{"id":99631,"date":"2026-07-31T12:27:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T12:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/angola-debuts-at-2026-womens-u-18-handball-championship"},"modified":"2026-08-02T02:44:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T02:44:59","slug":"angola-debuts-at-2026-womens-u-18-handball-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/angola-debuts-at-2026-womens-u-18-handball-championship","title":{"rendered":"Angola Debuts at 2026 Women\u2019S U-18 Handball Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. <\/strong> <\/span><b>The National Women\u2019s U-18 Handball Team will face Japan on Wednesday (29) in their opening match at the World Championship of the category happening in Romania, in the Traian Sport Pavillion, venue for all the games.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The national team traveled to the competition venue on Monday, aiming to improve upon the 26th-place finish achieved in the previous edition.<\/p>\n<p>Angola will also face Slovakia on July 30 and, subsequently, Brazil on August 1, to conclude the first phase.<\/p>\n<p>Ce\u0301lia dos Santos coaches the team and concluded the squad&#8217;s preparations on Saturday with a 22\u201320 victory over Petro de Luanda.<\/p>\n<p>Ama\u0301lia Bezerra and Catila Saia (goalkeepers), Jacilda Carlos, Jorda\u0302nia Kizunga, Benilde Soares, Isabel Ambro\u0301sio, and Hendriva\u0302nia Paulo (backcourt players), Carolina Henriques and Nata\u0301lia Garcia (playmakers), Elisa Kanekulobe, Alic I\u0301ssolo, Domingas Bandeira, and Conceic\u0327a\u0303o Alexandre (wingers) and Tuluete Carlos and Germana Lubiengue (pivots), are the selected players to representing Angola.<\/p>\n<p>The country&#8217;s last appearance in the world competition was in 2024 in China.<\/p>\n<p>However, this will be the Angolan national team&#8217;s eighth appearance in a tournament of this kind. Their best finish to date is eighth place, achieved in the 2008 edition held in Slovakia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Angola<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. The National Women\u2019s U-18 Handball Team will face Japan on Wednesday (29) in their opening match at the World Championship of the category happening in Romania, in the Traian Sport Pavillion, venue for all the games. 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