By Abdellatif Sharaa

KUWAIT: Kuwait Sports Club Handball team qualified for the second round of the 38th Gulf Cup winner championship after winning their second match against UAE's Aljazeera Club 28-21 in the first group. Al-Ahli (Qatar) defeated Oman's Muscat 25-17 in the same group and qualified along with Kuwait. Aljazeera and Muscat are no longer in competition.

The match between Kuwait and Aljazeera was attended by National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim and Director General of Public Authority for Sports Dr Humoud Fulaiteh. On Tuesday, the fourth and final round of the preliminaries will see Kuwait's Salmiya facing off with Najma (Bahrain) after which Kuwait will play Qatar's Al-Ahli.

Kuwait's player Abdallah Al-Khamees congratulated the Club for qualifying to the next level of the championship. "We were able to win our first two matches due to the support of the administration and fans, adding that the team has experienced players, along with young ones," he said.