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Algeria men's national handball team

The Algeria national handball team is the national handball team of Algeria and is controlled by the Algerian Handball Federation.

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Information
AssociationAlgerian Handball Federation
CoachFarouk Dehili
Assistant coachRabah Gherbi
Abdel Ghani Loukil
Colours
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1st
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2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances4 (First in 1980)
Best result10th (1980, 1988, 1996)
World Championship
Appearances17 (First in 1974)
Best result13th (2001)
African Championship
Appearances25 (First in 1976)
Best resultGold 1st (1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1996, 2014)
Last updated on Unknown.
Algeria men's national handball team
Medal record
African Championship
Gold medal – first place 1981 Tunisia
Gold medal – first place 1983 Egypt
Gold medal – first place 1985 Angola
Gold medal – first place 1987 Morocco
Gold medal – first place 1989 Algeria
Gold medal – first place 1996 Benin
Gold medal – first place 2014 Algeria
Silver medal – second place 1976 Algeria
Silver medal – second place 1991 Egypt
Silver medal – second place 1994 Tunisia
Silver medal – second place 1998 South Africa
Silver medal – second place 2000 Algeria
Silver medal – second place 2002 Morocco
Silver medal – second place 2012 Morocco
Silver medal – second place 2024 Egypt
Bronze medal – third place 1979 Congo
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Côte d'Ivoire
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Angola
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Egypt
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tunisia
African Games
Gold medal – first place 1973 Lagos
Gold medal – first place 1978 Algiers
Gold medal – first place 1987 Nairobi
Gold medal – first place 1999 Johannesburg
Silver medal – second place 1991 Cairo
Silver medal – second place 2003 Abuja
Silver medal – second place 2007 Algiers Team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Maputo Team
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1987 Latakia
Silver medal – second place 1983 Casablanca
Bronze medal – third place 1975 Algiers
Arab Games
Silver medal – second place 1985 Rabat
Silver medal – second place 2007 Cairo Team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Algeria Team
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place 2005 Saudi Arabia Team

History

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Algeria became a great handball country from the 1970s when they were gold medalists twice in the African Games in 1973 and in 1978. In the beginning of the 1980s, the domination of Algeria in the African handball started when it won five consecutive African titles from 1981 to 1989. Algeria had participated in the World Handball Championship for 14 times, in the Olympic Gamess for 4 times.

Aziz Derouaz, the coach of Algeria team in the 1980s is the man who invented the Offensive-Defense style and practiced it for the first time in the 1982 World Handball Championship.[1]

Many great players have made history of the Algerian handball such as Abdelkrim Bendjemil, Omar Azeb, Brahim Boudrali, Abdelkrim Hammiche, Mustapha Doballah, Abdeslam Benmaghsoula, Sofiane Elimam, Rédouane Aouachria, Djaffar Belhoucine, Mahmoud Bouanik, Abdeldjalil Bouanani, Salim Nedjel and many others.

Competitive record

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Mediterranean Games

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Games Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
  1967 Tunis Fourth place 4th of 4 3 0 0 3 30 58 -28
  1971 İzmir Tournament canceled
  1975 Algiers Third place 3rd of 5 4 2 0 2 80 84 -4
  1979 Split Fifth place 5th of 7 4 2 0 2 68 73 -5
  1983 Casablanca Runners-up 2nd of 8 5 3 1 1 97 80 +17
  1987 Latakia Champions 1st of 8 5 4 0 1 113 95 +18
  1991 Athens Fifth place 5th of 8 6 3 2 1 150 115 +35
  1993 Languedoc-Roussillon did not enter
  1997 Bari Seventh place 7th of 8 5 3 0 2 120 113 +7
  2001 Tunis Seventh place 7th of 8 4 2 0 2 104 100 +4
  2005 Almería did not enter
  2009 Pescara Fifth place 5th of 9 4 2 1 1 135 87 +48
  2013 Mersin Ninth place 9th of 10 5 2 0 3 122 133 −11
  2018 Tarragona Seventh place 7th of 13 5 2 0 3 151 160 −9
  2022 Oran Sixth place 6th of 10 5 2 1 2 145 146 −1
Total 12/14 1 Title 55 27 5 23 1315 1244 +71

African University Games

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  • 1975 – Winners

World Confederations Cup

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  • 1998 – Winners

Arab Championship

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  • 1988 – 2nd
  • 2000 – Winners

Pan Arab Games

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Islamic Solidarity Games

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Current squad

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The squad for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship.[2][3]

Head coach: Farouk Dehili

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
2 LB Zouhir Naim (1996-05-03) 3 May 1996 (age 28) 1.87 m 0 0   Sharjah SC
5 CB Hani Bounab (2000-12-20) 20 December 2000 (age 24) 1.89 m 13 50   JSE Skikda
6 LB Messaoud Berkous (1989-07-20) 20 July 1989 (age 35) 1.94 m 163 472   Al-Arabi
7 LW Hichem Daoud (1992-01-09) 9 January 1992 (age 33) 1.91 m 67 115   Pau Billère handball
11 RW Ali Boulesha (1991-11-09) 9 November 1991 (age 33) 1.80 m 0 0   JSE Skikda
15 RW Redouane Saker (1991-10-01) 1 October 1991 (age 33) 1.79 m 36 52   JSE Skikda
16 GK Yahia Zemouchi (1994-09-17) 17 September 1994 (age 30) 1.90 m 25 0   HBC El Biar
17 P Zine Boughaba (2000-03-21) 21 March 2000 (age 25) 2.00 m 10 15   Al-Shamal
22 GK Khalifa Ghedbane (1996-11-26) 26 November 1996 (age 28) 2.02 m 99 5   HC Erlangen
24 CB Rayane Abrous (2001-08-16) 16 August 2001 (age 23) 1.91 m 10 21   Al-Ahli
31 RB Elyas Bouadjadja (2002-04-21) 21 April 2002 (age 22) 1.97 m 0 0   Massy Essonne Handball
33 LW Mounir Chehri (1999-06-04) 4 June 1999 (age 25) 1.79 m 0 0   Halden Topphåndball
36 RB Mohamed Hacene-Djaballah (1993-04-18) 18 April 1993 (age 32) 1.90 m 8 10   Al-Rawdhah
44 CB Moustapha Hadj Sadok (1997-08-17) 17 August 1997 (age 27) 1.92 m 52 202   Al-Nasr
63 GK Salim Mezaza (2004-01-26) 26 January 2004 (age 21) 1.96 m 10 3   CB Ciudad de Logroño
77 P Islam Kaabeche (1998-11-06) 6 November 1998 (age 26) 1.98 m 0 0   JSE Skikda
87 RB Ayoub Abdi (1997-02-16) 16 February 1997 (age 28) 1.98 m 50 269   HBC Nantes
94 P Bastien Khermouche (1993-11-10) 10 November 1993 (age 31) 1.92 m 23 45   Dijon Métropole Handball
98 P Abdeldjalil Zannadi (1998-05-18) 18 May 1998 (age 26) 1.98 m 17 22   Eger-Eszterházy SzSE

References

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  1. ^ "Mohamed-Aziz derouaz : Une notoriété mondialement reconnue". Horizons. B. Abdenour. 14 May 2010.
  2. ^ "Mondial de handball 2025: la liste des 18 dévoilée" (in French). radioalgerie.dz. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  3. ^ "Team Roster Algeria" (PDF). ihf.info. 14 January 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
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