Opposite Ali Hajipour led the team’s offense with 23 points and Abdelrahman Elhossiny scored 14 points for Al Ahly.
The eight participating teams were split into two pools, with Italy’s Cucine Lube Civitanova, Brazil’s Praia Clube, Iran’s Foolad Sirjan Iranian and Egypt's Al Ahly SC forming Pool A and Italy’s Itas Trentino, Brazil’s Sada Cruzeiro, Iran’s Shahdab Yazd and Argentina’s Ciudad Voley competing in Pool B. The two best teams in each pool advance to the semifinals.
Shahdab will meet Sada Cruzeiro on Thursday, while Foolad face Brazil’s Praia Clube.