2023 Arab Beach Football Championship group stage concludes

With 12 teams participating, the Arab Beach Football Championship is being organized by the Arab Football Association and hosted by the Saudi Federation in Jeddah from May 11-20. (Supplied)

• Saudi Arabia face Palestine, Egypt play against Mauritania, UAE face Oman while Morocco compete against Libya in the quarterfinals
• With 12 teams participating, the championship is organized by the Arab Football Association and hosted by the Saudi Federation in Jeddah from May 11-20

RIYADH: The group stage of the Arab Beach Football Championship in Saudi Arabia concluded on Wednesday with a resounding win for Oman’s national team, which thrashed Kyrgyzstan 14-0.
With 12 teams participating, the championship is organized by the Arab Football Association and hosted by the Saudi Federation in Jeddah from May 11-20.
Four matches were played in the second and third groups at Al-Hamra Corniche Stadium in Jeddah.
In the first game, Oman’s Sami Al-Blushi and Abdullah Al-Souti scored four times each while Munther Al-Araimi and Al-Yaqzan Al-Hendassi scored a brace each. Meanwhile, Noah Al-Battashi and Khaled Al-Araimi scored one goal each and defeated Kyrgyzstan 14-0.
In the second game, Egypt scored three times to win over the Palestinian national team, which scored twice.
Ismail Abdel Quddous, Ahmed Suleiman and Hassan Hussein scored for Egypt’s national team while Thaer Abu Obeida netted a double for Palestine.
Following the group stage results, Egypt topped the second group followed by Oman, Palestine and Kyrgyzstan.
Meanwhile, in the third match, the UAE national team scored seven times to win over Kuwait, which netted four goals. The Emirati team’s goal scorers were two doubles by Kamal Al-Balushi and Abdullah Dehghani while their teammate Ahmed Bishr scored once. Mishaal Al-Shafei scored one goal while Mohamed Hajjia scored a hattrick for Kuwait’s national team.
Wednesday’s matches concluded with a fourth match in which Libya won 6-5 against the Comoros national team. Ahmed Al-Rifi scored a hattrick, Ahmed Mohamed scored a brace and Adel Al-Sharif netted one goal for Libya. The goals of the Comoros came through Ali Musa, Jaafar Saleh, Shkira Moiva and Asini Ahmed (two goals).
The Emirati national team topped the third group followed by Libya, Comoros and Kuwait in the last place.
In the quarterfinals stage, Saudi Arabia are scheduled to play against Palestine, Egypt against Mauritania, the UAE against Oman and Morocco against Libya on Thursday.