Nigeria Beats Tunisia At Africa Women’s U-18 Handball Championship
Nigeria’s under-18 women’s handball team beat hosts Tunisia 28-20 in their final Group A match, at the ongoing Africa Women’s Youth Handball Championship in Monastir, Tunisia.
The Nigerian team resurged from losing their second game against Guinea to stun their hosts in their third game of the competition. Team Nigeria led 13-9 at the end of the first half and went on to win 15-11 in the second half to make the overall score 28-20.
Rahima Bello of the Nigerian team was voted the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the match. Coach of the Nigerian side, Shittu Agboola, said his team was determined to win the game and this helped them.
“We needed to defeat the hosts so that we will play in the quarter-finals. That was our target,” coach Agboola said after the match.
“Now we must work hard to win the quarter-final match against Morocco. But our girls are determined and will put in all their best in the game.”
Nigeria won its first match against Algeria 28-18, before losing their second game 20-23 to Guinea.
The 19th Africa Women’s Youth Handball Championship got underway last weekend and is expected to end this Saturday.
Nigeria are in Group A with two-time champions and hosts Tunisia, Algeria and Guinea. Nigeria will now meet Morocco in the quarter-finals on Wednesday.
We go again today and this time it’s in the quarter final of the Africa Women’s Youth Handball Championship 2023 in Monastir, Tunisia.
Let’s support our girls to greatness. pic.twitter.com/ixuW2PYxJS
— Handball Federation Of Nigeria (@Handballnigeria) September 20, 2023
