WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS HERE WE COME!
Mar 28, 2022
Jordan’s young beach handball team are celebrating after qualifying for the World Junior Championships to be held in Greece in June.
The youngsters beat India 2-0 to complete a tremendous run at the Asian Junior Championships in Tehran, Iran.
It was their third victory of the tournament, against two defeats, to see them finish second in the six-team tournament and clinch their place for Greece.
The other two wins came against Qatar and Afghanistan, before losing to Iran and Pakistan.
The squad included Hani Moatasem, Ahmed Ananza, Youssef Hammour, Ahmed Al-Atabi, Khaled Al-Hamoud, Abdel-Wadoud Ananza, Ahmed Hamamra, Mohamed Abu Rumman, Abdel-Ilah Abu Rumman and Ali Jaara. The support staff included Muwaffaq Fathallah, and the physio, Muhammad Jawhar, while the technical observer, Mutasem Al-Khattabeh, was part of the technical committee supervising the championship.