Bahrain are stepping up preparations to take part in the 24th edition of the IHF Men’s Junior World Handball Championship 2023.
The tournament will be held in Germany and Greece under the aegis of the International Handball Federation (IHF) from June 20 to July 2.
National coach Essam Abdulla and assistant coach Raed Marzooq have lined up an initial list of 23 players who will take part in the training programme.
The players are Abdullla Abdulkarim, Kumail Fuad (Al Najma), Sadiq Jaffer, Hussein Ali (Tubli), Ahmed Ridha, Ahmed Alwani, Jassim Khamis (Al Shaba), Mustapha Al Haiki, Hassan Khalil, Ahmed Al Zai, Hussein Al Hawaj (Al Ahli), Ali Al Asheeri, Hesham Ahmed, Mahmoud Abdulhussein ( Al Dair), Mohammed Humaid, Ali Jameel, Ali Mahmoud (Al Ittifaq), Yasser Mohammed, Ali Madan, Maitham Ahmed (Barbar), Ali Ridha, Ali Al Fardan (Al Tadhamun) and Mahmoud Al Khunaizi (Al Ittihad).
The Bahrain team have been drawn in Group F, along with Sweden, Slovenia and Guinea. Bahrain will take on Sweden in their opener on June 20.
Meanwhile, 31 players have been selected by the Bahrain Handball Federation take part in a training session for the men’s national handball team.
The training session be held on Saturday, led by national coach Aron Kristjansson.
The selected players are: Jassim Al Salatna, Abdulla Ali, Hussein Jaffer, Ali Mirza Salman (Al Ahli), Mohammed Hameed, Ali Mahmoud (Ettifaq), Hassan Al Samaheeji, Hesham Ahmed, Ali Al Asheeri, Hassan Madan, Hussein Abdulla, Ahmed Abbas (Al Dair), Ahmed Jalal, Ahmed Ridha, Mujtaba Al Zaimur, Salah Abduljalil, Jassim Khamis (Al Shabab), Muntathar Ibrahim (Al Tadhamun), Hassan Mirza, Al Sayyed Ali Bassem, Mohammed Ali Mirza, Qassim Qamber, Adel Afrooz, Mohammed Abdulhussein, Mohammed Habib Nasser, Mohammed Mirza Salman, Ahmed Al Maqabi (Al Najma), Ali Abdulqader (Al Nasr – Kuwait), Hussein Al Sayyed (Al Khaleej – Saudi Arabia), Ali Eid and Kumail Mahfoudh (Al Huda – Saudi Arabia).
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