The first gathering is next September

9 stations prepare the handball team for the Asian Championship .. and the new coach is "African-Arab"

  • From the participation of the hand team in the last edition of the Asian Championship.

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  • Nasser Al Hammadi: “The contract for the new coach of the national team is being finalized, whose identity will be revealed in the middle of this month.”

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The Secretary-General of the Handball Federation, Nasser Al-Hammadi, revealed nine stages for preparing the first team to participate in the 20th edition of the Asian Championship scheduled in Iran during the period from the fifth to the 27th of next January, which qualifies for the World Cup in Poland and Sweden 2023, provided that the first gatherings will be launched in September 13th and 14th.

Al Hammadi told "Emirates Today": "The teams' preparation stations include short and long internal gatherings, along with an external camp in Egypt, and friendly experiences in the Emirates with Bahrain, before entering the longest final preparation period within the preparation calendar from December 13 to 31. To put the final touches before entering the continental championship in January 2022, and seeking through it to extract one of the cards eligible for the World Cup in Poland and Sweden.

He explained: «The first gatherings begin on September 13 and 14, to be followed in the same month and during the period between 20 and 25 with the second gathering, and then the third gathering, which takes place between October 6 and 10, which comes days before heading to an external camp during the period from 14 to 20 From the same month, it is likely that it will be held in Egypt and will be interspersed with friendly experiences.”

He added: “The preparation stages will be completed in November with the fourth and fifth gatherings, provided that the team enters an internal camp between November 21 and 30, during which they will play friendly matches with the Bahraini team coming to the UAE in an external camp, provided that the curtain falls on the preparation stages in the month of December, beginning From a short gathering on 6 and 7, and a long and final preparation period in the last two weeks of this year between December 17 and 31, 2020.”

Regarding the identity of the new coach of the national team, Al Hammadi said: “The contract of the new coach for the national team is being finalized, whose identity will be revealed in the middle of this month. The personalities of the coaches who were nominated to take over the presidency of the technical staff of the national team.

He concluded: “The Football Association and the National Teams Committee are keen to provide all means for the success of the stages of preparing the team, with the ambition of extracting one of the continental cards eligible for the World Cup, especially since Al-Abyad had previously finished fifth in the last Asian championship, and almost came close to qualifying for the World Cup. The World Cup in Egypt, which was held at the beginning of this year.

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