Saudi Arabia fall to Kuwait at Asian u-21 handball championship

Saudi Arabia have lost 26-30 to Kuwait in their second group match of the 17th Asian Men’s Junior Handball Championship currently taking place in Manama, Bahrain.

The tournament acts as a qualifying competition for the 2023 International Handball Federation’s Men’s Junior World Championship taking place in Germany and Greece.

The defeat means the young Falcons are now third in Group A on two points, behind leaders South Korea, who beat Iran 32-27, and second placed Kuwait, who are on three points each. Iran remain bottom of the group with no points.