Riyadh Stars team win Saudi Arabia’s 1st Women’s Hockey Championship

12.09.2023 - 21:19 arabnews.com

RIYADH: Hockey team Riyadh Stars have won the Kingdom’s first Women’s Championship and received their award from Saudi Hockey Federation’s President Mohammed Al-Mandil on Monday.

Al-Mandil handed the cup and gold medals to the winners of the tournament, which took place at the Prince Faisal Bin Fahd Stadium in Riyadh from Sept.

10-11. Riyadh Najd took second place and collected silver medals, while the Jeddah Pearls team were third. Al-Mandil also crowned Najd Falcons winners of the Hockey Championship (men’s category), while the Arab Legends team came second and the British School third.

Asmaa Al-Shami was the female tournament’s best goalkeeper while Kayra Ingerir won the award for top scorer. Lian Eshki took the best player award.

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