This season, MB is re-introducing official GAMES of the WEEK. Each week one matchup will be highlighted on the boxscores page in orange. Additionally, we are also reintroducing highlight videos, only for those games. Game of the Week + Late Round Playoffs videos will be recorded, edited, and posted to Instagram weekly.

JAK to Ahmad Saleh (Lahore) for volunteering to run this test program.

Below is a list of the GOWs with story lines:

Games of the week:

Week 1 – Kabul vs Timbuktu: After a season off, Mo Abdelhadi returns with a rebuilt team


Week 2 – Medina vs Granada: Coming off a championship loss 3 Medina players once called Granada home



Week 3 – Amman vs Bukhara: The return of MB legends. Farhad vs Mustafa & AFAY



Week 4 – Fez vs Baghdad: After a few seasons at the helm, Amir breaks from Baghdad and faces his former team.



Week 5 – Dhaka vs Suba: 2 former champions square off to try and reclaim the MB Trophy



Week 6 – Palermo vs Cairo: Abdul vs the team he abandoned.



Week 7 – Jakarta vs Tripoli: Edriss faces friends and Family in Muj & Co.



Week 8 – Kazan vs Beirut: The only matchup that matters to either of these two teams.



Week 9 – Islamabad vs Jeddah: After both jumping the near champion-medina ship, Billal and Anas once backcourt mates, now face off on different teams.



Week 10 – Damascus vs Lahore: Moayad left Lahore for Damascus, let’s see if Lahore can earn vengeance in a game with potential playoff implications.