HANDBALL – BAHRAIN overcame an early deficit to edge past Belarus 30-28 last night in an international friendly handball game played at home.
The kingdom’s senior men’s handball national team found themselves in a 10-14 hole at the half but brilliantly dug themselves out and battled back for the narrow two-goal victory at the Bahrain Handball Federation (BHF) Arena in Um Al Hassam Sports Complex.
The tune-up was the first of two exhibition contests between the two sides, being held as part of this handball season’s international break, which is scheduled to continue until Sunday.
The Bahrainis and Belarusians are scheduled to face off once more tomorrow evening at the same venue.
The kingdom’s squad, coached by Robert Hedin from Sweden, are gearing up for their upcoming competitions, headlined by the 30th IHF Men’s Handball World Championship, to be held in January of 2027 across six host cities in Germany.
Hedin has called up a 24-player national team roster for this week’s friendlies. Bahrain are spearheaded by inspirational skipper Hussain Al Sayyad, and the rest of the squad includes Mohammed Abdulhussain, Mohammed Habib Ahmed, Hasan Madan, Hassan Mirza, Sayed Ali Basem, Ahmed Jalal, Abdulla Abdulkarim, Jassim Khamis, Salman Alshowaikh, Muayad Sameer, Mohamed Rabia, Qassim Qambar, Ahmed Kadhem, Ali Mahmoud, Hesham Ahmed, Ahmed Eid, Abu Dhar Jaafar, Sayed Mahmood Alfalahi, Hassan Saif, Ali Redha Kadhem, Jaafar Alshaheed, Mohammed Haitham, and Ali Almahroos.
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