The Nigerian team named a 14-woman team to represent the country in the IHF Trophy Africa in Ghana.
Nigeria's U-18 girls’ handball team left the country's shore on Monday for the IHF Trophy Africa Zone 3 phase in Accra Ghana.
Coach Shittu Agboola Adewunmi's tutored side has been training at the Rowe Park Sports Center in Lagos ahead of the competition.
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HANDBALL African U-18 champions Nigeria regroup for IHF Trophy Intercontinental Championship
Nigeria's under-18 male handball team has regrouped in Lagos to begin preparing to represent Africa at the IHF Inter-continental Championship in Costa Rica later this month.
Nigeria’s group
The team will participate in the under-18 category and has been drawn in Group A alongside the host, Ghana, Liberia and Niger Republic.
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Nigeria begins their campaign against the Niger Republic in the very first match of the competition.
The match will hold at the Tennis Arena of the Accra Sports Stadium.
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HANDBALL IHF Trophy Intercontinental: Nigeria names 13-man team for U-18 tourney in Costa Rica
Nigeria will be in the handball championship as the champions of Africa, with the team set to depart the country in batches.
The U-18s team
Ahead of the Phase 3 battle, Coach Adewunmi has named his final list of 14 players that will defend Nigeria’s honour at the championship.
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The players include Rahima Bello of Rima Babes and Vera John of Bayelsa Queens, who was the national division one most valuable player in Benin City, Edo State.
Before their departure, the team played two key friendly matches against the Lagos U-18 boys team and an All-Star Senior Female Team to help the team adequately prepare for the tournament.
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Full list of players
- Esther Mathew - SEASIDERS Lagos
- Amina Mohd- SOKOTO Rima
- Rahima Bello - SOKOTO Rima
- Lucy Onyekwere- SOKOTO Rima
- Chidera Ogbusimba - SOKOTO Rima
- Monica Opara- SOKOTO Rima
- Vera John- Bayelsa Queens
- Prudence Samuel- SOKOTO Rima
- Munira Kasimu- SOKOTO Rima
- Oparaugo Amarachi- Imo Grasshopper
- Taiwo Babatunde- Seasiders
- Okolo Joan - Kutus Academy, Delta
- Samuel Precious- SOKOTO Rima
- Kehinde Babatunde - Seasiders Babes
The Coaches
- Agboola Shittu Adewunmi
- Opuene Roberts
- Abdulahi Suleiman
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