BFN Releases Final Squad for 2025 African Women’s Youth Handball Championship in Algeria

Posted : 11 September 2025

The Head Coach of Nigeria’s U-18 Women’s Handball team, John Uzor, has released the final list of players who will represent the country at the 2025 African Women’s Youth Handball Championship in Oran, Algeria.

The team has been undergoing intensive preparatory camping under Coach Uzor and his assistant, Coach Bukola Duru, at the Rowe Park Sports Center, Yaba, Lagos. The championship, scheduled for September 14–21, 2025, will also serve as a qualifier for the 2026 Women’s Youth World Handball Championship and the IHF Women’s Intercontinental Phase.

Several players on the final list formed the backbone of the squad that won the IHF Women’s Trophy Zonal Phase for Africa Zone 3 in Ivory Coast earlier this year. They include left back Balikiss Mohammed, Chetachi Ngaodurubie, and pivot Phoebe Oluwalade.

Other key players are goalkeeper Aisha Jamilu of Rima Queens, right back Faizat Balogun, Audu Salamatu, Blessing Igbinidion, and Esther Peter, among others.

The team faces the challenge of matching or surpassing their achievement at the 2023 African Women’s Youth Handball Championship in Monastir, Tunisia, where Nigeria finished third after defeating three-time champions Angola 28-24 in the bronze medal match. That result secured Nigeria’s historic first qualification for the World Championship.

Nigeria also made history in 2000, finishing as runners-up to host nation Ivory Coast in the inaugural edition of the tournament.

For this year’s competition, Nigeria has been drawn in Group A alongside Angola, Tunisia, Kenya, Benin Republic, and Madagascar. Group B will feature hosts Algeria, five-time and defending champions Egypt, Guinea, Burkina Faso, and Zambia.

Final Nigeria U-18 Women’s Handball Team List

Goalkeepers

Aisha Jamilu (Rima Queens of Sokoto)
Okonkwo Sharon (Edo Dynamos)

Left Back
3. Mohammed Balikiss (Soof Omo Ogiefo)
4. Ngozi Okorie (Soof HBC)

Left Wing
5. Duru Success (Edo Dynamos)
6. Ngaodurubie Chetachi (Soof Omo Ogiefo)

Pivot
7. Oluwalade Phoebe (Ekiti Queens)
8. Momodu Joy Veronica (Ekiti Queens)

Center Back
9. Esther Peter (Rima Queens of Sokoto)
10. Desola Wasiu (Imo Grasshoppers)

Right Wing
11. Terfa Cynthia (Defender Babes)
12. Igbinidion Blessing (Delta Queens)

Right Back
13. Balogun Faizat (Imo Grasshoppers)
14. Audu Salamatu (FUNAD Academy)

BFN Releases Final Squad for 2025 African Women’s Youth Handball Championship in Algeria

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