The Rwanda National Under-19 team Boys, which is in the World Cup, defeated New Zealand 44-17, while the Under-17 team Girls, which is in the African Games, won against Madagascar 46-21.
Both games took place on Tuesday, August 8, 2023.
The Boys played in Croatia where the World Championship is being held while the Girls played in Côte d’Ivoire.
Rwanda started the competition against Madagascar in the first match of the ‘IHF Trophy Continental Phase 2023’ tournament.
The match took place at Stade Center Ivoiro-Coreen, the players arrived early even though they looked tired but the Head Coach, Sindayigaya Aphrodice, said that they are ready and have confidence because the team they are playing against is less experienced than them.
“So far among the teams we will meet, Madagascar is not average considering its level. Although it is a competition, we are not afraid to win. We assure Rwandans that we will fight for victory.” He added
What he said was put into practice as the team did everything possible to win the game and even outscore their opponents Madagascar.
The youth team entered the game first and started to score very quickly, reaching the first half with a 15-goal of difference.
They continued to maintain this difference in the second half, at the end of which the Rwandan youths put in effort to defend even though they did not like Madagascar’s progress. The game ended with a score of 46-21.
Today on August 9, Rwanda will play against Guinea.
Another match that took place today held in Croatia.
The Rwandan team found themselves in the playoffs after losing all their first group matches.
In the first game, he defeated Morocco 33-32, and Akayezu Andrew became the best player of the game.
They continued this success in their next match against New Zealand.
Rwanda started well because after ten minutes they scored only two goals out of 11 they had put in the defense of the opposing team.
With the help of Kayijamahe Yves who won all the balls he tried in the first half of the game, Rwanda ended this half by beating New Zealand 17-9.
New Zealand’s players were making individual mistakes while Rwanda was making the most of it, using Kayijamahe and Jean Pierre Ndayishimiye to score more goals.
New Zealand could have reduced the deficit in the last minute but it was not to be as Pringot Paul did not have the opportunity to pass the ball in front of goalkeeper Arsène Uwayezu.
This game ended with a 44-17 victory for the Rwandan team.
Kayijamahe Yves was the best player in this game after scoring 14 goals.
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