Inexperienced-shirts end third in Tashkent after returning to worldwide competitors following seven-year absence
Pakistan’s girls’s handball workforce received the bronze medal on the Worldwide Handball Federation (IHF) Girls’s Nations Trophy Asia Zone III in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, ending third after returning to worldwide competitors following a seven-year absence.
Hosts Uzbekistan received the trophy, Turkmenistan claimed silver, Kyrgyzstan positioned fourth and Tajikistan got here fifth within the five-team match held from October 13 to 17.
Uzbekistan additionally blasted their manner into the Continental Girls Nations Trophy.
Pakistan started their marketing campaign on October 13 with a 38-19 defeat by Turkmenistan earlier than struggling a 46-8 loss to hosts Uzbekistan the next day.
The workforce bounced again on October 15 with a 36-14 victory over Tajikistan, with captain Sehrish named participant of the match. Pakistan accomplished their marketing campaign with one other spectacular efficiency, beating Kyrgyzstan 33-23 on October 17, with Misbah receiving the player-of-the-match award.
Pakistan completed the match with two wins and two defeats, securing third place within the remaining standings. Their victories over Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan proved decisive in incomes the bronze medal.
Pakistan Handball Federation’s (PHF) president Mohammad Shafiq described the end result as an encouraging achievement given the challenges dealing with the workforce.
“It’s a good achievement as a result of our senior girls’s workforce has participated in a world match after seven years. The workforce had a brief coaching interval and confronted a scarcity of amenities,” Shafiq instructed The Categorical Tribune.
Pakistan girls needed to look ahead to lengthy for worldwide publicity since that includes within the 2019 Nepal South Asian Video games. Pakistan beforehand have been within the South Asian zone however now have shifted to the Central Asian zone due to points with India.
In the meantime Uzbekistan dominated the competitors, profitable all 4 matches to safe the title. They defeated Tajikistan 49-9, Pakistan 46-8, Kyrgyzstan 43-17 and Turkmenistan 21-16.
Turkmenistan completed runners-up with three victories, together with their 38-19 win over Pakistan. Pakistan’s two wins positioned them forward of Kyrgyzstan, who recorded one victory, whereas Tajikistan completed with no win.