Handball Federation of Nigeria.
The Handball Federation of Nigeria (HFN) have released
their programmes for the year 2021.
In the list of programmes and activities released by the
Secretary-General of the federation, Maigidansanma Mohammed, the
Prudent Energy Handball Premier 2021, which is the top tier
handball league in Nigeria leads the list of activities for the
year.
The league sustains the format of two phases, the first phase to
hold in May in Abuja while the final phase will hold in Lagos
sometime in October.
The Women National Handball team will also be busy. They will be
representing the country at the 24th Women’s Seniors Africa Nations
Cup in Cameroon from the 11th to the 20th of June 2021.
The Nation’s Cup for women, which was supposed to happen in
August 2020, was postponed by the Confederation of Africa Handball
because of the Coronavirus pandemic.
The 36th African Clubs Championship for the Winners’ Cup will
hold from March 31 to April 9 2021.
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Meanwhile, the 2020 National Handball League Division One, which
will see enable teams to gain promotion to the Prudent Energy
Handball Premier League 2020 will hold in February while Sokoto
state will host the National U12/15 Handball Championship in
August.
Other competitions are the Granoller Cup Championship
holding in Spain in July, Partille Cup International
Championship holding in Sweden around June/July, the
6thNational Youth Games holding in Ilorin and the National
Sports Festival which is expected to hold from January 3-18, 2020
in Edo State, amongst several others
The federation will also organise referees training/seminar in
February, coaches seminar will be organised by the continental
handball governing body CAHB and Seminar/Workshop for Nigeria
Handball coaches in November 2021.