Iran handball team beats Ukraine at Christmas Cup
The national Iranian men’s handball team has registered a praiseworthy victory at the International Men’s Handball Christmas Cup in Poland.
On Tuesday evening, the Iranian outfit, which had Mohsen Babasafari, Omid Sekenari, Shahou Nosrati, Pouya Norouzinejad, Salaman Barbat, Mehdi Mousavi and Ehsan Abouei on its roster, chalked up a 25-21 win against yellow-clad Ukrainians at the Hala Stulecia sports hall in the western Polish city of Wroclaw.
The Persians started the warm-up match for the 2016 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship in Bahrain in some kind of defensive mode, and avoided cracking long-ranged shot to prevent East Europeans from earning points. Ukraine team eventually closed the first period 12-11.
After the breather, the Iranians succeeded to assert their dominance as the game progressed, and took the game by 25 points to 21 at last.
The achievement came a day after Iran lost out to the strong Czech side 32-38.
The International Men’s Handball Christmas Cup started in Wroclaw on December 28, and wrapped up the following day.
The Iranian outfit will now head to Germany in order to hold a three-day sports training camp there.
The 2016 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship, which will be the 17th edition of the continental tournament, will be staged in the Bahraini capital city of Manama during yet to be determined dates.
On November 27, Iran men’s national handball team failed to secure a place in the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics after a 28-19 loss against Qatar in the final showdown of the 2015 Asian Qualification Tournament for the Olympic Games.
Earlier in the day, Bahrain defeated South Korea 34-21 in the third-place playoff match.
The 2015 Asian Qualification Tournament for the 2016 Summer Olympics started in Doha, Qatar, on November 14 and finished on November 27. Qatar, as the winner of the tournament, qualified for the handball event on the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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