The Saudi handball team has reached the Junior World Championship for the fourth time in its history after beating South Korea 32-28 to progress to the semi-finals of the 17th Asian Men’s Junior Handball Championship in Manama.
The eight-team continental tournament, taking place in the Bahraini capital, acts as a qualifying campaign for 2023 IHF Men’s Junior World Championship, which will be held jointly by Germany and Greece from June 20 to July 2 next year.
The young Falcons went into the match third in Group A and needing to win to ensure their progress, having lost their last match 30-26 to Kuwait.
Saudi Arabia led 15-14 at half time, and — led by man of the match Sajjad Al-Khudimi — maintained their superiority after the tiebreak to win by a four-point margin.