{"id":5374,"date":"2026-01-11T12:55:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T12:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ferwahand.rw\/?p=5374"},"modified":"2026-01-11T12:59:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T12:59:24","slug":"rwanda-host-cameroon-in-a-friendly-match-ahead-of-27th-mens-senior-handball-africa-cup-of-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ferwahand.rw\/?p=5374","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda host Cameroon in a friendly match ahead of 27th Men\u2019s Senior Handball Africa Cup of Nation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Rwanda Men\u2019s senior handball national team is to host Cameroon today at 19h00, for a second international friendly match, marking a crucial step in the final preparations for the 27<sup>th<\/sup> Men\u2019s Senior Handball Africa Cup of Nations (CAN 2026).<\/p>\n<p>As the countdown to the continental showpiece enters its final 10 days, Head Coach Hafedh Zouabi is looking to fine-tune his squad&#8217;s tactical discipline and physical readiness. It is a second international friendly match after a narrow defeat to Gabon (29-31).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5375\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5375\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5375 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/ferwahand.rw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/G-K-o_nXgAABXdj-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ferwahand.rw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/G-K-o_nXgAABXdj-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/ferwahand.rw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/G-K-o_nXgAABXdj-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ferwahand.rw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/G-K-o_nXgAABXdj-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/ferwahand.rw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/G-K-o_nXgAABXdj-155x116.jpg 155w, http:\/\/ferwahand.rw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/G-K-o_nXgAABXdj.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/ferwahand.rw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/G-K-o_nXgAABXdj-300x225@2x.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5375\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Head coach Hafedh Zouabi and his assistants discussing tactical aspect of the team<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rwanda has been drawn into Group A, where they will face formidable opponents: Algeria, Nigeria and Zambia. Rwanda will open the tournament against Zambia on January 21<sup>st<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>16 Men&#8217;s National teams are to compete in the 27<sup>th<\/sup> Men\u2019s Senior Handball Africa Cup of Nations scheduled to take place from January 21st to 31st, 2026, with matches to be hosted at BK Arena and Petit Stade Amahoro.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5377\" src=\"http:\/\/ferwahand.rw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/G-JTWr6WMAEKGUL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2174\" height=\"2300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ferwahand.rw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/G-JTWr6WMAEKGUL.jpg 2174w, http:\/\/ferwahand.rw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/G-JTWr6WMAEKGUL-284x300.jpg 284w, http:\/\/ferwahand.rw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/G-JTWr6WMAEKGUL-968x1024.jpg 968w, http:\/\/ferwahand.rw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/G-JTWr6WMAEKGUL-1452x1536.jpg 1452w, http:\/\/ferwahand.rw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/G-JTWr6WMAEKGUL-1936x2048.jpg 1936w, http:\/\/ferwahand.rw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/G-JTWr6WMAEKGUL-148x157.jpg 148w, http:\/\/ferwahand.rw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/G-JTWr6WMAEKGUL-284x300@2x.jpg 568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2174px) 100vw, 2174px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rwanda Men\u2019s senior handball national team is to host Cameroon today at 19h00, for a second international friendly match, marking a crucial step in the final preparations for the 27th Men\u2019s Senior Handball Africa Cup of Nations (CAN 2026). As the countdown to the continental showpiece enters its final 10 days, Head Coach Hafedh&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[104],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ferwahand.rw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5374"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ferwahand.rw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ferwahand.rw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ferwahand.rw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ferwahand.rw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5374"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/ferwahand.rw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5378,"href":"http:\/\/ferwahand.rw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5374\/revisions\/5378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ferwahand.rw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ferwahand.rw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ferwahand.rw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}