‘Nigeria Can Qualify For Handball World Cup’

The Technical Director of Handball Federation of Nigeria, Ferdinand Emeanaa, said the team can secure a ticket for the 2021 World Men’s Handball Championship in Egypt.
The Nigerian Men Senior Handball Team is currently on a Training Camping Tour in Tunisia towards the 2020 African Nations Cup scheduled for Tunis from January 16th to 26th, 2020.
It will act as the African qualifying tournament for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and 2021 World Men’s Handball Championship in Egypt. Emeanaa said, “We camped for a month in Lagos and are currently in Tunisia to acclimatise with the weather here. This is to ensure the players do not struggle to adjust to the weather condition in Tunisia before the Nations Cup proper. With the couple of young players paraded to represent us at the 2020 Nations cup, I see Nigeria picking a World Cup ticket”.
“The players will play some trial matches here in Tunisia on Saturday (January 3) we play Morocco in Grombalia, next Wednesday (January 8), Nigeria takes on Club Benikhiar by 5pm at Benikhiar; the third trial match is against Cameroon next Friday (January 10) by 2pm while the last trial match is against RD Congo on Sunday (January 12) by 4pm.”
Emeanaa expressed optimism that the team can perform exploits at the 2020 African Men’s Handball Championship, adding that the goalkeepers selected can withstand pressure.