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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
CaptainMessaoud Berkous
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1st
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2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances4 (First in 1980)
Best result10th (1980, 1984, 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 did not enter
  1971 İzmir Tournament canceled
  1975 Algiers Third place 3rd of 5
  1979 Split Fifth place 5th of 7
  1983 Casablanca Runners-up 2nd of 8
  1987 Latakia Champions 1st of 8
  1991 Athens Fifth place 5th of 8
  1993 Languedoc-Roussillon did not enter
  1997 Bari Seventh place 7th of 8
  2001 Tunis Seventh place 7th of 8
  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 10/12 1 Title

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 2023 World Men's Handball Championship.[2][3]

Head coach: Rabah Gherbi

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
2 LB Zoheïr Naïm (1996-05-03) 3 May 1996 (age 28) 1.88 m 30 78   Sharjah Sports Club
4 LB Noureddine Hellal (1996-05-23) 23 May 1996 (age 28) 1.86 m 13 22   Mudhar
5 CB Bounab Hani Abderrafik (2000-12-20) 20 December 2000 (age 23) 1.88 m 0 0   JSE Skikda
7 LB Hichem Daoud (1992-01-09) 9 January 1992 (age 32) 1.89 m 105 155   Limoges Handball
9 LB Wail Melazem (2000-09-14) 14 September 2000 (age 24) 1.90 m 0 0   MM Batna
14 CB Benhalima Nori Selim (1998-05-15) 15 May 1998 (age 26) 1.90 m 0 0   Nancy Handball
16 GK Yahia Zemouchi (1994-09-17) 17 September 1994 (age 30) 1.93 m 16 0   Al-Salmiya
17 LW Djedid Yacine (1997-04-06) 6 April 1997 (age 27) 1.84 m 8 25   MC Alger
18 P Hichem Kaabeche (1990-03-12) 12 March 1990 (age 34) 1.92 m 80 133   Beşiktaş
22 GK Khalifa Ghedbane (1996-11-26) 26 November 1996 (age 27) 1.98 m 52 5   Dinamo București
25 P Sofiane Bendjilali (1995-03-28) 28 March 1995 (age 29) 1.89 m 13 13   AC Diomidis Argous
26 LB Mokhtar Kouri (1996-02-29) 29 February 1996 (age 28) 1.94 m 18 39   HBC El Biar
27 LW Abrous Rayane (2001-08-16) 16 August 2001 (age 23) 1.91 m 0 0   HBC El Biar
36 CB Rahim Abdelkader (1990-07-12) 12 July 1990 (age 34) 1.85 m 102 211   Shabab Al Ahli Club
77 LW Réda Arib (1991-10-22) 22 October 1991 (age 33) 1.86 m 40 65   MC Alger
87 LB Ayoub Abdi (1997-02-16) 16 February 1997 (age 27) 1.89 m 47 139   Fenix Toulouse HB
94 P Bastien Khermouche (1993-11-10) 10 November 1993 (age 31) 1.92 m 11 18   Dijon Métropole Handball
97 RW Sami Douchet (1997-04-21) 21 April 1997 (age 27) 1.79 m 0 0   Sarrebourg Moselle Sud Handball

References

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  1. ^ "Mohamed-Aziz derouaz : Une notoriété mondialement reconnue". Horizons. B. Abdenour. 14 May 2010.
  2. ^ "Mondial 2023 – La liste des 19 joueurs dévoilée" (in French). capdz.dz. 2 January 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Team Roster Algeria" (PDF). ihf.info. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
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