National Under 18 & 21 Handball Championship Ends in Style

The national under 18&21 handball championship came to an end on Saturday with lots of excitement at the Rowe Park Sports Center

The week long championship which kicked off on the Sunday 16th of March, saw the final round of games played in the indoor sports hall of the Rowe Park Sports Center to the delight of members of the Handball Federation of Nigeria (HFN), invited guests, journalists and fans who coverged in their numbers to see the best of handball.

In the under 18 male category, academy side, Future Pro narrowly defeated fellow academy side Mind Scope 25-24 while Kogi defeated Lagos 42-34 to become the champion of the under 18 male category.

In the under 21 male category, Lagos showed that they are lord of the court as they defeated Future Pro 43-28 to the delight of the fans. This gave them 10 maximum points, making them the winner of the under 21 male category.

Meanwhile, FCT emphatically defeated Future Pro 44-10 in the under 21 female category but it was little to late to catch up with winner of the under 21 category, Kwara who have 6 points already to FCT's 4.

Saturday Results

FUTURE PRO 25 VS 24 MIND SCOPE(M) - U18
2. FUTURE PRO  28 VS 43 LAGOS(M) - U21
3. FUTURE PRO 10 VS 44 FCT(F) U21
4. KOGI 42 VS 34 LAGOS(M) - U18

Below is the final positions of the championship

U18FEMALE
FIRST POSITION :MIND SCOPE ACADEMY
SECOND POSITION : LAGOS
THIRD POSITION : KOGI

U18MALE
FIRST POSITION : KOGI
SECON DPOSITION : LAGOS
THIRD POSITION : FUTURE PRO

U21FEMALE
FIRST POSITION : KWARA
SECOND POSITION : FCT
THIRD POSITION : LAGOS

U21MALE
FIRST POSITION : LAGOS
SECOND POSITION : KWARA
THIRDl POSITION : FCT

Individual Award

BEST GOALKEEPERS AWARD U-18(FEMALE): BABATUNDE KEHINDE (LAGOS)
U-18(MALE) : SEGUN ADELEKE (LAGOS)
U-21(FEMALE): ADIO AISHAT (KWARA)
U-21(MALE) : SAMSON AKINTUNDE (LAGOS)

HIGHEST GOALSCORERS AWARD
U-18(FEMALE): 1.DAMILOLA AKINLADE (MIND SCOPE) (19GOALS)
2.BABATUNDE TAIWO (LAGOS) (19GOALS)
U-18(MALE) : SANNI MUTARI (KOGI) (31GOALS)
U-21(FEMALE): ABDUL-RAZAK IDOWU (KWARA) (31GOALS)
U-21(MALE) : TIMOTHY ISA (NASSARAWA)(71GOALS)

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARD
U-18(FEMALE): FAIDAT ADEWOLE (MIND SCOPE)
U-18(MALE) : CHUKWUKA MICHAEL (LAGOS)
U-21(FEMALE): IBRAHIM TAYE (KWARA)
U-21(MALE) : OGUNDOKUN SODIQ (FUTURE PRO)