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Date: 10/7/2018
 

Women: Venezuela (VEN)

Coach: Octavio SANCHEZ

Key Players: Milangela TOVAR (left wing), Emilis OJEDA (goalkeeper), Risandry SOLAR (specialist)


Path to Buenos Aires 2018: 2017 IHF Women’s U17 Beach Handball World Championship - 10th

Overview

A heartbreaking 9:8 shoot-out loss to host nation Paraguay in the bronze medal match of the 2017 Pan American Youth (U17) Beach Handball Championship was slightly smoothed by the knowledge the Octavio Sanchez’s team grabbed fourth place and the last ticket through to the 2017 IHF Women’s U17 World Championship in Mauritius – and eventually a place at the Youth Olympic Games in Argentina, thanks to their fellow South American side qualifying directly as hosts.

 

With a team that has been together for over two years now, Venezuela will look to improve on their results in Mauritius which included 2:0 defeats against China and Thailand, plus a win over the hosts in the preliminary round.

 

This was followed by two 2:0 losses against Portugal and Spain in the main round which meant a top eight place was out of their grasp, despite a 2:0 victory over American Samoa sandwiched in-between.

 

In the 9-14 placement round, two 2:0 wins against Australia and Paraguay and a 2:0 loss against Croatia meant that a top 10 global finish was achieved, added to left wing Milangela Tovar who finished as the ninth best goalscorer in the whole tournament, who ended with 87 points.

 

Six of the nine players named by Venezuela for Buenos Aires played in Mauritius, with Paola Parra, Emilis Ojeda and Milena Cordero added to the Youth Olympic Games team. Most of the team play their club handball for the Carabobo, Yaracuy and the Bolivar teams.

 

Group at Buenos Aires 2018
Group A: Hong Kong (HKG), Turkey (TUR), Argentina (ARG), Netherlands (NED), Paraguay (PAR), Venezuela (VEN)


Preliminary Group A: Match Schedule
All times local

Monday 8 October

10:00    VEN vs HKG    

14:30    TUR vs VEN    

 

Tuesday 9 October

12:30    ARG vs VEN    

17:00    VEN vs NED    

 

Wednesday 10 October

10:00    VEN vs PAR    

 

 


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