A valiant Bahrain team lost to Qatar by a narrow margin (28-23) in the main round of the World Championship, reports GDNOnline.
Both teams had a slow start in the match, each of them netting just once in the first eight minutes. Qatar’s Yassine Sami opened the score before Mohammed Ahmed drew level from the 7m line.
After a time-out taken by Halldor Sigfusson, Bahrain started to play more disciplined and hit back, as Mahdi Saad drew level at 12-12.
In the 27th minute, Mohammed Ahmed scored his fourth goal in the game to give Bahrain their first lead (13-12) and his fifth goal helped them to stay in front at half-time.
Bahrain play their last match against Japan tomorrow.
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