{"id":1819,"date":"2026-05-10T21:43:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T21:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/?p=1819"},"modified":"2026-05-10T21:43:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T21:43:19","slug":"rwanda-begins-zone-5-handball-campaign-with-dominant-wins-over-tanzania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/10\/rwanda-begins-zone-5-handball-campaign-with-dominant-wins-over-tanzania\/sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda begins Zone 5 handball campaign with dominant wins over Tanzania"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/img-20260504-wa0117_1_-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/img-20260504-wa0117_1_-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/img-20260504-wa0117_1_-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/img-20260504-wa0117_1_-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/img-20260504-wa0117_1_-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/img-20260504-wa0117_1_-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rwanda made a powerful start to its IHF Trophy Zone 5 campaign in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, after registering convincing victories over Tanzania in both the U18 and U20 boys\u2019 categories on Monday, 4 May 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The regional championship features five countries Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia (hosts), and Djibouti competing in a round-robin group format where each team plays all others in their group before advancing to the knockout stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the U18 category, Rwanda immediately asserted its dominance, going into halftime with a commanding 22\u201311 lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Rwandan side maintained its intensity after the break, adding 30 more goals while conceding 13, to seal a comprehensive 52\u201324 victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The U20 team followed with another impressive performance against the same opponent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rwanda led 20\u201310 at halftime and continued to control proceedings in the second half, scoring 26 goals while Tanzania managed nine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The match ended 46\u201319 in favour of Rwanda. According to the tournament schedule, Rwanda\u2019s campaign continues on Tuesday, 5 May, with both U18 and U20 teams facing Djibouti at 2:00 PM Rwanda time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group stage will conclude on Wednesday, 6 May, when the U18 team takes on Kenya, while the U20 side faces hosts Ethiopia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the format allowing only the strongest teams from each group to progress to the semi-finals, Rwanda will be aiming to maintain its winning momentum as the competition intensifies in the coming days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rwanda made a powerful start to its IHF Trophy Zone 5 campaign in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, after registering convincing victories over Tanzania in both the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1820,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,39,27,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-facts_on_rwanda","category-live_updates","category-sports","category-top_stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1819"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1821,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1819\/revisions\/1821"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}