{"id":85859,"date":"2025-07-08T16:33:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T16:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/petro-and-1-o-de-agosto-crush-the-mens-national-handball-championship"},"modified":"2025-07-08T16:59:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T16:59:48","slug":"petro-and-1-o-de-agosto-crush-the-mens-national-handball-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/petro-and-1-o-de-agosto-crush-the-mens-national-handball-championship","title":{"rendered":"Petro and 1.O De Agosto Crush the Men&#8217;S National Handball Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. <\/strong><\/span><b>Petro de Luanda and 1.o de Agosto, two of the biggest powerhouses in national handball, crushed their respective opponents on Monday, confirming their status as favourites to win the 46th National Senior Men&#8217;s Handball Championship.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In the additional matches of the first round of the competition, which is taking place at the Cidadela Desportiva pavilion in the capital Luanda, Petro beat GD 4 de Junho by 40-16, while 1.o de Agosto did the same against Escolinha Sa\u0303o Joa\u0303o, both matches for series A.<\/p>\n<p>For series C, AMCK do Bie\u0301 lost to GD Hadja Models by 22-43, and GD Gaitos beat Escolinha do Namibe by 28-25 in series B.<\/p>\n<p>Other Results from the 1st round<\/p>\n<p>Interclube &#8211; FC de Cabinda (33 -14)<\/p>\n<p>Mandjesport &#8211; Visiona\u0301rios (15 &#8211; 29)<\/p>\n<p>Interclube B &#8211; Estrelas do Pala\u0301cio (37 &#8211; 17)<\/p>\n<p>Full results from the 2nd round (Sunday):<\/p>\n<p>AMCK &#8211; Sporting de Cabinda, 26-28<\/p>\n<p>Interclube B &#8211; 1.o de Agosto, 18-25<\/p>\n<p>Mandjesport &#8211; FC de Cabinda, 28-21<\/p>\n<p>Escolinha do Namibe &#8211; 4 de Junho do Huambo, 32-28<\/p>\n<p>Gaiatos de Benguela &#8211; Petro de Luanda, 24-31<\/p>\n<p>Hadja Models &#8211; Grupo Desportivo da Banca, 21-31<\/p>\n<p>Visiona\u0301rios &#8211; Interclube, 19-30<\/p>\n<p>Pairings from the 3rd round:<\/p>\n<p>Grupo Desportivo da Banca &#8211; AMCK (8am)<\/p>\n<p>Interclube &#8211; Mandjesport (9:30am)<\/p>\n<p>FC Cabinda &#8211; Visionaries (11am)<\/p>\n<p>1st of August &#8211; Estrela do Pala\u0301cio (12:30pm)<\/p>\n<p>Namibe School &#8211; Petro de Luanda (2pm)<\/p>\n<p>Sa\u0303o Joa\u0303o School &#8211; Interclube B (3:30pm)<\/p>\n<p>GD 4th of June &#8211; GD Gaiatos (5pm)<\/p>\n<p>Sporting de Cabinda &#8211; GD Hadja Models (6:30pm)<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Angola<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. Petro de Luanda and 1.o de Agosto, two of the biggest powerhouses in national handball, crushed their respective opponents on Monday, confirming their status as favourites to win the 46th National Senior Men&#8217;s Handball Championship. In the additional matches of the first round of the competition, which is taking place at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":85857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[329],"class_list":["post-85859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-angola"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Petro and 1.O De Agosto Crush the Men&#039;S National Handball Championship - Angola<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Petro de Luanda and 1.o de Agosto, two of the biggest powerhouses in national handball, crushed their respective oppo ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/petro-and-1-o-de-agosto-crush-the-mens-national-handball-championship\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Petro and 1.O De Agosto Crush the Men&#039;S National Handball Championship\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Petro de Luanda and 1.o de Agosto, two of the biggest powerhouses in national handball, crushed their respective oppo ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/petro-and-1-o-de-agosto-crush-the-mens-national-handball-championship\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Angola\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-08T16:33:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-08T16:59:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2025\/07\/sm_1751981305.923575.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/petro-and-1-o-de-agosto-crush-the-mens-national-handball-championship#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/petro-and-1-o-de-agosto-crush-the-mens-national-handball-championship\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Petro and 1.O De Agosto Crush the Men&#8217;S National Handball Championship\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-08T16:33:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-08T16:59:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/petro-and-1-o-de-agosto-crush-the-mens-national-handball-championship\"},\"wordCount\":277,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/petro-and-1-o-de-agosto-crush-the-mens-national-handball-championship#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2025\/07\/sm_1751981305.923575.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Angola\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/petro-and-1-o-de-agosto-crush-the-mens-national-handball-championship#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/petro-and-1-o-de-agosto-crush-the-mens-national-handball-championship\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/petro-and-1-o-de-agosto-crush-the-mens-national-handball-championship\",\"name\":\"Petro and 1.O De Agosto Crush the Men'S National Handball Championship - Angola\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/petro-and-1-o-de-agosto-crush-the-mens-national-handball-championship#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/petro-and-1-o-de-agosto-crush-the-mens-national-handball-championship#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2025\/07\/sm_1751981305.923575.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-08T16:33:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-08T16:59:48+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Petro de Luanda and 1.o de Agosto, two of the biggest powerhouses in national handball, crushed their respective oppo ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/petro-and-1-o-de-agosto-crush-the-mens-national-handball-championship#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/petro-and-1-o-de-agosto-crush-the-mens-national-handball-championship\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/petro-and-1-o-de-agosto-crush-the-mens-national-handball-championship#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2025\/07\/sm_1751981305.923575.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2025\/07\/sm_1751981305.923575.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"Petro and 1.O De Agosto Crush the Men'S National Handball Championship\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/petro-and-1-o-de-agosto-crush-the-mens-national-handball-championship#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Petro and 1.O De Agosto Crush the Men&#8217;S National Handball Championship\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/\",\"name\":\"Angola\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Petro and 1.O De Agosto Crush the Men'S National Handball Championship - Angola","description":"Petro de Luanda and 1.o de Agosto, two of the biggest powerhouses in national handball, crushed their respective oppo ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/petro-and-1-o-de-agosto-crush-the-mens-national-handball-championship","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Petro and 1.O De Agosto Crush the Men'S National Handball Championship","og_description":"Petro de Luanda and 1.o de Agosto, two of the biggest powerhouses in national handball, crushed their respective oppo ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/petro-and-1-o-de-agosto-crush-the-mens-national-handball-championship","og_site_name":"Angola","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2025-07-08T16:33:04+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-07-08T16:59:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2025\/07\/sm_1751981305.923575.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/petro-and-1-o-de-agosto-crush-the-mens-national-handball-championship#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/petro-and-1-o-de-agosto-crush-the-mens-national-handball-championship"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Petro and 1.O De Agosto Crush the Men&#8217;S National Handball Championship","datePublished":"2025-07-08T16:33:04+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-08T16:59:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/petro-and-1-o-de-agosto-crush-the-mens-national-handball-championship"},"wordCount":277,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/petro-and-1-o-de-agosto-crush-the-mens-national-handball-championship#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2025\/07\/sm_1751981305.923575.jpg","keywords":["Angola"],"articleSection":["all news","sport"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/petro-and-1-o-de-agosto-crush-the-mens-national-handball-championship#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/petro-and-1-o-de-agosto-crush-the-mens-national-handball-championship","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/petro-and-1-o-de-agosto-crush-the-mens-national-handball-championship","name":"Petro and 1.O De Agosto Crush the Men'S National Handball Championship - Angola","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/petro-and-1-o-de-agosto-crush-the-mens-national-handball-championship#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/petro-and-1-o-de-agosto-crush-the-mens-national-handball-championship#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2025\/07\/sm_1751981305.923575.jpg","datePublished":"2025-07-08T16:33:04+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-08T16:59:48+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Petro de Luanda and 1.o de Agosto, two of the biggest powerhouses in national handball, crushed their respective oppo ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/petro-and-1-o-de-agosto-crush-the-mens-national-handball-championship#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/petro-and-1-o-de-agosto-crush-the-mens-national-handball-championship"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/petro-and-1-o-de-agosto-crush-the-mens-national-handball-championship#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2025\/07\/sm_1751981305.923575.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2025\/07\/sm_1751981305.923575.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"Petro and 1.O De Agosto Crush the Men'S National Handball Championship"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/petro-and-1-o-de-agosto-crush-the-mens-national-handball-championship#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Petro and 1.O De Agosto Crush the Men&#8217;S National Handball Championship"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/","name":"Angola","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}