oman’s Al Seeb, Iraq’s Al Peshmerga, and Algeria’s Bordj Bou Arreridj. (QNA)