Riyadh: The Saudi youth handball team is starting its campaign at the IHF Men’s Youth World Championship in Croatia on Aug. 2, facing off against Germany at 2 p.m. Saudi time.
The match is being held at the Marino Cvetkovic Sports Hall in Opatija.
The Saudi team is in group G, which also includes Germany, Argentina and the US. The side’s second match is against Argentina on Aug. 3 in the same hall at 4 p.m., while the third, against the US, will take place on Aug. 5 at 2 p.m.
Fadel Al-Nemer, chairman of the board of directors at the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵn Handball Federation, has led the Saudi delegation since its departure from Slovenia after a training program. The delegation arrived in Croatia on Tuesday morning.
This will be the second international participation for the Saudi team in the IHF Men’s Youth World Championship after the side competed in Macedonia in 2019.
