Handball Super Cup battle lines drawn

Kenya Handball Federation (KHF) Super Cup has been set for between 5 and 19 March with six men's and four women's teams doing battle for the ultimate prize. 

League champions National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) headline pool A of the men's action where they will face off with former champions Black Mamba and Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) in a pool that is easily the pool of death. 

Second-place finishers Strathmore University are in pool B that has General Service Unit (GSU) and sixth-place finishers Kenyatta University. 

League champions NCPB open their Super Cup campaign on 5 March with a clash against former champions KDF while Strathmore face K.U in a varsity derby of its kind. 

On 6 March, GSU face Strathmore in pool B while Mamba host the millers in their second match if the campaign. 12 March will see KDF face Mamba while GSU play K.U to conclude the group stage battles. The top two sides in each pool proceed to the last four. A day later, the semi-finalists face off with the final shelved for 19 March. 

The women's competition will be held in a round-robin format with league holders Nairobi Water Queens looking to bag a local double, to add to their East and Central Africa Handball Federation Senior Club Championships title. 

Ulinzi Sharks will be hoping to turn up the heat for Queens, just like they did in the regular league, and hope to do one better this time by dethroning the record time champions. 

NCPB Ladies and military side Nanyuki who finished third and fourth respectively in the regular league that concluded last month are also in the race to upset the form book and start their 2022 season with a title. 

Queens open the women's action with a clash against Nanyuki on 5 March. Two matches will be played on 6 March with the military derby pitting Sharks against Nanyuki opening the day's action. NCPB face Queens on the same day. 

The millers play Nanyuki on on 12 March while Sharks meet the former on 13 March. The final match of the round-robin meets will see Queens take on Sharks, a fixture that has all the ingredients of a thriller.  

MEN

Pool A

1.NCPB 

2.Black Mamba 

3.KDF

Pool B

1. Strathmore University 

2.GSU

3. Kenyatta University 

WOMEN

1.Water Queens 

2. Ulinzi Sharks 

3. NCPB 

4.Nanyuki