The Republican Athletic  competition for the second division that started on 16th May-and will  end up  is being organized by   Yemeni General Union of Athletics and  on 18th May. The championship was to  begin with Ten teams but only seven  clubs turned up,  namely, (Al-Mansoura of Aden, Al-intilaaq of Lahaj,  Raydan of Shabwa  and from  Hadhramaut coastal region came  Al-tadhamon  and Hilaal Fuwah, while Wadi hadhramaut is  represented by Shabaab Einaat Al-barq from Tarim. The three clubs that didn't participate in the championsghip are Al-nasr and and Shabaab Ebes from Hajja with one team from Aden which is Wehdat Aden.