Hosts Bangladesh eyeing on final in the four- nation Bangabandhu IHF Challenge Trophy Women's Handball (Youth & Junior) Tournament beginning here on Saturday (May 13).

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen will inaugurate the meet on Saturday morning.

Four South Asian countries--India, Nepal, the Maldives,and hosts Bangladesh --will compete in the 3rd edition of the five-day meet to be held on May 13-17 at the Shaheed Capt (Retd) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium in the capital.

In the Youth Group (U-17), India will play Nepal in the in the opening match at 12 noon on Saturday while hosts Bangladesh will start campaign taking on Maldives at 4 pm in the other opening day's fixture.

In the Junior Group (U-19), India will take on Nepal at 2pm while Bangladesh will face Maldives at 6 pm on Saturday.

Chairman of the tournament committee former Senior Secretary of Ministry of Home Affairs Md. Aminul Islam disclosed the detailed of the meet in a official press conference at the Dutch-Bangla Bank Auditorium of the Bangladesh Olympic Association here on Thursday.

Co-Chairman of the meet and Additional IG of Bangladesh Police Habibur Rahman, General Secretary of Bangladesh Handball Federation Asaduzzaman Kohinoor, member secretary of media committee M Jahangir Hossain were also present on the occasion.

Addressing the newsmen, Asaduzzaman Kohinoor, the long serving General Secretary of the Handball Federation was hopeful of putting a good show on and off the field.

”After a long gap we are ready to host an international meet, the IHF has extended all the possible support for the meet, we are determined to show our competency on and off the field” said Kohinoor.

Former national players Dalia Akter and Amjad Hossain Akhand, two coaches of the Bangladesh youth and junior teams, expressed their optimism to produce the best performances at their own yard eyeing on the finals.

However, they admitted both the teams will miss the service of a good number of key players due to the ongoing SSC and upcoming HSC examinations.

Mossamat Marfi and Shyamoli Ming named as the captains of the youth and junior teams respectively.

The meet will be transmitted live through the official Facebook page of International Handball Federation