Zalău handball players, perfect performances in the surprise of the day at the World Championship: “Today we are partying!”
Article by Ionuţ Iordache, Adrian Jitea – Published Saturday, 06 December 2025, 18:44 / Updated Saturday, 06 December 2025 18:45
Pivot Mouna Jlezi (34 years old) and right winger Aya Ben Abdallah (28 years old), both registered at HC Zalău, had excellent performances in Tunisia's victory over Austria, score 27-25in the main group III of the Women's Handball World Championship.
- Reporter Adrian Jitea and photojournalist Ionuț Iordache are in Rotterdam with the Romanian national team and transmit all the information and images that matter
Mouna Jlezi and Aya Ben Abdallah are among the 34 foreign handball players who reached the World Cup from the “League of Flowers”. With them as protagonists, Tunisia had only one victory in the tournament, 34-28 against China. Sufficient for access to the main group.
Today, they started with a second chance against Austria. Driven by more than 2000 Batavian fans present in Rotterdam Ahoy, waiting for the Netherlands – Poland match, the African women outdid themselves.
Among the best players were the handball players from the “Liga Florilor”, from HC Zalău. Mouna Jlezi and Aya Ben Abdallah scored 6 goals each. According to the IHF statistics, they did not miss a throw!
Mouna Jlezi, all smiles after the victory: “Today we are partying!”
Mouna Jlezi spoke with GSP reporters at the end of the match.
“For us it was difficult at the beginning. We qualified for the first time after 11 years in the second round of the competition. Today, at the beginning, there were some emotions. Austria is a team with tradition, it has an important history.
Gradually, the defense started to do very well. The girls were amazing. I gained confidence and it was good.
I gained confidence too, it was hard on the pivot, I did everything I could. I also helped as much as I could, the important thing is that I won!
Now we are having a party, we are very happy. Today we celebrate, tomorrow we start training. We are preparing for the duel with Argentina. Why not win there and improve our ranking?”, Mouna Jlezi transmitted through GSP.
Mouna Jlezi (34 years old), a certified pivot at HC Zalău, had an excellent performance in Tunisia's victory over Austria, score 27-25, in the main group III of the Women's Handball World Championship.
Tunisia collected the first two points in the main group. With a positive result in the last round, against Argentina, on Monday at 16:30, they can finish the group in 4th place.
