Asia Handball Championship from March 10 at UAF

FAISALABAD, Feb 27 (APP)::The International South and Central Asia Handball Championship will be played from March 10 to 15 at International Handball Court of Agriculture University Faisalabad.
District Sports Committee in collaboration with Pakistan Handball Federation will organize the championship in which 16
teams from eight countries comprising men’s youth and junior players would participate.
This was stated by Deputy Commissioner Salman Ghani during a press conference here on Tuesday. President Pakistan Handball Federal Muhammad Shafique, DSO Rana Hammad Iqbal and other office bearers of Pakistan, Punjab & District Handball Federation were also present on the occasion.
Giving details of Handball Championship, the Deputy Commissioner informed that Pakistan, India, Nepal, Maldives,
Bangladesh, Yemen and Sri Lankan teams would be the part of this International Handball Championship.
He said that foolproof and comprehensive arrangements had been made for holding the championship successfully. He said
this International Championship was being held 2nd time in Faisalabad which was an honour and pride of this city.
The DC informed that cultural show would also be held in the inaugural ceremony of handball championship in which
performers would present the culture of all provinces of Pakistan.
He said the handball players of Faisalabad had won the Gold & Bronze medals in the last championship 2014. He said that
a majority of players from Faisalabad were representing in the national Handball team and playing the game very skillfully and
vigorously.
The Deputy Commissioner said that Faisalabad had produced best players in the field of cricket, hockey and other sports
while the trend of playing handball was also increasing day by day.
He said that promotion and development of sports was a mission of District Govt. and 6 prototype Gymnasiums had been completed in the different Tehsils of the district for providing quality sports facilities to the players near their homes.
He said that spectators would enjoy thrilling matches during the international handball championship.
President Handball Federation thanked Deputy Commissioner for extending full administrative support and making best arrangements for holding the championship.