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HFN to honour first set of National Handball players of Nigeria

Posted : 06 December 2024

The Handball Federation of Nigeria (HFN) has made plans to honor and celebrate members of the first senior men's and women's national handball teams at the grand finale of the ongoing Ardova Handball Premier League 2024, Phase 2, in Lagos.


According to the president of the Federation, Samuel Ocheho, the recipients of the award will be players who were part of the national handball teams that participated in the handball events of the 1973 All Africa Games in Lagos, Nigeria; the 1977 ECOWAS Games in Lagos; the 1978 All Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria, where the country finished fifth in the first women's handball event in the Games following their historic victory over Egypt; and the 1979 Africa Men's Handball Championship held in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.

 

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Ocheho said the HFN decided to honor the players for setting the pace and laying the foundation for Nigerian national handball teams, as well as for serving their country with determination and hard work.


"The board members of HFN decided that it was important and fitting to honor our first set of national handball teams because they set the pace and served their country with blood and sweat in the national team they helped establish. 


"These men and women have also given back to the sport that shaped them in different ways, through coaching, mentoring, and, in some cases, sponsoring the game."


"We believe they deserve to be honored, and the grand finale of the Ardova Handball Premier League 2024 is the best platform to pay tribute to these legends of the game in Nigeria," Ocheho said.


The legends will be honored at the conclusion of the matches at the Ardova Handball Premier League 2024, Phase 2, where the winners of the league will also be unveiled on Sunday at the NIS Indoor Sports Hall, Surulere, Lagos.

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