Georgia’s junior handball team to compete at U19 World Championship
Thirty-two countries from around the world will compete at the tournament, including debutants Burundi as well as the Czech Republic, Faroe Islands, Montenegro, Rwanda and the United States. Photo: Georgian Handball Federation.
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The Georgian national junior handball team will compete at the Men’s Youth World Handball Championship this summer.
The national team will compete in Group F along with Norway, Montenegro and Macedonia, with the championship running in Croatia between August 2-13.
Thirty-two countries from around the world will compete at the tournament, including debutants Burundi as well as the Czech Republic, Faroe Islands, Montenegro, Rwanda and the United States.
Georgia will host two of International Handball Federation competitions in the next two years, with the 2021 IHF Women's Under-17 European Championship and the 2022 Women's Under-18 World Championship coming to two cities in the country.
Playing on its home turf, the Georgia national handball team finished the International Handball Federation (IHF) Emerging Nations Championship with its first Emerging Nations Trophy, beating Cuba with a win of 31:21 on Sunday night in Tbilisi Sports Palace.
Some of Europe’s leading handball talents are in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi to compete for honours at Men’s U18 European Handball Championship starting this Friday.
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The Georgian national handball team on Sunday made history by qualifying for their first European Men's Championship after defeating Hungary 31:30.
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