Sayed Ali, Staff Reporter Dubai : Al Nasr clinched the volleyball league title for the third successive year after defeating Al Shabab in a one-sided game 3-0 (26-24, 25-11 and 25-16) in the last league match held at the Saeed Bin Maktoum indoor sports hall yesterday.
Al Nasr were crowned league champions last week when they defeated Al Jazira 3-2.
Even if they had lost yesterday to Al Shabab, they would still have been champions. Al Nasr entered the match with 29 points, the same as Al Jazira, who completed all their engagements.
They needed just the one point to clinch the title. The UAE Volleyball Association rules stipulate two points for the winners and one for the loser.
Al Nasr emerged champions with 31 points from 16 matches, while Al Jazira finished second with 29 points. Al Shabab came third with 27 points.
Al Shabab showed some resistance in the first set and advanced 8-5 through the efforts of Ahmad Hasan.
However, Al Nasr levelled the scores and both teams shared the lead until Al Nasr, through crushing smashes by Khalid Walid and Mohammad Al Nuaimi, won the set 26-24.
Al Nasr totally dominated the second and third sets. Khalid Mahmoud, Khalid Walid and Al Nuaimi struck good form and never allowed Al Shabab to gain any advantage in the second and the third sets with ease.
Sultan Saqr Al Suwaidi, General Secretary of the General Authority of Youth and Sports Welfare, Ebrahim Abdul Malek, General Secretary of National Olympic Committee, Dr Khalifa Al Sha'ali, Chairman of the volleyball association, and Dr Tariq Humaid Al Tayer, the Al Nasr board of directors' chairman, presented the trophies and medals
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