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title: "Al Arabi host Al Shamal in Qatar Basketball League"
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description: "Al Arabi and Al Shamal meet on 3 November at 18:00 Saudi time in the Qatar Basketball League for the 2026/27 season."
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# Al Arabi host Al Shamal in Qatar Basketball League

Al Arabi and Al Shamal meet on 3 November at 18:00 Saudi time in the Qatar Basketball League for the 2026/27 season.

[Amira Al-Khatib](https://riyadaty.com/en/author/amira-al-khatib-5) Editor Published 2 November 2026، 06:01 Saudi time

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Al Arabi host Al Shamal in Qatar Basketball League

[Al Arabi](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/al-arabi-5282) will host [Al Shamal](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/al-shamal-5272) on 3 November 2026 at 18:00 Saudi time (the same time as Damascus), in a meeting between the two teams in the [Qatar Basketball League](https://riyadaty.com/en/competition/qatar-basketball-league-68) for the 2026/27 season.

In their last five matches, Al Arabi secured two wins and suffered three defeats, beating Al Sadd away 73-56 and beating Al Ahli at home 114-101, while losing to Al Rayyan 82-84, losing to Al Hikma Beirut 85-90, and losing to Shahrdari Gorgan 76-85, with all three of these last matches taking place on their home ground.

As for Al Shamal, in their last five matches they achieved three wins and two defeats, beating Qatar Sports away 91-82, beating Al Gharafa at home 94-72, losing to Al Wakrah away 62-76 and then 72-86, and beating Al Khor away by a large margin 108-82.

In direct meetings between the two teams, Al Arabi beat Al Shamal in their last encounter held on 1 January 2026 by 91-83, while Al Arabi also won at Al Shamal's ground on 22 December 2025 by 86-82. In an earlier match held on 18 January 2025 at Al Shamal's ground, Al Arabi won 98-84, and Al Arabi also won on 14 December 2024 at home by 76-75, and also won on 3 January 2024 at Al Shamal's ground by 87-79.

In the current league standings, Al Shamal occupy second place with 2 points from 3 matches, after achieving two wins and one loss, scoring 247 points and conceding 230 points. Meanwhile, Al Arabi occupy seventh place with 1 point from two matches, with one win and one loss, scoring 196 points and conceding 185 points.

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