{"id":116166,"date":"2025-11-25T18:12:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T18:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/zouabi-excludes-10-players-from-rwanda-can-handball-squad"},"modified":"2025-11-25T18:25:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T18:25:22","slug":"zouabi-excludes-10-players-from-rwanda-can-handball-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/zouabi-excludes-10-players-from-rwanda-can-handball-squad","title":{"rendered":"Zouabi Excludes 10 Players from Rwanda CAN Handball Squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Rwanda\u2019s national handball team head coach Hafedh Zouabi has dropped 10 players from his provisional squad preparing for the 2026 African Men&#8217;s Handball Championship which will take place in Kigali from January 21-31, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The Tunisian tactician initially called up a 30-man squad in October for the first phase of the training camp, which ran until November 5. After assessing performances during this period, he has now trimmed the group to 20 players, who will proceed to the second phase of training.<\/p>\n<p>Among the players released from the provisional squad are goalkeepers Kevin Cyiza (ADEGI Gituza) and E\u0301lyse\u0301e Ikuzwe (Mutenderi TSS). The coach also dropped Albert Musoni (APR), Jean-Paul Muhawenayo (APR), Cle\u0301ment Niyonkuru (Musanze HC), Gilbert Mutuyimana (Police HC), Viateur Rwamanywa (APR), Aimable Rutikanga (GS Tabagwe), Jean Damasce\u0300ne Bazimaziki (Gicumbi HT) and Yannick Karenzi (Gicumbi HT).<\/p>\n<p>The remaining 20 players will move on to the second phase of the training camp, which is set to take place from November 26 to December 6.<\/p>\n<p>They include Jackson Uwimana (APR), Arse\u0300ne Uwayezu (APR), Peter Kwisanga (Police), Musa Ufitinema (GS Tabagwe), Yves Kayijamahe (Police), Moi\u0308se Uwase (APR), Alexis Nshimiyimana (APR), James Ndatimana (GS Tabagwe) and Samuel Mbesutunguwe (Police).<\/p>\n<p>Others are E\u0301lyse\u0301e Muhumure (APR), Emmanuel Kubwimana (Police), Karim Niyonkuru (Police), Jean Pierre Ndayishimiye (APR HC), Dieudonne\u0301 Habumugisha (GS Tabagwe), Maliyamungu Shumbusho (APR), E\u0301tienne Ndayisaba (Police) and Andre\u0301 Akayezu (Police), Fide\u0300le Hagenimana (Police), Thierry Ineza (Police) and Vedaste Niyoyita (APR HC).<\/p>\n<p>Rwanda is in Group A alongside Zambia, Nigeria, and Algeria.<\/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. Rwanda\u2019s national handball team head coach Hafedh Zouabi has dropped 10 players from his provisional squad preparing for the 2026 African Men&#8217;s Handball Championship which will take place in Kigali from January 21-31, 2026. The Tunisian tactician initially called up a 30-man squad in October for the first phase of the training [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":116165,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[8838,8586,758],"class_list":["post-116166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-can-handball-2026","tag-hafedh-zouabi","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>Zouabi Excludes 10 Players from Rwanda CAN Handball Squad - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rwanda\u2019s national handball team head coach Hafedh Zouabi has dropped 10 players from his provisional squad preparing for ...\" \/>\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\/zouabi-excludes-10-players-from-rwanda-can-handball-squad\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zouabi Excludes 10 Players from Rwanda CAN Handball Squad\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rwanda\u2019s national handball team head coach Hafedh Zouabi has dropped 10 players from his provisional squad preparing for ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/zouabi-excludes-10-players-from-rwanda-can-handball-squad\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-25T18:12:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-25T18:25:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/11\/sm_1764082484.591185.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"646\" \/>\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\/zouabi-excludes-10-players-from-rwanda-can-handball-squad#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/zouabi-excludes-10-players-from-rwanda-can-handball-squad\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Zouabi Excludes 10 Players from Rwanda CAN Handball Squad\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-25T18:12:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-25T18:25:22+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/zouabi-excludes-10-players-from-rwanda-can-handball-squad\"},\"wordCount\":270,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/zouabi-excludes-10-players-from-rwanda-can-handball-squad#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/11\/sm_1764082484.591185.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"CAN Handball 2026\",\"Hafedh Zouabi\",\"Rwanda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/zouabi-excludes-10-players-from-rwanda-can-handball-squad#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/zouabi-excludes-10-players-from-rwanda-can-handball-squad\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/zouabi-excludes-10-players-from-rwanda-can-handball-squad\",\"name\":\"Zouabi Excludes 10 Players from Rwanda CAN Handball Squad - 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