IHF Tourney: Nigeria's U24 Male Handball Team Arrive Vana For Bulgaria, Azerbaijan

IHF Tourney: Nigeria's U24 Male Handball Team Arrive Vana For Bulgaria, Azerbaijan

Ibraheem Lateef

The male U24 handball team have arrived Bulgaria ahead of the International Handball Federation (IHF) Emerging Nations Championship, reports BSNSports.com.ng.

The IHF Emerging Nations Championship will hold in Vana, Bulgaria from April 25 to 30, and Nigeria will be playing in Group D alongside host Bulgaria and Azerbaijan.

The team have been training intensively for weeks in Abuja under the watchful eyes of Coach Solomon Yola ahead of the International Handball Federation's organised championship and left the shores of the country via the Muritala Muhammed International Airport on Sunday evening.

Nigeria will play her first match in the competition against highly favoured host Bulgaria on Tuesday while they play Azerbaijan on Wednesday, as all matches will be played at the Palace of Culture and Sports in Varna, Bulgaria which resembles the National Theatre in Iganmu, Lagos.