Action from the 24th ISF World Schools Handball Championships match between Qatar and Austria at Ali bin Hamad Al Attiyah Stadium in Al Sadd yesterday.
Doha: Hosts Qatar went down fighting 20-17 to Austria to lose their successive match at the 24th ISF World Schools Handball Championships here yesterday.
Qatar which began their campaign with a win against Morocco, lost their second match to Poland on Friday and yesterday suffered their second reverse in Group A.
Earlier, Denmark, who lost the opening Group A match to Austria 23-12 bounced back to register a 33-12 win over Morocco.
Hosts Qatar, Denmark, Austria, Poland and Morocco are in the same group in the tournament organised by Qatar School Sports Association (QSSA), in technical collaboration with Qatar Handball Federation.
In the other matches, in Group B Hungary trounced Serbia 35-15.
The group action continues today at three venues namely: Aspire Academy of Sports Excellence, Qatar Women’s Sports Committee and Ali bin Hamad Al Attiyah Stadium in Al Sadd.
Defending champions Turkey are clubbed with Brazil, Greece and Belgium in Group C. France, the tournament’s most successful sides with six titles and runners-up in the 2016 edition, are with Croatia, Serbia and Bulgaria in Group C while Germany, Czech Republic, Romania and Georgia complete Group D.
In the girls’ tournament, defending champions Denmark, France, Croatia, Belgium and Georgia are in Group D.
Group A has Turkey, Germany, Romania and Bulgaria while Group B consists of Hungary, Austria, Serbia and Czech Republic. Slovenia, Brazil, Sweden and Greece complete Group C. All matches from Ali bin Hamad Al Attiyah Stadium (Central Court) are shown live on ISF handball Facebook page. The matches can be watched live on facebook.
Live streaming will also be done by the Olympic Channel on their website www.olympicchabnnel.com from the semi-final and final stage on February 27 and 28.
