Our junior handball team won a qualification card for the World Championship “Germany – Greece 2023”, beating the team of South Korea with a score of 32-28 and taking the fourth point after the end of the third round of the group stage of the 17th Asian Championship among youth teams, which will be held in the capital Bahrain Manama.
The first half saw parity and non-stop sparring between the two teams vying for a World Cup qualifying ticket, before Green rose midway through the half to take an 8-7 lead for the first time and then widened the margin. in the eighteenth minute 10-7, before the end of the first half with a Single goal difference (15-14).
Al Akhdar started the second half confused and Korea managed to turn the score around and advance by 3 goals before the Green Hand youth equalized in the 11th minute at 20-20, in light of the brilliance of our players. , Murtaja Hadraoui, Sajjad Al-Khoudimi and Ali Al-Mohsen ended the meeting with a four-goal difference for the Greens, and Al-Ahdar’s Sajjad Al-Khoudmi, who was recognized as the man of the match, hit.
The meeting witnessed a public presence that supported the young green man in the Kingdom of Bahrain after the Saudi Arabian Handball Federation announced the operation of two buses that left the Eastern Province for their destination, the Khalifa Sports Hall in Manama.
This qualification for the World Youth Championship is the fourth in history after having competed in World Cup tournaments three times in 1979, 1999 and 2017.
Al-Nimr congratulates Al-Akhdar on his qualification
Fadel bin Ali Al-Nimr, President of the Handball Federation, conveyed his warmest congratulations and blessings to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and His Highness the Crown Prince, God bless them, and Minister of Sports, Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al. -Faisal, on the occasion of the team’s entry into the World Cup “Germany-Greece 2023” and reaching the semi-finals of the Asian Championship of 17 youth teams, which are held in Bahrain.
Al-Nimr stressed that the work in the national team committee is very big, after the men’s team has qualified, the youth team has qualified today, and the junior team is also waiting for a great opportunity to qualify in two weeks through the Asian Championship. .
