Bahrain players are ready for the 2022 Asian Men’s Handball Championship which opens tomorrow in Saudi Arabia.
Bahrain’s national team will head today evening to Dammam in the Eastern Province to take part in the Asian competition which runs until January 31.
The championship will serve as a qualifying event for the 2023 IHF World Men’s Handball Championship.
The world championship will be held in Poland and Sweden from January 12 to 29, 2023.
Bahrain Handball Association chairman Ali Ishaqi will lead the delegation, which includes national team director Ismail Baqi, Icelandic coach Aron Kristjansson, assistant coach Essam Abdulla and other technical and administrative staff.
Bahrain will take on Vietnam, Uzbekistan and Hong Kong tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday respectively in the group phase.
The national team comprises Hussein Ali Al Sayyad, Mohammed Abdulhussein, Mohammed Mirza Salman, Bilal Basham Askani, Ali Abdulla Eid, Mahdi Abdulla Saad, Mohammed Habid Nasser, Hassan Al Samaheeji, Mohammed Ali Abdul Reza, Abdulla Ali, Hussein Mahfoudh, Mohammed Habeen, Ahmed Jassim Al Maqabi, Ali Mirza Salman, Ali Abdulqader Salman, Ahmed Jalal Fadhl, Qassim Qamber, Hassan Mirza and Hesham Ahmed Isa.