Nigeria’s under-18 girls handball team yesterday romped to victory over host Ghana in an exciting encounter at the IHF Women Trophy Africa Zone 3 Phase, which is currently taking place in Accra, Ghana.
Coach Shittu Agboola Adewunmi’s led side extended their superb record with a 49-29 triumph over Ghana at the Tennis Arena of the Accra Sports Stadium, despite the host’s fans’ support.
Goalkeeper Kehinde Babatunde and her co-goalkeepers made some vital saves to stop two times MVP player for Ghana Balchisu Salifu from scoring but it was Esther Matthew that got the MVP of the match for scoring vital 9 metres goals especially from the wings for Nigeria.
Nigeria has now won two matches in the under 17 category; the first against Liberia while Ghana despite winning two matches – against Benin and Liberia, has just a win after organisers decided to award a 10-0 to their first opponent, Benin Republic because they didn’t submit their players passports at a stipulated time according to a report by IHF.
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Nigeria’s U-18 girls team will play Ivory Coast today at 2pm local time, 3pm Nigeria time.
Meanwhile, Nigeria’s U-23 men handball team have begun camping in Abuja ahead of the IHF Emerging Nations Championship.
The IHF Emerging Nations Championship 2023, organised by the International Handball Federation (IHF) will be held in Bulgaria from April 25th – 30th 2023 and Nigeria will be participating for the second time in the competition.
Nigeria will play in group D alongside the host Bulgaria and Azerbaijan.
The championship is considered a qualification process for the competition of the European Handball Federation and at the same time provides opportunities for countries from other continental confederations to take part.
