2022 Asian Handball Championship: Iran Earns Fourth Successive Win
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran defeated Iraq in the 2022 Asian Handball Championship to earn its fourth successive win in the competition.
On Saturday, Montoya Fernandez’s team beat Iraq 28-25 at the Ministry of Sports Hall in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Iran had earlier registered three wins over Australia, India and Saudi Arabia in the competition.
The team will take on Kuwait and Bahrain on Monday and Wednesday respectively in Group II.
Group I consists of Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Qatar and South Korea.
The competition was supposed to be held with 18 teams but Thailand and Japan withdrew from the event.
The 2022 Men's Handball Championship is being held in Dammam from January 18 to 31.
It also acts as a qualification tournament for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship, with top five teams from the championship directly qualifying for the event to be jointly hosted by Poland and Sweden.
