India to compete in 1st IHF Four-a-Side Wheelchair Handball World Championship

7 August 2022

India will represent Asia at the 1st IHF Four-a-Side Wheelchair Handball World Championship to be held in 6th of October City, Egypt from 22 to 25 September 2022. The competition will feature six teams from four continental confederations, i.e., Asia, Africa, Europe, and South and Central America.

The event will feature two European teams (the Netherlands and Slovenia), two South and Central American teams (Brazil and Chile), and one each from Asia (India) and Africa (Egypt).

 

The competition, which is scheduled to take place in the Dr. Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall in 6th of October, will consist of a preliminary round in a round-robin format, as every team will play against each other once before the final day of the competition.

 

The top two teams in the group will then face each other for the gold medal, with the third and fourth teams featuring in the bronze-medal game. The teams ranked fifth and sixth at the end of the preliminary round will meet in the 5/6 placement match.

 

According to the regulations, the competition will be played with mixed teams, which means that each team will need at least two female players in the squad, with one female player on the court at all times.

Match schedule

All times local

 

Thursday 22 September

10:00 Brazil vs Slovenia

10:00 Chile vs Netherlands

11:30 Egypt vs India

17:00 India vs Chile

17:00 Netherlands vs Brazil

18:30 Slovenia vs Egypt

 

Friday 23 September

10:00 Netherlands vs Slovenia

10:00 Brazil vs India

11:30 Chile vs Egypt

17:00 India vs Netherlands

17:00 Chile vs Slovenia

18:30 Egypt vs Brazil

 

Saturday 24 September

15:00 Brazil vs Chile

17:00 India vs Slovenia

19:00 Netherlands vs Egypt

 

Sunday 25 September

15:00 5/6 Placement match

17:00 Bronze-medal match

19:00 Gold-medal match

Photo Courtesy: Nederlands Handbal Verbond