ASFA and Diisso reach Senegal handball finals

ASFA and Jeanne d’Arc of Dakar will contest the men’s final of Senegal’s 2025-26 elite handball championship. The women’s title will be decided between Diisso and the University Gaston Berger of Saint-Louis, completing the final line-up after this weekend’s semi-finals.

ASFA earned its place in a tense encounter with UGB, winning 33-32 after extra time on Sunday. Jeanne d’Arc had already secured the other men’s position on Saturday by defeating Dakar Université Club 36-27. The result gives Dakar’s Jeanne d’Arc a final against the military side, with both teams having come through different semi-final tests.

Diisso reached the women’s final after a 23-21 victory over Renaissance of Tivaouane. UGB joined them by beating Olympique de Diourbel 32-27. The women’s decider will therefore bring together a Diisso side that prevailed in a close contest and an UGB team that advanced with a five-goal margin.

The semi-final results also mean UGB will feature in both title pathways: its men’s team fell narrowly to ASFA, while its women’s side moved through to face Diisso. The finals will determine the champions of the 2025-26 elite championship. ISEG Sports won the previous men’s edition, while Golf took the women’s title, but neither of those teams appears in this season’s final pairings.