The Saudi Arabian national handball team has snatched the qualification card for the World Junior Championships to be held in Croatia next year after defeating the UAE 37-27 in the fourth round of the ninth Asian Group Championship currently held in Bahrain’s capital Manama. .
Our team officially qualified after leading the group with 8 points, beating Iraq (44-22), Qatar (27-24) and Kuwait (34-31) respectively.
The Green Hand finished the first half ahead (19-13) and continued to impose their control in the second half until they ended the match with a 10-goal win.
Saudi Arabia’s Ali Al-Maqqab was man of the match. This is the second qualification for the World Junior Championships in the history of the Greens after entering the 2019 World Cup, which was held in Macedonia.
Saudi Arabia has achieved a unique and unprecedented achievement in the history of team play in the Kingdom as Saudi handball teams in all three categories have qualified for the upcoming World Cup in 2023.
