Hosts Bangladesh emerged champions in the Youth (U-17) group of the four-nation Bangabandhu IHF Challenge Trophy Women’s Handball '2023 beating their giant rival India by 46-43 goal in a keenly contest final at the Shaheed Captain (Retd) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium here on Wednesday.
The half time of the match was locked on 20-20 goal in the first half.
Meanwhile, both the Youth (U-17) and Junior (U-19) teams of the Maldives finished 3rd in the four-nation Bangabandhu IHF Challenge Trophy Women’s Handball beating their Nepalese rivals in the 3rd place-deciding match at Shaheed Captain (Retd) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium here on Tuesday.
In the day's first match, the Maldives Women's U-17 Youth team beat Nepal U-17 youth team by 41-10 goals after leading the first half by 19-03 goal.
The Maldives team also maintained their supremacy in the Women's U-19 Junior competition defeating their Nepalese counterpart by 22-05 goals after dominating the first half by 11-01 goals.
