Nigeria to compete at major handball tourney in Bulgaria
The Handball Federation of Nigeria (HFN) has announced that nigeria’s senior national handball team will participate in the Men’s Emerging Nations Championship in Bulgaria in April.
The Media Officer of HFN, Cosmos Chukwuemeka disclosed in a statement that the championship is being organised by the International Handball Federation (IHF).
He added that the event would hold from April 25 to April 30, with Nigeria playing in group D alongside hosts Bulgaria and Azerbaijan.
“The draw for the championship was done earlier on Friday at the IHF head office in Basel, Switzerland.
”Group A has Malta, Andorra and India, while Group B has Cyprus, Moldova and Australia, and Group C comprises Great Britain, Cuba and Guatemala,” Chukwuemeka said.
The championship is considered a qualification process for the European Handball Federation championship.
It also avails countries from other continental confederations the opportunity to take part and develop their players.
The countries that currently participate are those in the “Four-year plan” of the European Handball Federation.
The best ranked countries from other continents which did not qualify for the World Men’s Handball Championship were also highly regarded to compete.
Nigeria’s first participation in the tourney was in 2019 in Georgia, when the country defeated Colombia to finish seventh in the championship.
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