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Africa Handball Cup of Nations – Nigerian Team Has Ambitious Goals

todayJanuary 3, 2024 2

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In an interview with PREMIUM TIMES, Coach Solomon Yola assured that the senior national men’s team is putting in the shift for a glorious outing in Egypt

The Nigeria men’s handball national team, nicknamed the Golden Arrows, has stepped up preparations in Abuja for the upcoming 23rd African Men’s Handball Cup of Nations in Egypt.

This tournament, scheduled for 19-29 January 2024, will see Nigeria take on formidable opponents, including 10-time champion Tunisia, Angola, and Kenya, in Group D.

In an interview with PREMIUM TIMES on Tuesday, Coach Solomon Yola assured that the Golden Arrows are putting in the shift for a glorious outing in Egypt, even though he admits the assignment ahead of them will be tough.

Indeed, the stakes are high at this year’s Nations Cup, as it will serve as the qualification tournament for both the 2024 Paris Olympics and the 2025 World Handball Championship.

Coach Yola believes Nigeria can fight for one of the qualification tickets to the World Championships and Olympics, though the primary goal is to improve on their last outing with the newly assembled young team.

Coach Yola said, “We have a lot of young players in the team, and the target is simple: to be better than the last outing at the Nations Cup.”

Despite not advancing from the group stage in the last Nations Cup, Nigeria finished second in the President’s Cup and currently ranks ninth in Africa.