Tunisia men's national junior handball team

The Tunisia national junior handball team is the Tunisia national under-20 handball team (Arabic: منتخب تونس تحت 20 سنة لكرة اليد), nicknamed Les Aigles de Carthage (The Eagles of Carthage or The Carthage Eagles), that represent Tunisia in the international handball competitions and it is Controlled by the Tunisian Handball Federation

Tunisia U-20
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Information
NicknameThe Eagles of Carthage
( نسور قرطاج )
AssociationTunisian Handball Federation
CoachTunisia Mohamed Ali Sghir
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1st
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2nd
Results
IHF U-21 World Championship
Appearances13 (First in 1997)
Best resultThird Bronze (2011)
African Championship
Appearances18 (First in 1980)
Best resultChampions Gold (2002, 2008, 2012, 2016)
Last updated on Unknown.
Tunisia men's national junior handball team
Medal record
Representing  Tunisia
handball
World Junior Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Team
African Junior Championship
Gold medal – first place 2002 Team
Gold medal – first place 2008 Team
Gold medal – first place 2012 Team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Team
Silver medal – second place 1980 Team
Silver medal – second place 1998 Team
Silver medal – second place 2000 Team
Silver medal – second place 2004 Team
Silver medal – second place 2006 Team
Silver medal – second place 2010 Team
Silver medal – second place 2014 Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Team
Silver medal – second place 2024 Team
Bronze medal – third place 1986 Team
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Team
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Team
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Team
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Team
Arab junior Championship
Gold medal – first place 1989 Team
Gold medal – first place 2001 Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Team

History

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Tunisia junior handball team has participated in international junior handball competitions the first appearance was at the African Championship in 1980 in that era only the African Champions was allowed to participate in the World Championship so Tunisia had waited until the year 1997 when the International Handball Federation had expanded to more teams including the African 1st and the runners up.

Tournament record

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World Championship

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  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

  • Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Tunisia in the Junior World Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA GD
  Sweden 1977 Did Not Qualified
  /   Denmark / Sweden 1979
  Portugal 1981
  Finland 1983
  Italy 1985
  Yugoslavia 1987
  Spain 1989
  Greece 1991
  Egypt 1993
  Argentina 1995
  Turkey 1997 Quarter Finals 8th[1] 8 5 0 3 219 224 –5
  Qatar 1999 Second Round 9th[2] 7 2 3 2 148 156 –8
  Switzerland 2001 First Round 18th[3] 8 1 0 7 180 222 –42
  Brazil 2003 Second Round 9th[4] 8 4 0 4 221 212 +9
  Hungary 2005 First Round 17th[5] 8 2 1 5 239 251 –12
  Macedonia 2007 First Round 17th[6] 8 3 0 5 243 240 +3
  Egypt 2009 First Round 21st[7] 7 2 0 5 203 209 –6
  Greece 2011 Semi Finals Third[8] 9 7 0 2 264 218 +46
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2013 Round of 16 15th[9] 9 4 0 5 235 241 –6
  Brazil 2015 Round of 16 12th[10] 7 3 0 4 206 200 +6
  Algeria 2017 Quarter Finals 7th[11] 9 4 1 4 276 243 +33
  Spain 2019 Quarter Finals 7th[12] 9 5 0 4 247 249 –2
  Hungary 2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[13]
    Germany/Greece 2023 Main round 14th 7 3 0 4 198 231 –33
Total 13/23 0 Titles 104 45 5 54 2879 2896 -17

African Championship

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Tunisia in the African Junior Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA GD
  Nigeria 1980 Final Round 2nd Place
  Benin 1982 Did Not Enter
  Nigeria 1984
  Algeria 1986 Semi Finals Third Place
  Tunisia 1988 Semi Finals Third Place
  Egypt 1990 Semi Finals Third Place
  Tunisia 1992 Semi Finals Third Place
  Egypt 1994 Cancelled due to insufficient number of participants
  Egypt 1996 Semi Finals Third Place
  Ivory Coast 1998 Final Round 2nd Place
  Tunisia 2000 Final Round 2nd Place
  Benin 2002 Champions 1st Place
 Ivory Coast 2004 Final Round 2nd Place
  Ivory Coast 2006 Final Round 2nd Place
  Libya 2008 Champions 1st Place
  Gabon 2010 Final Round 2nd Place[14] 6 5 0 1 212 136 +76
  Ivory Coast 2012 Champions 1st Place[15] 5 5 0 0 175 83 +92
  Kenya 2014 Final Round 2nd Place[16] 3 2 0 1 78 62 +16
  Mali 2016 Champions 1st Place[17] 6 6 0 0 184 94 +90
  Morocco 2018 Final Round 2nd Place 6 5 0 1 209 142 +67
  Morocco 2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
  Rwanda 2022 Semi Finals Third Place 5 4 0 1 148 117 +31
  Mahdia 2024 Final Round 2nd Place 6 5 0 1 187 139 +48
Total 18/20 4 Titles

Arab junior Championship

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Tunisia in the Arab junior Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA GD
  Tunisia 1989 Champions 1st
  Syria 2000 Did not compete
  Jordan 2001 Champions 1st
  Jordan 2014 Did not compete
  Tunisia 2023 Champions 1st
Total 3/5 3 Titles

Team

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Squad

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Tunisia national junior handball team roster
No. Pos. Player Name Date of Birth Height Weight Current Club
01 GK Slim Skander 26 July 1995 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 79 kg (174 lb)   Esperance de Tunis
12 GK Maher Sghir 15 April 1994 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 84 kg (185 lb)   El Makarem de Mahdia
16 GK Mohamed Amine Elleuch 11 February 1994 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 87 kg (192 lb)   US Gremda
LW 1 m (3 ft 3 in) 1 kg (2.2 lb)
LW 1 m (3 ft 3 in) 1 kg (2.2 lb)
RW 1 m (3 ft 3 in) 1 kg (2.2 lb)
RW 1 m (3 ft 3 in) 1 kg (2.2 lb)
RW 1 m (3 ft 3 in) 1 kg (2.2 lb)
LP 1 m (3 ft 3 in) 1 kg (2.2 lb)
LP 1 m (3 ft 3 in) 1 kg (2.2 lb)
CB 1 m (3 ft 3 in) 1 kg (2.2 lb)
CB 1 m (3 ft 3 in) 1 kg (2.2 lb)
CB 1 m (3 ft 3 in) 1 kg (2.2 lb)
CB 1 m (3 ft 3 in) 1 kg (2.2 lb)
CB 1 m (3 ft 3 in) 1 kg (2.2 lb)
RB 1 m (3 ft 3 in) 1 kg (2.2 lb)
Legend

GK-Goalkeeper, LW-Left Winger, RW-Right Winger, LP-Line Player, BP-Back, LB-Left Back, CB-Center Back, RB-Right Back.

Notable players

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Notable Coaches

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See also

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Other handball codes

References

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  1. ^ 1997 Men's junior world championship info
  2. ^ 1999 Men's junior world championship info
  3. ^ 2001 Men's junior world championship info
  4. ^ 2003 Men's junior world championship info
  5. ^ 2005 Men's junior world championship info
  6. ^ 2007 Men's junior world championship info
  7. ^ 2009 Men's junior world championship info
  8. ^ 2011 Men's junior world championship info
  9. ^ 2013 Men's junior world championship info
  10. ^ 2015 Men's junior world championship info
  11. ^ 2017 Men's junior world championship info
  12. ^ 2019 Men's junior world championship info
  13. ^ "Key decisions made on IHF events at IHF Council meeting". ihf.info. 22 February 2021.
  14. ^ African men's junior 2010 competitions info
  15. ^ African men's junior 2012 competitions info
  16. ^ African men's junior 2014 competitions info
  17. ^ CAN Juniors 2016
  18. ^ 2015 squad World Champ
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