AHLI won the 23rd Arab volleyball championship for clubs after blanking Saudi Arabia's Helal 3-0 with sets of 25-15, 25-19, 25-19. Ahli had won all its matches en route to the final. Arabi of Qatar came third after beating Al-Rayan, also of Qatar, 3-1. Ahli's local rivals Zamalek lost in the quarter-finals to finish fifth. Ahli's Ahmed Salah was named best spiker and Wa'el El-Aidi best libro. "I'm very happy with the cup," Ahli coach Fouad Abdel-Salam said. "We all did our best and the players exerted a lot of effort."