Qatar Football AssociationQatargas League
06.05.2021 19:22 in :

DOHA: The matches of the 22nd round of the Qatargas U-23 League concluded yesterday, bringing the curtains down to the current season won by Al Sadd two weeks ago.

The matches of this round resulted in Al-Arabi defeating Al-Ahli 2-0, Al-Sadd edging Al-Sailiya 3-0, Umm Salal winning over Al-Khor 4-0, Qatar SC beating Al-Kharaitiyat 7-0 and Al-Rayyan easing past Al-Gharafa 2-0.

Only one match ended with a 1-1 draw between Al-Wakrah and Al Duhail.

This round came with a profusion of goalscoring, bringing the total goals scored to 20 at a rate of 3.3 goals per match.

Al Sadd had succeeded in achieving the Qatargas U-23 League title in its fourth edition of the 2020-2021 sports season after winning 5-0 over Al Gharafa in the 20th round of the competition.

Al Sadd won the first title in its history since the start of the tournament.

Champion Al Sadd in record numbers

Al Sadd ended the competition at the top of the standings with 60 points, 12 points ahead of their nearest competitor Al-Gharafa, the runner-up with 48 points.

The rest of the teams were ranked as follows:

3-Qatar SC 43
4-Al Wakrah 40
5-Rayyan 38
6-Al Duhail 37
7-Al Arabi 33
8-Umm Salal 30
9-Al Khor 21
10-Al Sailiya 14
11-Al Kharitiyat 10
12-Al Ahli 3

Hassan tops the list of scorers

The Qatargas League top scorer is Hassan Balank, a player from Al Sadd club with 17 goals, and in second place is Nasser Al Anzi, a player from Al Gharafa club with 14 goals.

Saud Al Nasr, a player of Al Sadd with 10 goals, Rashid Al Barashdi from Qatar SC and Tamim Al-Abdullah from Al-Rayyan 9 and four players ended with 8 goals each.

Final season

It is worth noting that this season is the last of the Qatargas U-23 League competition after the Executive Committee of the Qatar Football Association (QFA) decided to consider the 2021-2020 season as the final of the competition and to hold the reserve league from the next sports season 2021-2022 instead.

There is no doubt that the Qatargas U-23 League competition has, over the past years, provided more opportunities for players under 23 years of age to practice football better in a competitive atmosphere that benefited them and they were an important supporter for the first team at their clubs and then the national teams.

The Qatargas League joined the QFA competitions roster from the 2017-2018 sports season and was played according to a league system. The team with most points emerged winners.