Yesterday, the second stage of the program of the youth handball team of Saudi Arabia began in preparation for participation in the ninth Asian Championship among junior teams (qualifier for the World Junior Championship – Croatia 2023), which will be held in the Kingdom of Bahrain from August 20 to 31, 2022. AD, through a closed indoor camp that will take place in the Eastern Province and will continue until July 19, 2022 AD, provided that the third and final stage of the training program is immediately followed by the establishment of an external camp between July 20 to August 11, 2022 AD The Spaniard Julien is the coach of Al-Akhdar Juniors, the coach of the national team Hashem Al-Sharfa leads the coaching team, and the green list participating in the camp includes 22 players: Hussein Al-Safwani, Ali Al-Maqqab, Muhammad Al-Durora, Jawad al-Saffar, Sajjad al-Fardan, Ali al-Howildi and Hassan al-Quseir, as well as Muhammad al-Qayed, Daniel al-Shweihat, Qasem al-Turki, Mahdi Mahmoud, Hussein al-Mowais, Hassan al-Shiti, Ali al-Quraysh, Maitham Abu Sarir, Mahdi al-Abbas, Ahmed Talib, Attiya Allah al-Harbi, Sahl Baz, Muhammad al-Hamad and Muhammad al-Ali, and each of the following will join: Hussein Freij, Hassan Al-Triqi, Ahmed Al-Saeed and Jawad Al-Abbas have been added to the list after they have completed their youth team, which is also preparing to participate in the Asian Youth Championship.
It is noteworthy that according to the draw of the Asian Youth Championship, the Saudi Arabia team was in the second group next to the teams of Japan, Qatar, the Emirates, Iraq and Kuwait, and the teams of Bahrain, Iran, India, Korea and Uzbekistan entered the first group.