Indian Womens Handball team dominates at AFH Womens President Cup

By: WE Staff | Wednesday, 15 February 2023

The AFH Women's President Cup, which was formerly known as the West Asian Women's Handball Championship was held in the Princess Sumaya Hall in Amman, Jordan.

The tournament was a double round-robin format where the teams faced each other two times. It was held from 7 to 14 February. Four teams were featured in the tournament namely Jordan, India, Kuwait, and Iraq.

The Indian team dominated the entire competition and won all six matches taking the trophy home. Team India defeated Kuwait (41:15, 40:12), Iraq (40:13, 35:23), and Jordan (37:21, 28:21).

Team Jordan was positioned as second with a loss in both matches against India. They won against Iraq (31:27, 28:20) and Kuwait (35:16, 28:15) and grabbed 8 points.

Iraq came third with four points deafening Kuwait (34:25, 27:19) whereas Kuwait lost all six matches and was ranked in the fourth position.

The final scores of all four teams are, India with 12 points, Jordan with 8 points, Iraq with 4 points, and Kuwait with 0 points.