HANDBALL – Bahrain were drawn yesterday in a challenging preliminary round group for the 11th AHF Asian Men’s Youth Handball Championship, which is set to take place from Thursday next week to August 31 in Amman, Jordan.
The kingdom’s youth men’s handball national team are one of 10 squads in the tournament, which also serves as the Asian Handball Federation (AHF) qualification event for the 12th IHF Men’s Youth Handball World Championship.
The top four will secure their places in the worlds, taking place July 29 to August 9 in 2027.
The AHF conducted the competition’s draw yesterday in Kuwait City.
The Bahrainis emerged in Group A for the preliminaries along with South Korea, India, Uzbekistan, and hosts Jordan. Group B is composed of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Qatar, and Syria.
The under-19 event was originally set to feature 12 youth men’s national teams, but Japan and Chinese Taipei made last-minute withdrawals, forcing the AHF to conduct yesterday’s re-draw.
Bahrain’s youth men are coached by Egyptian tactician Mohamed Abdelrahman Soliman.
They have been gearing up for the competition with local training as well as an overseas camp in the Kuwaiti capital.
The Bahrainis are competing in the AHF Asian Men’s Youth Handball Championship for the 10th time.
They won Asian youth gold twice in the past – on back-to-back occasions in 2016 and in 2018 – and also took the bronze medals in 2010.
Aside from their podium appearances, Bahrain had also placed in the top five in each of their six other participations.
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