TEHRAN - Brazil had to dig deep to seal a 30:22 win over Iran, their maiden at the 2024 IHF Women’s Junior World Championship, as the South American side will now head into the President’s Cup with two points.

For more than 30 minutes, Iran delivered maybe the best handball in their appearances at the IHF Women’s Junior World Championship, putting serious pressure on Brazil and even leading throughout most of the time.

But with Brazil’s superior nous and know-how, the South American team, which previously went close to shock Romania, losing by a single goal in the first match at North Macedonia 2024, managed to wake up and get back into the match, to secure their maiden win in the competition.

Iran goalkeeper Elnaz Yarmohammadi was named as Player of the Match.

The two sides will continue in the Group I of the President’s Cup, where Brazil and Tunisia start with two points, while Iran and Chile will be on zero points, in what promises to be quite a well-balanced group between the two sides.