Al Salam Hospital of coach Yousuf Almeda beat Bakhs Hospital 81-67 to qualify for the 1st Mandoubiyah – PEAK knock out game championship.

Al Salam displayed organized offense in the whole game. Bakhs Hospital managed to put the enemy at bay up to third quarter but Al Salam started to pressure Bakhs ball handlers and applied tight defense at the start of the final quarter.

Malabanan top-scored with 21 points for Al Salam Hospital and was adjudged as the PEAK Sodas Sports best player of the game and he received a Tony Parker jersey courtesy of PEAK while Paclibar had 22 points for Bakhs Hospital.

This tournament is principally sponsored by Mandhoubiyah Islamic Propagation Office. The co-sponsors are PEAK Sodas Sports and Shoe Arena, ABS-CBN — The Filipino Channel, Al Haddaf Sportswear (Mohamed Bayoumi) and Arab News.

GNP – Al Asnan Est. of coach Ronnie Carino set up a title clash with Al Salam by beating Al Hayat Hospital 111-79.

GNP Hospital showed supremacy in the shaded area as Al Hayat Hospital fought hard with its outside snipping.

Al Hayat coach Rey Maddatu with a team of mostly of young players used a run-and-gun offense but GNP managed to control the rebound which halted the Al Hayat offensive pattern.

Jaber Gonzales led GNP – Al Asnan Est. with 21 big points and was adjudged as the JBL best player of the game for which he received a Tony Parker jersey courtesy of PEAK, while Zapanta led Erfan Hospital with 41 points.

The scores:

Al Salam Hospital (81) – Malabanan 21, Antonio 14, Almeda 11, Javeni 8, Francis 8, Abituna 7, Reggie 5, Cris 4, Michael 3.

Bakhs Hospital (67) – Paclibar 22, Quito 19, Bernardo 8, Cometa 7, Apolinar 4, Jo 3, Condez 2, Sotto 2

GNP – Al Asnan Est. (111) – Jaber Gonzales 21, Bernard Carino 19, Jay-R Calaunan 15, Ofiaza 13, Serrano 11, Garcia 10, Butt 9, Musngi 9, Paguyo 4

Al Hayat Hospital (79) – Alonto 17, Amer 10, Acosta 9, Parto 9, Joson 8, Andres 8, Pagion 7, Macapagal 4, Maningat 3, Calagos 2, Tuazon 2.