{"id":5135,"date":"2026-11-07T12:21:17","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T12:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/?p=5135"},"modified":"2026-11-07T12:21:17","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T12:21:17","slug":"seven-goal-hungurimana-helps-womens-team-secure-zone-5-semi-final-berth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/07\/seven-goal-hungurimana-helps-womens-team-secure-zone-5-semi-final-berth\/sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven-goal Hungurimana helps women&#8217;s team secure zone 5 semi-final berth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_8836_1.JPG-1-768x576-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_8836_1.JPG-1-768x576-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_8836_1.JPG-1-768x576-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hungurimana Clementine scored seven goals as the women&#8217;s national handball team defeated hosts Tanzania 42-32 on Friday to secure a place in the semi-finals of the 2026 Women&#8217;s IHF Nations Trophy \u2013 Africa Zone V.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The victory at the Filbert Bayi Multi-Sports Centre in Kibaha, Tanzania, on November 6, completed a successful group-stage campaign for the Rwandan side, who finished with two wins from two matches in Group B.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The team made a strong start against the hosts, taking an eight-goal advantage into the break after leading 21-13 at half-time. They maintained their scoring momentum after the restart to finish the contest with a 10-goal margin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although Hungurimana earned the Player of the Match award, Niyingenera Obadia finished as the team&#8217;s leading scorer with 10 goals. Chantal Umwana and Uwizeyimana Solange added six and five goals respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The individual recognition continued a positive run for the Rwandan players, with Ineza Joy having been named Player of the Match in their opening fixture, a commanding 49-9 victory over Djibouti on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The result against Tanzania confirmed the team&#8217;s progress to the semi-finals, where they will meet Uganda on Saturday, November 7, at 4:30 p.m. Kigali time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The meeting with Uganda will be a crucial test as the team pursue the tournament title and a place at the 2026 African Women&#8217;s Handball Championship in Tunisia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Zone V competition, running from November 4 to 8, offers its winners the opportunity to represent the region at the continental championship, which will take place from December 2 to 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Zone V representative will join Group C alongside hosts Tunisia, Cameroon and Zambia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hungurimana Clementine scored seven goals as the women&#8217;s national handball team defeated hosts Tanzania 42-32 on Friday to secure a place in the semi-finals of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,43,35,27,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa-news","category-current_affairs","category-regional","category-sports","category-top_stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5135","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=5135"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5137,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5135\/revisions\/5137"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}