The Ardova Handball Premier League 2024 phase one will commence on Monday In Benin City, Edo State
The top tier premier handball league sponsored by Ardova PLC in its seventh season, will see twenty teams arrive twenty two club (12 male teams and 10 female teams) arrive the ancient city of Benin on Sunday wherein they will hold a technical meeting and then day 1 fixture will commence on Monday morning at the indoor sports hall of the Samuel Ogbemudia stadium and the Etete sports hall.
Defending champion in the male category Niger United, whose historical prowess in handball was revived under Coach Yekini Adebayo which saw them win their first league title last season since 2018, will begin the defense of their title against Benue Buffaloes while Tojemarine Academy under the tutelage of Coach Shittu Adewunmi Agboola will want to aim for the title after finishing second last season and the first huddle for them is against new comer Adamawa United.
Three time champion Kano Pillars will play Correction Boys as the Coach Solomon Yola team seek to revive the team after a horrendous campaign last season which saw them finished outside of podium for the first time in the history of the league while former champion Safety Shooters will welcome Sunshine Kings back to the league as they lock horns.
Confluence Stars will play the Rima Strikers while Lagos Seasider Boys will play De Defenders.
In the female category, defending champion Safety Babes who haven’t lost a match in the league since year 2022 and went unbeaten as they won the title last season, will hope to continue their winning streak as they play newly promoted COAS Babes of the Nigeria Army while it will be a game of experience and grit as Defender Babes and Imo Grasshoppers go at each other.
Newly promoted Rivers Queens who are the champion of the National Division One League 2023, will be making their debut in the Ardova Handball Premier League 2024 with a tough test against Rima Queens while Bendel Dynamos, with the backing of the fans, will play Seasider Babes of Lagos.
Delta Queens will face Coach Yusuf Abdukadir’s Plateau Peacocks who won the league in 2018
All matches will be streamed live on HFN TV on Facebook and the YouTube page of the Handball Federation of Nigeria while there will be live updates on the twitter, Instagram and tiktok pages of the federation.
