{"id":234437,"date":"2025-08-15T16:40:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T16:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abianewscentral.com.ng\/abia-handball-team-qualify-for-national-premiership\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T16:40:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T16:40:23","slug":"abia-handball-team-qualify-for-national-premiership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/abia-handball-team-qualify-for-national-premiership\/","title":{"rendered":"Abia Handball Team Qualify For National Premiership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abianewscentral.com.ng\/abia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abia <\/a>Handball Team Qualify For National Premiership<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-218032\">\n<div class=\"post-image-content\">\n<figure class=\"post-featured-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalambassadorngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/hand-ball.jpg\" data-eio-rwidth=\"300\" data-eio-rheight=\"168\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalambassadorngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/hand-ball.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" data-eio=\"l\"\/><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- end.post-image-content --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <!-- end .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>After wallowing in the murky waters of the lower divisions of the Nigerian Handball league, U &amp; H <a href=\"https:\/\/abianewscentral.com.ng\/abia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abia <\/a>have qualified to contest in the National Handball Premiership next season after qualifying for the finals of the National Division 1 Handball Championship going on inside the indoor sports hall at the Umuahia Township Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>In the thrilling semi-final encounter, the <a href=\"https:\/\/abianewscentral.com.ng\/abia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abia <\/a>side took on Team Suleja and the fiercely contested game entered extra time twice; But at the end of the hostilities, the <a href=\"https:\/\/abianewscentral.com.ng\/abia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abia <\/a>team qualified by a lone goal defeating their opponents 30-29.<\/p>\n<p>In the other semi-final encounter, Air Force defeated Bayelsa to set up a mouth-watering final with the home side.<\/p>\n<p>In the female category, Soof Handball Academy defeated Edo Dynamo 36-16 while Funad Academy crushed Girl Child Academy 30-20.<\/p>\n<p>The finals and third place matches for the male and female categories will take place tomorrow.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-block sd-like jetpack-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded\" id=\"like-post-wrapper-220085326-218032-689f085014e6d\" data-src=\"https:\/\/widgets.wp.com\/likes\/?ver=14.9.1#blog_id=220085326&amp;post_id=218032&amp;origin=nationalambassadorngr.com&amp;obj_id=220085326-218032-689f085014e6d\" data-name=\"like-post-frame-220085326-218032-689f085014e6d\" data-title=\"Like or Reblog\">\n<h3 class=\"sd-title\">Like this:<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"button\"><span>Like<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"loading\">Loading&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sd-text-color\"\/><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sd-link-color\"\/><\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- end .entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalambassadorngr.com\/abia-handball-team-qualify-for-national-premiership\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=abia-handball-team-qualify-for-national-premiership\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abia Handball Team Qualify For National Premiership After wallowing in the murky waters of the lower divisions of the Nigerian Handball league, U &amp; 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