Oman Wheelchair Basketball Championship

December 15, 2018 December 15, 2018

The Al Batinah team won the second edition of the Oman Wheelchair Basketball Championship, which was organized by the Oman Paralympic Committee during the period from 9-12/12/2018, after its exciting victory over Al Buraimi team with a score of 24/36, while Al Dakhiliyah team achieved third place in a ceremony The coronation, which was held under the patronage of His Excellency Sayyid Salim bin Muslim Al Busaidi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Civil Service for Administrative Development Affairs, was the final match and in the presence of Khalifa bin Saif Al Essaei, Director General of Sports Activity at the Ministry of Sports Affairs, and in the presence of committee members, at the main hall of the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex in Bausher.

After the final match, the sponsor of the ceremony crowned the winners, where the Al Batinah team won the championship cup and gold medals, the Al Buraimi team won the silver medals and the second place award, and the Al Buraimi team won the third place award and bronze medals. Points, and the player Fawzi bin Salem Al-Habashi from Al Buraimi team won the award for the best player.

Exciting and fun match

After the match, His Excellency Mr. Salem bin Muslim Al Busaidi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Civil Service for Administrative Development Affairs, said: We witnessed a beautiful and enjoyable match and an exciting, wonderful and impressive performance by the players of the two teams, and this is a good indication of the presence of a number of promising talents at various levels, including basketball for people with disabilities. These tournaments must continue and have greater support from all government and private institutions, and here I congratulate the teams that were crowned in the first places and say best of luck to the teams that were not lucky to win the upcoming tournaments, and from them we thank those in charge of this tournament for this wonderful organization, and to all Whoever contributed to everything that would make the tournament successful, and we hope that participation will expand in the next edition to reflect the development of sports for people with disabilities in the Sultanate.

Oman’s first wheelchair basketball championship

The Omani Paralympic Committee organized the first Oman Wheelchair Basketball Championship at Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex in Bausher from December 18 to 21, 2017, with the participation of 20 players with mobility disabilities, who form 4 teams, Muscat, Al Dakhiliya, Al Sharqiah and Al Batinah. Through this tournament, the Committee aims to spread The culture of sports for people with disabilities, attracting new members to the national team, and raising the fitness of players. In addition to attracting a supportive and encouraging audience for athletes with disabilities.

The championship is the first in the history of the activities of the Omani Paralympic Committee, with the support and efforts of the Ministry of Sports Affairs and the Oman Telecommunications Company Omantel. By raising the efficiency of players and attracting new players with disabilities in this sport, which is widely popular at the international level.

The organization of this tournament activates the players, and because it is organized for the first time, the players certainly enjoy the matches that brought with it a lot of excitement and suspense through the strong competition between the participating teams. And they are able to perform on par with other athletes.

The closing ceremony of the tournament came under the patronage of His Excellency Eng. Muhammad bin Abu Bakr Al Ghassani, Vice Chairman of the Shura Council, and in the presence of His Excellency Lawyer Ahmed Al Barwani, a member of the Shura Council, representative of Ibra State, and a number of officials at the Ministry of Sports. Omantel and media sponsorship from Al Zajil Oman.

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