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Association | Handball Federation of India | ||
Coach | Anand Bajirao Mane[1] | ||
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Last updated on 2022-11-18. |
The India national wheelchair handball team is the national wheelchair handball team of India and is overseen by the Handball Federation of India.[2][3]
They participated at the first Four a Side World Championship in September 2022. They lost the fifth-place game in the penalty shootout against the Netherland. They finished the tournament at the sixth place out of six teams. Two months later at the Six a Side World Championship they lost again a penalty shootout at the third-place game against the Norwegian team and they finished fourth out of 9 teams.[4] At this tournament they had 5 new players out of 12.[5][6] Many of the players of the Six a Side World Championship squad were also wheelchair basketball player. Reena Gupa plays for the India women's national wheelchair basketball team.[7]
Apart from the Netherlands, the Indian national wheelchair handball team was the only other team to participate in both the Four a side and Six a Side World Championships in 2022.
IHF Wheelchair Handball World Championship record (Four a Side) | |||||||||
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Year | Position | GP | W | L | SW | SL | SPW | SPL | |
2022 Egypt | 6th | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 54 | 79 | |
Total | 1/1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 54 | 79 |
IHF Wheelchair Handball World Championship record (Six a Side) | |||||||||
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Year | Position | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||
2022 Portugal | 4th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 68 | 78 | ||
Total | 1/1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 68 | 78 |