The National Youth Handball Team lost to Bahrain and finished 15th

With the 15th place, the National team completed its effort in this year’s World Youth Handball Championship. The representative group lost 29-38 to Bahrain in Rentis in their last match of the tournament and fatefully emerged 15th in the final ranking.

In the first half, the National Team had a bad start and found themselves losing 7-1. Bahrain continued to control the game, leading 18-10 and only towards the end of the first half did the National show some signs of recovery, going down 18-13.

With acquired speed and Daios making important saves, the Greek internationals reduced to 21-18 at 37′. At 39′:36′ and the score at 22-18, Stefanitsis received a straight red card. The Asians with a 4-0 run escaped 26-18 in the 43′ and the difference went to +10 to reach the final result.

Greece (Georgiadis): Babatzanidis (2/28 saves-7%), Koukoulas 1, Panagiotou 2, Papagiannis 2, Diakoulias 4, Papazoglou 2, Kotsionis 1, Kyriakidis, Toskas 3, Daios (5/17 saves – 29%), Alexandridis 2, Sina 1 , Geroulanos 1, Payatis 2, Tzorginis 6, Stefanitsis 2

Bahrain (Alfardan): Alkunaizi 1, Ali, Rabia 10, Kadem, Abtnullah 5, Nasser, Alasher 8, Issa (17/43 saves – 40%), Alzain, Khabar, Alhaiki, Mohamed, Komail 3, Saleh 6, Kamis 2, Abtala 2

Referees: Mikelić – Paradina (Croatia). Two minutes: 5-3. Penalty: 1/3-3/4