Nigeria annihilates Liberia to earn first win at IHF Women Trophy Africa Zone 3

Nigeria’s U-18 girls began their IHF Trophy Women Africa Zone 3 phase in Ghana on Tuesday with an annihilating 61-16 victory over Liberia on day one of the championship.

Nigeria, who were to play Niger Republic in the very first match of the under 18 category earlier on Tuesday, became paired to play against after Liberia after Niger Republic pulled out of the competition and the organisers decided the path of round robin as against groupings.

And thus the Coach Shittu Agboola Adewunmi’s tutored side faced their opponent at the Tennis Arena of the Accra Sports Stadium and became business like as they did their Business brusquely, destroying Liberia with 61-16 victory.

Nigeria’s Babatunde Taiwo was voted MVP of the match for her superlative performance which was the focal point of the Nigeria’s victory.

Meanwhile, the U-23 men handball team have began camping in Abuja ahead of the IHF

Emerging Nations Championship. The International Handball Federation, IHF Emerging Nations Championship 2023, organised by the International Handball Federation (IHF) hold in Bulgaria from April 25th30th 2023 and Nigeria will be participating for the second time in the competition; the first being in 2019 in Georgia with Nigeria defeating Columbia to finish 7th in the championship. Nigeria will play in group D alongside the host Bulgaria and Azerbaijan.

To this end, Coach Solomon Yola has invited 18 professional handball players amongst which are Farouk Yusuf of Spanish Handball side, Grannolars and Obina Ani who plays in Russia.

All the players are in camp aside Yusuf, Ani and Kingsley Ifenna of plays for Beersheba of Israel who are expected to join the team in Bulgaria.

The IHF Emerging Nations Championship is a special IHF project that is aimed at supporting emerging nations since 2015.

The championship is considered a qualifications process for the competition of the European Handball Federation and at the same time provide opportunities for countries from other continental confederations to take part.

Thus Countries that currently participate are those in the “Four-year plan” of the European Handball Federation and the best ranked countries from other continents that did not qualify for the World Men’s Handball Championship.