Nigeria's Under 18 Male Handball Team Get Set For IHF Trophy Intercontinental Championship In Costa Rica

Akinkunle Bolarinwa

The national under 18 Male handball team is winding up their camping at the Rowe Park Sports Center and will be traveling to San Jose this weekend.

Coach Emeka Nnamani has picked the final list of players ahead of the IHF Trophy Intercontinental Championship which will hold in San Jose, Costa Rica.

The opening match of the championship will between Nicaragua and Georgia on March 7th.

The Coach Emeka Nnamani tutored side will be playing in a round robin competition against the likes of Georgia, Guadaloupe, Nicaragua and Tahiti with the first match to be played on the March 8, 2023 against Nicaragua

Many of the players were players that are core of the team that participated in the Africa Zone 3 tournament in Ivory Coast and the continental tournament in Congo Brazzaville.

Nigeria, who are the Africa champions in the under 18 male category, are participating in the championship for the second time in history after they finished second in the 2019 edition which held in Pristina, Kosovo with Nigeria losing slimly to Chinese Taipei 27-26 in the final.

Nigeria had qualified for the IHF Trophy Intercontinental 2023 after defeating Guinea 37-36 in the final of the IHF Trophy Continental Phase which held in Brazzaville, Congo earlier in the year. Before then they played in the Africa Zone 3 tournament of the competition in Ivory Coast defeating everyone and they are unbeaten in the championship since losing to Chinese Taipei in the 2019 edition of the Intercontinental championship in Kosovo.

Final list of players for IHF Trophy Intercontinental Championship in San Jose, Costa Rica.

1.Kareem Faruk.

2. Kuti Akorade

3. Sulaiman Azeez.

4. Faloki Christian.

5. Obabori Samuel.

6. Mukiala Fuad

7.! Mohammed Mustapha.

8. Shagari John.

9. Sulaiman Sani.

10. Tahir lawal.

11. Ajibike Kareem.

12. Ojo Oluwagbanga

13. Isiyaka Mustapha.

Officials.

1. Nnamani Joseph Emeka.

2. Ayo Joshua.

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