National handball team
The Algeria national handball team is the national handball team of Algeria and is controlled by the Algerian Handball Federation.
History
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
Mediterranean Games
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
World Confederations Cup
Arab Championship
- 1988 – 2nd
- 2000 – Winners
Pan Arab Games
Islamic Solidarity Games
Current squad
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 23) | 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 29) | 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 22) | 1.91 m | 0 | 0 | HBC El Biar | 36 | CB | Rahim Abdelkader | (1990-07-12) 12 July 1990 (age 33) | 1.85 m | 102 | 211 | Shabab Al Ahli Club | 77 | LW | Réda Arib | (1991-10-22) 22 October 1991 (age 32) | 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 30) | 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
- ^ "Mohamed-Aziz derouaz : Une notoriété mondialement reconnue". Horizons. B. Abdenour. 14 May 2010.
- ^ "Mondial 2023 – La liste des 19 joueurs dévoilée" (in French). capdz.dz. 2 January 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ^ "Team Roster Algeria" (PDF). ihf.info. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
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women: | - W-Excellence
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Others | - Algerian Men's Players
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