The Saudi Arabian Youth Handball Team made great strides as it qualified for the Croatia 2023 World Cup by beating Kuwait 34-31 to finish sixth after three rounds of the ninth Asian Championship group stage. for youth teams that compete in Bahrain.
There was parity between the two teams in the first half as the Saudi Arabia team advanced 7-5 halfway through, until the Kuwait team managed to get back into the atmosphere of the meeting and for the first time took a 7-8 lead in the 18th minute and kept their progress until the end of the half, which ended with a score of 15-16.
The events of the second half were different from the start as the Saudi team started highly concentrated amid confusion from Kuwait so Al Akhdar got back on track and widened the scoring margin to 4 goals in the eighth minute 21-17. . And the green players continued to shine and continue to progress. Despite attempts by the Kuwaiti team to come back in the last minutes, Al-Akhdar kept the lead and finished the match in their favor with a score of 34-31, scoring their third consecutive victory in the tournament.
The Green Hand Youth must play tomorrow, in the fourth round of the tournament, against the UAE team at 5 pm, as the Saudi Arabian team seeks through this confrontation to win and secure official qualification for the World Cup, and reach the semi-finals of the Asian Championship.
