KUWAIT: The 26th Asian League Handball Club Champions will be held from November 17th until November 27th under the patronage of Commerce and Industry Minister, State Minister for Youth Affairs Mohammad Al-Aiban.

The tournament is hosted by Qadisiya Sports Club and matches will be at the Late Sheikh Saad Al-Abdallah halls complex in Sabah Al-Salem area.

Participating teams began arriving in Kuwait Tuesday starting with Lebanon’s team, Sharja from UAE, Arabi from Qatar, Jaish from Iraq, Gulf from Saudi Arabia and the rest of team are expected to arrive today.

12 teams will participate and are divided into two groups, the first include: Najma from Bahrain, who are the defending champion, Kuwait, Gharrafa from Qatar and Gulf from Saudi Arabia from Palestine, Golden Falcon from India, while the second group include the host Qadisiya, Sai from India, Arabi from Qatar, Jaish from Iraq, Sidon from Lebanon and Sharja from UAE.