Nigeria’s national under 23 handball team Saturday lost 24-28 to China in the IHF Emerging Nation Tournament holding in Georgia, Bestchoicesports.com.ng understands

The match which is a classification match for 5th place, saw Nigeria winning the 1st half 13-12 but couldn’t sustain the momentum in the second half as the Chinese outscored them 16-11.

Mohammed Anas was voted the most valuable player on Nigeria’s side.

The other classification game saw USA trouncing Columbia 42-32.