The HU team represented the Yemeni universities team in the Arab University Championship (Year of Zayed) for futsal, which is held at Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Hall in the United Arab Emirates in Abu Dhabi from 3-11 October 2018, with the participation of 12 Arab countries, namely (UAE – Saudi Arabia – Kuwait – Jordan – Bahrain – Oman – Algeria – Egypt – Palestine – Sudan – Iraq – Yemen), after a message from the Yemeni Universities Union and expressed its confidence and pride for this representation. The university leadership, represented by Prof Muhammad Saeed Khanbash, President of the University and Prof Salem Mubarak, welcomed Al-Awbthany, Deputy President of the University for Student Affairs, with this participation and provided all support and facilities to the university team so that it appears at a good level.
The team’s delegation left on Tuesday, October 2, 2018, after completing the preparation phase in two camps, one in the city of Mukalla and the other in the city of Seiyun, which lasted for a period of two weeks from 16-30 October 2018.
The General-Secretary of the Arab Union for University Sports, Dr. Omar Abdulaziz Al-Hay, praised the level of HU team, which appeared in the tournament, despite the circumstances he faced while traveling, and urged the need to pay attention to this team, as well as to the game, so that the upcoming participations would be better and we watch this team in the podiums.
The stadium, Abdul Jalil Saleh Al-Matari, General-Secretary of the Yemeni Universities Union, praised the good level and high spirit in which the team appeared, thanking the leadership of the university represented by the stadium, Dr. Muhammad Saeed Khanbash and the stadium, Dr. Salem Mubarak Al-Obthani for the support and all the facilities that the team received, and expressed his thanks to the administrative and technical staff Thanks for all the efforts you put into making this post a success!