Iran and Iraq in Second Group, and Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are in the Third Group

Doha – The toss for the football and handball competitions of the West Asian Championship, which is supposed to be held in the Qatari capital next December 1-10, has been made.

In football, the participating teams have been distributed to three groups. The first group included Qatar, Bahrain, Oman and Syria. Their matches would be played on Qatar Sports Club stadium.
The second group included the teams of Iran, the UAE, and Iraq on Al Gharafa Club stadium. The third group included the teams of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Palestine on Al Rayan stadium.
The Qatari team would play the opening match against Syria on Qatar stadium on December1.
It is worth mentioning that the head of the Emirati federation Yusuf Al Serkal confirmed that the UAE would not participate in the championship, "as the participating teams would not bring their first division teams."
Al Serkal pointed out that he informed the Emirati Olympic committee of the decision. He pointed out that the latter would address the Qatari Olympic committee in this regard.
As regards the handball competitions, the participating teams were distributed to two groups. The first group included Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. The second group included Syria, Iran, Oman and Jordan.
Qatar is playing the opening match against Saudi Arabia on the first day of the championship.