African Handball Championship: Cairo To Host Nigeria, Others

African Handball Championship: Cairo To Host Nigeria, Others

Sampson Adedeji

Ahead of the 2022 senior men's handball championship, Cairo, Egypt has been confirmed as the host of the competition, BSNsports.com.ng understands.

The Nigeria side who are placed in the Group C has been camping in Abuja for the championship which is slated to commence on the 11th of July.

The qualified teams were drawn into four groups (two groups of four and two groups of three). Morocco is in group A with Egypt, the host country, and Cameroon.

Group B consists of Gabon, Algeria, Guinea, and Kenya, while Group C includes the teams of Tunisia, Cape Verde and Nigeria.

Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal and Zambia form the group D.

After the preliminary round, the top two teams from each group will advance to the main round: quarterfinals (July 15), semifinals (July 16) and the final (July 18).

The top five teams in the overall standings will qualify directly for the 2023 World Championship (Poland and Sweden).