Monday

Rwanda 50-29 Madagascar

Rwanda U20 men’s national handball team on Monday started their 2023 IHF continental Phase Africa campaign with a convincing 50-29 win over thumped Madagascar during the opening game held in Brazzaville, Congo Republic.

Antoine Ntabanganyimana’s boys, who are competing in the junior category (U20), won the first half of the game 24-15 before adding 26 more in the second half against the Madagascans’ 14 to take home a comfortable win.

Rwanda returns to action on Tuesday as they look set to take on hosts Congo Brazzaville before going head to head with Guinea the following day.

The team will face Nigeria on January 19 before concluding their tournament playing Zimbabwe on January 20.

Participating countries include host nation Congo, Guinea, Madagascar, Nigeria, Rwanda and Zimbabwe.