Al-Khaleej and Al-Nour are competing for the Handball Federation Cup title

Tomorrow, Sunday, the attention of handball fans and followers will turn towards the Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Sports City Hall in Qatif, which will host the final match of the Saudi Handball Federation Cup in its 45th edition between the Gulf and Al-Nour teams, at 6:00 pm, in the face of An expected audience in which the game is expected to continue its prominent presence and fill the corners of the hall from an early date.

The Gulf qualified for the final confrontation after overcoming the continent team in the quarter-finals, then Mudar in the semi-finals. For the final after overcoming Al-Zulfi in the quarter-finals, then Al-Ahly in the semi-finals, and he is also striving to achieve his first title this season after finishing the league competition and achieving the bronze of the Saudi Games.

The two teams are equal in owning 7 previous titles in the historical golden record of the tournament, and both seek to include the eighth title for the Gold Vaults, after the last title achieved by the Gulf in the same competition last season 2021-2022 AD, and the last title was for Al-Nour four copies ago in the year 2017-2018 AD.

The arrival of the Gulf to the final confrontation for the 20th time of the 45 editions of the tournament since its inception, in return, Al-Nour qualified for the 12th time to the final, and the two teams faced each other during 4 previous times in the finals of the tournament, in which Al-Nour won 3 titles during the years 1997 AD, 2010 AD, 2017 AD, and the Gulf achieved His first title in its history in 1994 AD.

The two teams met 3 times during this season, as the two teams’ confrontations in the Premier League competition had half their points between them, after Al-Nour was able to win the first leg with a score (33-31), and Al-Khaleej defeated the second leg (37-29), and won the meeting that brought them together in Semi-finals of the Saudi Games, with a score (36-37).