Both the Bangladesh Youth (U-18) and Junior (U-20) Handball teams finished runners-up in the four- nation International Handball Federation (IHF) Men's Trophy' 2024 Zone 11 (Asia) losing to hosts India in the finals at the Sawai Man Singh Indoor Stadium in Jaipur, India on Sunday.
Bangladesh Youth (U-18) team finished runners up losing to hosts India by 36-56 goals in the final after trailing by 14-31 goals in the first half.
Bangladesh Junior (U-20) team remained satisfied with runners-up position after conceding a 55-25 goals defeat also against India Sunday afternoon.
Bangladesh went down by 16-31 goals in the first half.
Bangladesh Youth (U-18) team reached the final with two consecutive wins eliminating the Maldives by 47-28 goals on Friday after beating Nepal by 46-26 goals in the 2nd match on Thursday.
Bangladesh Junior (U-20) team managed a final berth also eliminating the Maldives by 38-30 goals in their 3rd match on Friday after making 29-29 goals draw with Nepal in the 2nd match last Thursday.
Earlier in the opening day (Wednesday), both the Bangladesh Youth and Junior teams conceded defeat against hosts India.
Bangladesh Youth (U -18) team conceded defeat against India by a scoreline of 45-35, while Bangladesh Junior (U-20) team suffered a 46-26 goals defeat against India on Wednesday.