The Saudi Arabia national handball team was drawn into Group B along with France, Poland and Slovenia at the 28th World Handball Championship, which will be held from January 11 to 29 in Sweden and Poland. The draw ceremony took place at the Polish National Radio Hall in Katowice. .
32 teams will take part in the World Cup next to the Saudi green, and these are: Denmark, Sweden, Spain, France, Norway, Iceland, Germany, Qatar, Croatia, Belgium, Brazil, Portugal, Poland, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia. , Hungary, Argentina, Bahrain, Chile, Uruguay, Iran, Korea, Netherlands, Slovenia, in addition to the 5 teams that will qualify from the African continent and the North American and Caribbean Union qualifier champions.
For his part, member of the board of directors of the Saudi Arabia Handball Federation, chairman of the committee for national teams and training teams, Faher Gashi, confirmed that the Al-Akhdar group is one of the strongest groups, especially since it includes the host country Poland. to France, wanting to present the different levels at which green corresponds to ambition.
It is noteworthy that the first team of Saudi Arabia qualified for the World Cup 10 times in the years: (1997 in Japan – 1999 in Egypt – 2001 in France – 2003 in Portugal – 2009 in Croatia – 2013 in Spain – 2015 AD in Qatar – 2017 AD in France – 2019 AD in Denmark and Germany – 2023 AD in Poland and Sweden).
