{"id":114510,"date":"2025-11-03T14:58:39","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T14:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/handball-players-join-national-camp-for-african-champs"},"modified":"2025-11-03T15:39:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T15:39:36","slug":"handball-players-join-national-camp-for-african-champs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/handball-players-join-national-camp-for-african-champs","title":{"rendered":"Handball Players Join National Camp for African Champs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>The national handball team head coach, Hafedh Zouabi, has summoned 28 players to begin preparations for the upcoming African Cup, scheduled to take place in Kigali from January 21-31, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The selected players were chosen based on their recent performances in both domestic and continental competitions, including the Africa Club Championship, where Police Handball Club put on an impressive showing.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Zouabi is working in leading the preparations. The initial camp will conclude on November 5, after which players will return to their respective clubs to resume league duties. The second training camp is set for November 26 to December 6, as part of continued preparations for the continental event.<\/p>\n<p>This marks Rwanda\u2019s second appearance at the Men\u2019s African Handball Championship, following their debut in 2024 in Egypt. The hosts, Egypt, went on to claim their ninth title, while Rwanda finished 14th out of 16 teams.<\/p>\n<p><b>Provisional Squad<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Jackson Uwimana, Arsene Uwayezu, Kevin Cyiza, Peter Kwisanga, E\u0301lyse\u0301e Ikuzwe, Albert Musoni, Jean Pierre Ndayishimiye, Yves Kayijamahe, Moise Uwase, Alexis Nshimiyimana, James Ndatimana, Samuel Mbesutunguwe, Jean Paul Muhawenayo, E\u0301lyse\u0301e Muhumure, Emmanuel Kubwimana, Cle\u0301ment Niyonkuru, Gilbert Mutuyimana, Viateur Rwamanywa, Kalim Niyonkuru, Maliyamungu Shumbusho, Aimable Rutikanga, E\u0301tienne Ndayisaba, Andre\u0301 Akayezu, Jean Damasce\u0300ne Bazimaziki, Yannick Karenzi, Fide\u0300le Hagenimana, Thierry Ineza, and Vedaste Niyoyita.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Rwanda<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. The national handball team head coach, Hafedh Zouabi, has summoned 28 players to begin preparations for the upcoming African Cup, scheduled to take place in Kigali from January 21-31, 2026. The selected players were chosen based on their recent performances in both domestic and continental competitions, including the Africa Club Championship, where [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":114509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[8586,1775,758],"class_list":["post-114510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-hafedh-zouabi","tag-handball","tag-rwanda"],"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>Handball Players Join National Camp for African Champs - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The national handball team head coach, Hafedh Zouabi, has summoned 28 players to begin preparations for the upcoming Afr ...\" \/>\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\/rwanda\/sport\/handball-players-join-national-camp-for-african-champs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Handball Players Join National Camp for African Champs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The national handball team head coach, Hafedh Zouabi, has summoned 28 players to begin preparations for the upcoming Afr ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/handball-players-join-national-camp-for-african-champs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-03T14:58:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-03T15:39:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/11\/sm_1762171723.242814.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"750\" \/>\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\/rwanda\/sport\/handball-players-join-national-camp-for-african-champs#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/handball-players-join-national-camp-for-african-champs\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Handball Players Join National Camp for African Champs\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-03T14:58:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-03T15:39:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/handball-players-join-national-camp-for-african-champs\"},\"wordCount\":231,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/handball-players-join-national-camp-for-african-champs#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/11\/sm_1762171723.242814.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Hafedh Zouabi\",\"handball\",\"Rwanda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/handball-players-join-national-camp-for-african-champs#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/handball-players-join-national-camp-for-african-champs\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/handball-players-join-national-camp-for-african-champs\",\"name\":\"Handball Players Join National Camp for African Champs - 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