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Tehran, Feb 3, IRNA --
The soccer team of Tehran's Esteqlal left here Sunday morning for Abu
Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), to represent Iran in the
quarterfinals of Asian Clubs Championships.
Four West Asian teams of Al Wahda from the UAE, Al-Kuwait from Kuwait,
Nesev Karsi of Uzbekistan and Esteqlal of Iran are to play each other in
Al-e Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi from Feb 6-10.
The two top teams will cruise into the semifinals. The East Asia zone's
quarterfinals are also played between Feb 20-24 in South Korea by four
teams of Dalian of China, Antlers of Japan, Suwon Samsung and LG from
South Korea.
The first- and second-placed teams will storm into the semifinals to clash
for top titles.
Players of Tehran's Esteqlal are:
Masoud Qassemi, Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh, Mojahed Khaziravi, Sirous Din-Mohammadi,
Parviz Boroumand, Alireza Akbarpour, Mohammad Khorramgah, Mohammad Navazi,
Mahmoud Fekri, Ali Mousavi, Yadollah Akbari, Hadi
Tabatabaei, Faraz Fatemi, Davoud Seyed-Abbassi, Pirouz Qorbani, Mehdi
Hashemi-Nassab, Ahmad Mo'menzadeh, Farzad Majidi, Saeid Beigi, Alireza
Nikbakht-Vahedi, Arastoo Mohammadi, Mehdi Pashazadeh, Raf'at Qoliof
Head Coach Mansour Pour-Heidari and other coaches and officials Morteza
Mohasses, Parviz Mazloumi, Mansour Rashidi, Nasrollah Abdollahi, Amin
Norouzi, Valiollah Salehnia and Madad Jabbari will accompany the team.
Managing Director of Esteqlal Ali Fat'hollahzadeh will depart for Abu
Dhabi Tuesday.
Fixtures of West and East Asia zones' quarterfinals are as follows:
West Asia zone:
Wednesday (Feb 6)
Al Kuwait vs. Karsi at 17:35 (local time)
Al Wahda vs. Esteqlal at 20:05 (local time), 20:35 (Iran's
time)
Friday (Feb 8)
Karsi vs. Esteqlal at 17:35 (local time), 18:05 (Iran's time)
Al Wahda vs. Al-Kuwait at 20:05 (local time)
Sunday (Feb 10)
Al-Kuwait vs. Esteqlal at 17:35 (local time), 18:05 (Iran's
time)
Al Wahda vs. Karsi at 20:05 (local time)
East Asia zone:
Wednesday (Feb 20)
Dalian vs. Antlers
Suwon Samsung vs. LG
Friday (Feb 22)
Antlers vs. Suwon Samsung
LG vs. Dalian
Sunday (Feb 24)
Suwon Samsung vs. Dalian
LG vs. Antlers |
