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Kuwait handball team intensifies preparations for Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games

From Arab Times · () English

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  • Kuwait’s senior national handball team is preparing for the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, scheduled for Sept. 19 to Oct. 4.
  • Kuwait will play Iran, South Korea, Kazakhstan and Bahrain in Group B, after winning bronze at the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games.
  • The team recently completed a training camp in Slovenia and will continue preparations in Kuwait before traveling to Japan.

Kuwait’s senior handball team is entering the final phase of its preparations for the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan. The tournament will run from Sept. 19 to Oct. 4, and Kuwait will travel to Japan next Wednesday for its last overseas training camp.

The Blues will try to build on their bronze-medal finish at the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou, where they beat Japan in the third-place playoff. The draw has placed Kuwait in Group B with Bahrain, South Korea, Iran and Kazakhstan.

Kuwait will begin its campaign against Iran on Sept. 19. Matches against South Korea on Sept. 21, Kazakhstan on Sept. 22 and Bahrain on Sept. 25 will complete the group schedule.

The team recently returned from Slovenia, where it held an overseas camp featuring friendly matches in a tournament and games against Slovenian league champions Celje, as well as Istria, Gradis, Trimo Trebnje and Zagreb. Preparations will continue in Kuwait until the team departs for Japan. The Kuwait Handball Federation has expressed its full support and wished the players success.

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