Muscat,(ONA) - The Oman Handball Association (OHA) announced the program for the new sports season 2020/2021 for local competitions and external participations for national teams in 2021, as well as programs and courses for referees and coaches. The clubs have been addressed to participate in these activities.
The program of the new sports season program includes several competitions, including the Junior League (2002-2006). Its launch date will be determined later, and participation will be open to clubs and the Youth League (2000/2001). The super match has been decided to be played next December, between the league champion and the shield champion. The Sultanate’s First Division League will be played in the form of a two-stage league system, and will be held from December 25, 2020, to February 23, 2021. The participation in the Sultanate’s Second Division, which starts on January 1, 2021, will be open to all clubs. The participation in the tenth Ministry Shield competition will be open to all clubs and will start on March 19, 2021.
The OHA’s Board of Directors also approved the program of external participation for the various national teams, including the participation of the Sultanate’s national team in the Gulf Championship of the Gulf Games hosted by the State of Kuwait during the period from 7 to 17 March 2021, the Sultanate’s youth team’s participation in the Asian World Cup qualifying tournament to be held in Iran during the period From 20 to 29 March 2021, the participation of our national beach handball team in the Asian Games in Sanya, China from 2 to 10 April 2021, the participation of the national team in the Asian Indoor Games in the Thai capital, Bangkok from 21 to 30 May 2021, the participation of our national beach handball team in the World Beach Handball Championship, which will be set later by the International Handball Federation, as well as the participation of our national beach handball team in the Asian World Cup qualifiers, which will be set later by the Asian Handball Federation.
The program for referees and coaches in the new sports season 2020/2021 includes three sessions, the first of which is a seminar for referees working in the OHA before the start of the season, which will be held on December 20 in Suhar, an advanced course for referees to be held in January 2021 in Muscat according to specific conditions and an advanced course for coaches in Muscat in March 2021 according to specific conditions.
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