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The national under-18 and 20 boys are looking to build on their brilliant outings at the IHF Challenge Zone 3 qualifiers.
Nigeria's Under 18 and 20 male handball teams jetted out of the country on Friday for the IHF Trophy Continental Championship, which will hold in Congo Brazzaville from January 16th to the 20th, 2023.
The teams have been training in Lagos for over two weeks for the competition under the watchful eyes of their coaches Emeka Nnamani and Fidelis Obi.
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As reported by Pulse Sports Nigeria, both coaches have been in Yaba, Lagos, drilling the boys ahead of the important competition in Congo.
The road to Congo
The teams qualified for the continental championship after winning both the under 18 and 20 categories of the IHF Challenge Trophy for Africa Zone 3 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
In Congo, the team will led by the head of delegation, the technical representative of the Handball Federation of Nigeria (HFN), coach Bala Mohammed and Secretary General Mr. Lambu.
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Coaches Emeka Nnamani and Coach Fidelis Obi are confident that Nigeria will do better in continental championship than they did in the IHF Africa Zone tournament in Ivory Coast.
Nigeria will play a round robin in both categories with the National Under 18 team beginning their campaign against Burundi at 11am while the under 20 team will square it out against Guinea in the first match of the day at 9am.
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