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2010 Men’s Arab Club Championship
5 African teams compete for the biggest ever competition
 Cairo, Egypt, February 9, 2010- Five African clubs will be
presented to compete for the 28th Men’s Arab Club Championship
to be held in Cairo 23rd of February to 4th of march. The
competition will feature a record of 19 clubs with a majority
from the Asian side of the Arab countries constituting 14 clubs
against five from the African side.
The drawing of lots was held in the Egyptian Olympic Committee
Hall on Monday dividing the 19 teams to 4 preliminary pools in
presence of Ali El Sergany, the Egyptian volleyball federation
president.
Al Ahly of Egypt comes as the greatest favorite to win the title
but it will not be easy for the Egyptian club in presence of big
clubs from the Asian side mainly Hilal of Saudi Arabia and Qatar
club of Qatar and Ahly Tripoli of Libya.
The preliminary round will be in a round robin format in the
four pools to qualify the first ans second to the quarterfinal
which will be held thereafter in a knockout system.
Pool composition:
Pool A: Hilal (Saudi Arabia)- Sahar (Oman)- Ahli Tripoli
(Libya)- Industry (Iraq)- Somoha (Egypt).
Pool B: Shaba Hussein (Jordan)- Police (Iraq)- Police Union
(Qatar)- Shabab (Emirates)- Star (Bahrain)
Pool C: Ahly Beni Ghazi (Libya)- Qatar (Qatar)- Shabiba
(Lebanon)- Nahda (Sudan)
Pool D: Djazera (Emirates)- Anwar (Lebanon)- Kazma (Kuwait)
Cotton (Yemen)- Al Ahly (Egypt).
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