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Tunisia men's national handball team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Tunisia women's national handball team.

The Tunisian national handball team (Arabic: منتخب تونس لكرة اليد), nicknamed Les Aigles de Carthage (The Eagles of Carthage or The Carthage Eagles), is the national handball team of Tunisia. It is governed by the Tunisian Handball Federation and takes part in international handball competitions.

Tunisia
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Information
NicknameThe eagles of Carthage
(نسور قرطاج)
AssociationTunisian Handball Federation
CoachPatrick Cazal
Assistant coachWissem Hmam
Mohamed Riadh Sanaa
Most capsIssam Tej (316)
Most goalsOussama Boughanmi (865)
Colours
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Team colours
Team colours
1st
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2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances4 (First in 1972)
Best result8th (2012)
World Championship
Appearances16 (First in 1967)
Best result4th (2005)
African Championship
Appearances26 (First in 1974)
Best resultGold 1st (1974, 1976, 1979, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2018)
Last updated on Unknown.
Tunisia men's national handball team
Medal record
Representing  Tunisia
Handball
African Championship
Gold medal – first place 1974 Tunisia
Gold medal – first place 1976 Algeria
Gold medal – first place 1979 Congo
Gold medal – first place 1994 Tunisia
Gold medal – first place 1998 South Africa
Gold medal – first place 2002 Morocco
Gold medal – first place 2006 Tunisia
Gold medal – first place 2010 Egypt
Gold medal – first place 2012 Morocco
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gabon
Silver medal – second place 1985 Angola
Silver medal – second place 1992 Ivory Coast
Silver medal – second place 1996 Benin
Silver medal – second place 2004 Egypt
Silver medal – second place 2008 Angola
Silver medal – second place 2014 Algeria
Silver medal – second place 2016 Egypt
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tunisia
Bronze medal – third place 1981 Tunisia
Bronze medal – third place 1983 Egypt
Bronze medal – third place 1987 Morocco
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Algeria
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Egypt
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Algeria
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Egypt
African Games
Silver medal – second place 1978 Algiers Team
Bronze medal – third place 1965 Brazzaville Team
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Algiers Team
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 2001 Tunis Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Tarragona Team
Bronze medal – third place 1967 Tunis Team
Bronze medal – third place 1979 Split Team
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Almería Team
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Pescara Team
Pan Arab Games
Gold medal – first place 1985 Rabat Team
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Damascus Team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Doha Team

The Tunisian Handball League was established in 1953. In 1957, the Tunisian Handball Federation was founded and was later admitted into the International Handball Federation in 1962.

The Tunisian national handball team has participated in handball world championships. In 2005 Tunisia finished in 4th place; becoming the second non-European team to reach the World Championship semi-finals after Egypt who was able to reach the semi-final match in 2001. The Tunisian national handball team won the African Nations Championship for a record 10 times (1974, 1976, 1979, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2018). The Tunisians won the 2018 African Championship in Gabon by defeating Egypt in the final match.

History

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Tunisia is the most successful team in the African Nations Championship with ten titles won in 1974, 1976, 1979, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2012 and 2018, and played in the final eight times in 1985, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2008, 2014, 2016 and 2020. They also won a bronze medal six times in 1981, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991 and 2000.

At the World Championships, in 2005 it obtained the best performance obtained by an African country, a fourth place, thus equaling Egypt (place obtained in 2001).

During the 2005–06 season, Heykel Megannem was voted the best player in the French championship, with Wissem Hmam and Issam Tej also being in the standard team, respectively as left-back and pivot.

Following the 2009 world championship, the federation sidelined Issam Tej for "indiscipline, insolence and recidivism" and Makram Missaoui for "having refused to resume play against Poland", while Maher Kraiem was suspended for three months for “misconduct”.

The team is coached by the Croatian Sead Hasanefendić until June 2008, before being replaced by the Serb Zoran Živković from 24 October 2008. However, the federation dismisses him following the poor performance of the team during the 2009 world championship. He was replaced by the Tunisian Sayed Ayari and then, in June 2009, by the Frenchman Alain Portes, who signed a three-year contract.

In 2013, Alain Portes' contract was not being renewed, so he took over from Olivier Krumbholz at the head of the French women's team and was replaced by Sead Hasanefendić, back at the head of the national team for the following three seasons. In 2020, coach Toni Gerona is dismissed.

Infrastructure

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The El Menzah Sports Palace, built in 1967, is the hall of the national team. Built for the 2005 World Men's Handball Championship, of which it hosted the final and all of Tunisia's matches, the Salle Omnisport de Radès now hosted most of the national team's matches.

Honours

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Official competitions

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African Nations Championship

African Games

Mediterranean Games

Pan Arab Games

Minor tournaments

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World cup

  •   Runners-up:  2006

Yellow Cup

  •   Champions:  2007, 2015, 2016, 2019
  •   Runners-up:  2002, 2003, 2004, 2020
  •   Third Place:  2008, 2010

Paris Ile-de-France tournament

  •   Champions:  2005
  •   Third Place:  1998, 2002, 2007, 2013

Championnat maghrébin des nations

  •   Champions :  1969, 1971, 1973

Tunisia international tournament

  •   Champions:  2015, 2017, 2021

Four Nations Cup Poland

  •   Champions:  2021, 2022

Challenge Marrane

  •   Champions:  2008

Four Nations Tournament

  •   Runners-up:  2015

Air Caraïbes Cup

  •   Runners-up:  2019

Spain international tournament

  •   Third Place:  1999, 2002, 2012

Three Nations Cup Tunisia

  •   Champions:  2023

Competitive record

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  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

  • Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Olympic Games

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Tunisia in the Olympic Games
Games Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
  1936 Berlin did not enter
Not held from 1948 to 1968
  1972 Munich Match for 15th place 16th of 16 5 0 0 5 72 118 −46
  1976 Montreal Withdrawn after two games
  1980 Moscow did not qualify
  1984 Los Angeles
  1988 Seoul
  1992 Barcelona
  1996 Atlanta
  2000 Sydney Match for 9th place 10th of 12 6 1 0 5 130 141 −11
  2004 Athens did not qualify
  2008 Beijing
  2012 London Quarter-finals 8th of 12 6 2 0 4 144 150 −6
  2016 Rio de Janeiro Group stage 12th of 12 5 0 1 4 118 145 −27
  2020 Tokyo did not qualify
  2024 Paris
Total 4/15 0 Titles 22 3 1 18 464 554 −90

World Championship

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Tunisia in the World Championships
Year Round Position Pld W D L
  1938 did not enter
  1954
  1958
  1961
  1964
  1967 Group stage 15th 3 0 0 3
  1970 did not enter
  1974
  1978
  1982
  1986
  1990
  1993
  1995 Quarter-finals 15th 7 2 0 5
  1997 Quarter-finals 16th 6 2 0 4
  1999 Quarter-finals 12th 6 2 1 3
  2001 Quarter-finals 10th 6 3 0 3
  2003 Quarter-finals 14th 7 2 0 5
  2005 Semi-final 4th 10 5 3 2
  2007 Quarter-finals 11th 8 3 0 5
  2009 Group stage 17th 9 5 0 4
  2011 Group stage 20th 7 1 0 6
  2013 Quarter-finals 11th 6 3 0 3
  2015 Quarter-finals 15th 6 2 1 3
  2017 Group stage 19th 7 2 2 3
 /  2019 Main round 12th 8 3 0 5
  2021 Presidents Cup 25th 7 4 1 2
 /  2023 Presidents Cup 25th 7 4 1 2
 / /  2025 qualified
  2027 to be determined
 /  2029
 / /  2031
Total 17/21 104 41 8 55
  • Tunisia did not compete From 1938 to 1964 and 1970 to 1993.
  • Red border color indicates tournament was held on home :soil.

African Championship

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Tunisia in the African Championship
Year Round Position Pld W D L
  1974 Champions 1st 3 3 0 0
  1976 Champions 1st 4 4 0 0
  1979 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0
  1981 Third place 3rd 3 2 1 0
  1983 Third place 3rd 6 4 0 2
  1985 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 0 2
  1987 Third place 3rd 5 3 0 2
  1989 Third place 3rd 5 3 0 2
  1991 Third place 3rd 6 3 1 2
  1992 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 1 1
  1994 Champions 1st 6 6 0 0
  1996 Runners-up 2nd 6 5 0 1
  1998 Champions 1st 6 5 0 1
  2000 Third place 3rd 6 3 1 2
  2002 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0
  2004 Runners-up 2nd 7 6 0 1
  2006 Champions 1st 7 7 0 0
  2008 Runners-up 2nd 5 4 0 1
  2010 Champions 1st 8 8 0 0
  2012 Champions 1st 8 8 0 0
  2014 Runners-up 2nd 8 7 0 1
  2016 Runners-up 2nd 8 7 0 1
  2018 Champions 1st 7 6 1 0
  2020 Runners-up 2nd 7 6 0 1
  2022 Fourth place 4th 5 3 0 2
  2024 Third place 3rd 6 5 0 1
Total 10 Titles 26/26 152 124 5 23

African Games

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Tunisia in the African Games
Games Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
  1965 Brazzaville Semi-final 3rd of 8
  1973 Lagos did not participate
  1978 Algiers Final 2nd of 6
  1987 Nairobi did not participate
  1991 Cairo did not participate
  1995 Harare withdrew
  1999 Johannesburg did not participate
  2003 Abuja did not participate
  2007 Algiers Semi-final 3rd of 7
  2011 Maputo did not participate
  2015 Brazzaville did not participate
  2019 Rabat did not participate
Total 3/12 0 Titles

Mediterranean Games

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Tunisia in the Mediterranean Games
Games Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
  1967 Tunis Third place 3rd of 3
  1971 İzmir Tournament canceled
  1975 Algiers 4th place 4th of 5
  1979 Split Third place 3rd of 7
  1983 Casablanca 4th place 4th of 8
  1987 Latakia did not participate
  1991 Athens did not participate
  1993 Languedoc-Roussillon did not participate
  1997 Bari Eighth place 8th of 13
  2001 Tunis Runners-up 2nd of 8
  2005 Almería Third place 3rd of 10
  2009 Pescara Third place 3rd of 9 6 4 0 2 166 161 +5
  2013 Mersin Seven Place 7th of 10 5 2 1 2 142 130 +12
  2018 Tarragona Runners-up 2nd of 13 5 4 0 1 154 127 +27
  2022 Oran Fifth Place 5th of 10 5 3 0 2 138 129 +9
Total 11/14 0 Title

Pan Arab Games

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Tunisia in the Pan Arab Games
Games Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
  1961 Casablanca did not participate
  1965 Cairo did not participate
  1976 Damascus did not participate
  1985 Rabat Final Champions
  1992 Damascus Semi-final Third place
  1997 Beirut Tournament canceled
  1999 Amman did not participate
  2004 Algiers Tournament canceled
  2007 Cairo did not participate
  2011 Doha Semi-final Third place
Total 3/10 1 Titles

Other records

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Other records
Year Round Position
1969 Maghreb Nations Championship Final Champions
1971 Maghreb Nations Championship Final Champions
1973 Maghreb Nations Championship Final Champions
1998 Paris Ile-de-France tournament Semi-final Third place
1999 Spain international tournament Semi-final Third place
2002 Paris Ile-de-France tournament Semi-final Third place
2002 Yellow Cup Final Runners-up
2002 Spain international tournament Semi-final Third place
2003 Yellow Cup Final Runners-up
2004 Yellow Cup Final Runners-up
2005 Paris Ile-de-France tournament Final Champions
2006 World cup Final Runners-up
2007 Paris Ile-de-France tournament Semi-final Third place
2007 Yellow Cup Final Champions
2008 Challenge Marrane Final Champions
2008 Yellow Cup Semi-final Third place
2010 Yellow Cup Semi-final Third place
2012 Spain international tournament Semi-final Third place
2013 Paris Ile-de-France tournament Semi-final Third place
2015 Yellow Cup Final Champions
2015 Tunisia international tournament Final Champions
2015 Four Nations Tournament Final Runners-up
2016 Yellow Cup Final Champions
2017 Tunisia international tournament Final Champions
2019 Yellow Cup Final Champions
2019 Air Caraïbes Cup Final Runners-up
2020 Yellow Cup Final Runners-up
2021 Tunisia international tournament Final Champions
2021 Four Nations Cup Poland Final Champions
2022 Four Nations Cup Poland Final Champions

Team

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Current squad

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Squad for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship.[1][2]

Head coach: Patrick Cazal

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Assil Nemli (2000-09-01) 1 September 2000 (age 24) 2.00 m 6 1   Espérance de Tunis
6 P Ghazi Ben Ghali (1999-03-28) 28 March 1999 (age 25) 1.98 m 21 18   Étoile du Sahel
10 CB Bilel Abdelli (1995-08-04) 4 August 1995 (age 29) 1.90 m 19 39   Espérance de Tunis
17 LB Oussama Rmiki (1996-10-08) 8 October 1996 (age 28) 1.92 m 2 2   Club Africain
22 LB Youssef Maaraf (1996-07-21) 21 July 1996 (age 28) 1.95 m 52 87   Al Arabi
25 CB Abdelhak Ben Salah (1990-04-25) 25 April 1990 (age 34) 1.84 m 58 120   Espérance de Tunis
27 RW Issam Rzig (1989-09-14) 14 September 1989 (age 35) 1.81 m 49 180   Étoile du Sahel
28 LB Hazem Bacha (2001-12-08) 8 December 2001 (age 22) 2.05 m 18 33   Espérance de Tunis
29 RW Tarek Jallouz (1993-11-01) 1 November 1993 (age 30) 1.83 m 22 35   Espérance de Tunis
55 LW Ghassen Toumi (1997-06-14) 14 June 1997 (age 27) 1.84 m 33 70   Espérance de Tunis
57 RB Noureddine Maoua (1998-09-05) 5 September 1998 (age 26) 1.86 m 23 24   Al Salmiya
61 GK Yassine Belkaied (2000-10-19) 19 October 2000 (age 24) 1.97 m 17 2   RK Celje
69 P Jihed Jaballah (1989-07-29) 29 July 1989 (age 35) 2.04 m 103 211   Al-Kuwait SC
71 CB Mohamed Darmoul (1998-02-04) 4 February 1998 (age 26) 1.83 m 44 145   GWD Minden
94 GK Mehdi Harbaoui (1996-09-11) 11 September 1996 (age 28) 1.96 m 27 0   CD Bidasoa
96 RB Anouar Ben Abdallah (1996-06-20) 20 June 1996 (age 28) 1.88 m 50 73   Kazma
98 P Islem Jbeli (1998-12-13) 13 December 1998 (age 25) 1.93 m 12 13   Espérance de Tunis

Head coaches

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Period Head Coach Honours
1957–1962   Yves Boulogne —
1962   Michel Djulizibaric —
1962–1966   Mohamed Louahchy —
1966–1968   Constantin Popa &   Haralambie Firan —
1968–1972   Haralambie Firan —
1973–1975   Ion Popescu   1974
1976–1979   Saïd Amara   1976
1979–1982   Hachemi Razgallah  1979
1982–1983   Guennadi Antchenko   1981
1983–1985   Reiner Ganschow   1983   1985
1985–1987   Sayed Ayari   1987   1989
1987–1989   Moncef Hajjar —
1989–1990   Saïd Amara —
1990–1991   Lamjed Amroussi   1991
1991–1994   Hachemi Razgallah   1992
1994–1996   Sayed Ayari &   Saïd Amara   1994   1996   1998
1996–1997   Saïd Amara —
1997   Brahim Agrebi —
1997–1998   Noureddine Ben Ameur —
1998–2003   Sayed Ayari &   Saïd Amara   2000   2002
2003   Sayed Ayari —
2004   Zoran Živković   2004
2004–2008   Sead Hasanefendić   2006   2008
2008–2009   Zoran Živković —
2009   Sayed Ayari —
2009–2014   Alain Portes   2010   2012
2014–2015   Sead Hasanefendić   2014
2015–2016   Sylvain Nouet   2016
2016–2017   Hafedh Zouabi —
2017–2020   Toni Gerona   2018   2020
2020–2022   Sami Saïdi —
2022–   Patrick Cazal   2024

Notable players

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See also

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Other handball codes

References

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  1. ^ "Mondial Pologne/Suède 2023 : la liste de la Tunisie pour le mondial" (in French). handball.tn. 9 January 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Team Roster Tunisia" (PDF). ihf.info. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
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