TDT | Manama
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The British School of Bahrain team progressed smoothly to the quarter-finals of the Nasser Bin Hamad Secondary Schools Football Tournament, with defending champions East Rifa Secondary School Boys claiming their third victory on the trot. Both teams are in Group 4 of the Championship.
The tournament is held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, King’s Representative for Humanitarian Work and Youth Affairs, and the tournament, organized by the Ministry of Education, is supported by Platinum Sponsor National Bank of Bahrain. Sponsored by (NBB). , Gold Sponsors are ELM Education Fund, GMI, Ahli United Bank (AUB), and First Motors.
Bronze sponsors are Sara Group, Engineer Transportation Company, Be Sport, the Palace Project, Bahrain Cinema (Cineco), Kuwait Finance House, Planera Holding, and Mena Company. Alayam Newspaper is the media sponsor of the contest.
Despite having already secured their spot, East Rifa School fielded a strong starting eleven against Ahmed Al Omran Secondary School for Boys.
The latter had to win and wait for the results of the British School to advance to the second round. The defending champions showed their dominance by defeating Ahmed Al Omran School with an impressive 5-0 victory.
The goals were scored by Mohamed Al Sheikhani (2 goals), Nasser Awad, substitute Hamad Al Khalaifi and the outstanding player of the match, Abdulaziz Osama Al Khatib. Ta.
British School, on the other hand, made the most of the opportunity and secured their place by defeating St Christopher’s School with a commanding 6-0 scoreline.
Talal Fawaz Ghazal was particularly impressive, scoring four goals and completing an impressive hat-trick.
Additionally, Abdulkareem Deep and Omar Al Rawaja each scored a goal to help British Schools qualify.
As a result, British School defeated Ahmed Al Omran Boys’ Secondary School on goal difference.
East Riffa Secondary School for Boys secured first place with nine points, followed by British School and Ahmed Al Omran School with four points each.
The decision was based on goal difference, with British School scoring 7 goals and conceding 6 goals (+1), and Al Omran scoring 4 goals and conceding 6 goals (-2).