Nat’l women’s handball begins tomorrow

BSS, Dhaka:

Ruchi 36th National Women’s Handball competition, marking the Festival of Youth 2025, will begin from tomorrow (August 16) at Shaheed Captain M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium in the capital.

Youth and Sports Secretary Mahbub-Ul Alam is expected to be opened the meet as the chief guest on Sunday (Aug 17), one day after the start of the competition.

Md. Ali Hossain Fakir, additional inspector general of police of the Armed Police Battalion and Md. Shahriar Alam, marketing manager of the sponsoring organisation Square Food and Beverage Limited, will be present there as special guests.

Nineteen teams, including services associations and District Sports Association (DSA), will take part in the meet, organised by Bangladesh Handball Federation and sponsored by Square Food and Beverage Limited.

The competition will be held in two phases. The first phase will begin on August 16 with the participation of 10 teams divided into two groups.

Bangladesh Ansar and VDP, Faridpur, Barguna, Sherpur, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh Police, Madaripur, Kushtia, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Dinajpur DSAs will play in the first phase.

The second phase of the competition will begin on August 20 with the participation of nine teams, split into two groups. The second phase’s teams are Jamalpur, Naogaon, Jahangirnagar University, Panchagarh, Narail, Jashore, Dhaka, Bogura and Gopalganj DSAs.

The semi-finals of the meet will be held on August 24 with the group champions from the four groups in the two rounds while the final is slated for August 25.

For the first time in the national women’s handball championship cash prizes have been introduced for the participating teams. The champion team will be given a cash prize of Taka 25,000.