AIBAK (Pajhwok): Samangan Winter Volleyball tournament featuring 10 teams concluded last night with the championship of Kandahariha Volleyball team, an official said on Sunday.
Raihan Volleyball Team finished runners-up.
Damullah Hizbullah Mobarez, the sports department chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News the tournament started 20 days ago in Aibak city and ended last night.
The competitions began between two groups of five volleyball teams and ultimately two teams with highest points marched to the final round.
Kandahariha team thrashed Raihan team in the final and won the title.
The tournament was aimed at selecting top athletes, strengthen unity among youth and developing sports in Samangan. Teams from Hazrat Sultan, Feroz Nakhchir, Roy Duab districts and the provincial capital Aibak played in these contests, Mobrez said.
Fazel Ahmad, one of the players with Hazrat Sultan volleyball team expressed his pleasure and said such contests would further strengthen unity among players and they were useful and he hoped more such events would be organized in future.
He further urged officials to pay more attention to sports’ sector and pave the way for such matches on international level.
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