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SANYA, China, Nov. 16, 2020 /Xinhua=KYODO JBN/--

From Nov. 12 to 13, 2020, "Beautiful Sanya Lishan Distillery Cup" Beach Handball

Invitational 2020 was held in Sanya. Anhui women's team and Shandong men's team

won the championship in the match. The beach handball competition was divided into

men's and women's groups from Anhui, Jiangsu, Shandong and some other regions in China.

Shandong beat Anhui 2-0 to win the men's team title at the 2020 Sanya Beach

Handball Invitational Tournament here on last Friday, according to the Sixth

Asian Beach Games Sanya 2020 Organising Committee (SABGOC). Anhui attacked

fiercely at the beginning of the match, while Shandong used defensive

counterattacking tactics, with the goalkeeper scoring directly when the Anhui

players did not come to the defensive positions. The two teams played hard in

the second half, Anhui was one point behind Shandong at the last second of the

match, but Wang Wenjun did not score in the following free kick for Anhui. "We

won mainly in teamwork and defence, and we showed our usual training level

today," said Sun Haonan, a player for Shandong.

In the women's event, Anhui beat the Chinese young women's national team 2-0 to

win the title. The Anhui women's team, which has many national team players,

with an average age of 22, won the match easily with their height and experience.

Cheng Qiao, deputy secretary general of the Chinese Handball Association, said

that beach handball is entertaining for audience due to the athletes' fancy shooting

skills such as the 360-degree twist in the air in pursuit of two points.

According to Zhou Jun, Vice Mayor of Sanya City, the "Beautiful Sanya 2020"

competition series is designed as a practice run for the working process of The

Games. The Sixth Asian Beach Games Sanya 2020 Organising Committee will spare

no effort to ensure the operation of the invitational while carefully adhering

to epidemic prevention and control.

Source: SABGOC

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   Caption: On November 13, in the women's finals, Anhui beat Chinese youth team 2-0 to win

the woman's team title. Zhang Tianjie of the Anhui team attacked in the game.