Doha: Qatar Handball Association (QHA) yesterday announced a 23-member squad for the 28th Men’s World Cup to be held in Poland and Sweden from Jan. 11 to 29, 2023.
The Qatari national team was drawn in Group E along with Germany, Serbia and Algeria. The World Cup will see 32 teams taking part.
Qatari qualified for the 2023 World Cup after leading their group at the 20th Asian Cup held in January in Saudi Arabia, which saw Al Annabi being crowned champion for the fifth consecutive time following a 29-24 win over Bahrain in the final.
This will be Qatar's ninth appearance in the World Cup. The players will start their preparations on Aug. 14 under Spanish coach Valero Rivera.
Qatar squad
Belal Masoud Mararheh (Al Ahli), Abdulrahman Tarek Al Abdullah, Mustafa Amir Heiba, Ahmed Nader Naseem, Ahmed Mohamed Maddadi, Rafael De Costa Kapote, Belal Lbenka, Alladine Nabil Belrashed, Ali Khaled Hamed (Al Duhail); Rasheed Yussef, Mohamed Mahmoud Abdelmajid, Ibrahim Shebl Ebeid (Al Sadd); Anis Abdulrazaq Zawawi (Al Arabi); Mahmoud Ahmed Zaki, Abdelhadi Medhat Rashad (Al Gharafa), Kamaledine Mallash, Amin Mowafak Zekkar, Edler and Ali Emad Al Diry (Al Rayyan); Yassine Sami Ebrahim and Ahmed Abdulhamid El Meniawy (Al Wakrah); Frankis Carol Marzo (Kuwait’s Al Kuwait).
