Algeria men's national handball team

Algeria men's national handball team
Medal record
African Championship
African Games
Mediterranean Games
Arab Games
Islamic Solidarity Games

Algeria
Algeria
Information
Association	Algerian Handball Federation
Coach	Farouk Dehili
Assistant coach	Rabah Gherbi; Abdel Ghani Loukil
Colours
1st	2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	4 (First in 1980)
Best result	10th (1980, 1988, 1996)
World Championship
Appearances	17 (First in 1974)
Best result	13th (2001)
African Championship
Appearances	25 (First in 1976)
Best result	1st (1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1996, 2014)
	Last updated on Unknown.

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

World Championship

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1938	did not enter
1954
1958
1961
1964	did not qualify
1967
1970
1974	Preliminary Round	15	3	0	0	3	38	88	−50
1978	did not qualify
1982	Preliminary Round	16	6	0	1	5	112	145	−33
1986	Preliminary Round	16	6	0	0	6	119	151	−32
1990	Preliminary Round	16	6	0	1	5	113	128	−15
1993	did not qualify
1995	Round of 16	16	7	2	0	5	146	174	−28
1997	Preliminary Round	17	5	1	2	2	103	112	−9
1999	Round of 16	15	6	1	1	4	123	148	−25
2001	Round of 16	13	6	2	1	3	128	126	+2
2003	Preliminary round	18	5	0	2	3	119	136	−17
2005	Preliminary round	17	5	1	1	3	138	153	−15
2007	did not qualify
2009	Preliminary round	19	9	4	0	5	235	272	−37
2011	Preliminary round	15	7	3	0	4	153	162	−9
2013	Preliminary round	17	7	3	1	3	180	173	+7
2015	Preliminary round	24	7	0	1	6	162	218	−56
2017	did not qualify
2019	did not qualify
2021	Main Round	22	6	1	0	5	140	180	−40
2023	Presidents Cup	31	7	1	0	6	183	233	−50
2025	Presidents Cup	30	7	1	0	6	191	233	−42
2027	TBD
2029
2031
Total	17/29	0 Titles	105	20	11	74	2383	2832	−449

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	did not qualify
1976 Montreal	did not qualify
1980 Moscow	Match for 9th place	10th of 12	6	1	0	5	114	152	−38
1984 Los Angeles	Match for 11th place	12th of 12	6	0	0	6	96	130	−34
1988 Seoul	Match for 9th place	10th of 12	6	1	0	5	104	130	−26
1992 Barcelona	did not qualify
1996 Atlanta	Match for 9th place	10th of 12	6	0	1	5	121	144	−23
2000 Sydney	did not qualify
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing
2012 London
2016 Rio de Janeiro
2020 Tokyo
2024 Paris
Total	4/15	0 Titles	24	2	1	21	435	556	−121

African Championship

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1974	did not enter
1976	Runners-up	2	4	3	0	1	96	73	+23
1979	Third place	3
1981	Champions	1	4	3	1	0	98	76	+22
1983	Champions	1	6	6	0	0	133	115	+18
1985	Champions	1	5	5	0	0	110	81	+29
1987	Champions	1	5	5	0	0	116	86	+30
1989	Champions	1	5	5	0	0	102	80	+22
1991	Runners-up	2	6	5	0	1	129	90	+39
1992	Third place	3	5	4	0	1	107	69	+38
1994	Runners-up	2	6	4	0	2	167	99	+68
1996	Champions	1	6	6	0	0	140	96	+44
1998	Runners-up	2	6	4	0	2	173	113	+60
2000	Runners-up	2	6	5	0	1	140	72	+68
2002	Runners-up	2	5	4	0	1	124	103	+21
2004	Fourth place	4	6	3	0	3	188	145	+43
2006	Fifth place	5	6	3	0	3	156	136	+20
2008	Third place	3	5	3	0	2	123	126	−3
2010	Third place	3	7	5	1	1	196	128	+68
2012	Runners-up	2	8	6	1	1	228	182	+46
2014	Champions	1	8	8	0	0	240	166	+74
2016	Fourth place	4	8	5	0	3	216	194	+22
2018	Sixth place	6	7	3	1	3	193	182	+11
2020	Third place	3	7	5	0	2	204	170	+34
2022	Fifth place	5	5	3	0	2	133	150	−17
2024	Runners-up	2	6	5	0	1	184	147	+37
Total	25/26	7 Titles

African Games

Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1965 Brazzaville	did not enter
1973 Lagos	Champions	1st of 8	5	4	0	1	76	67	+9
1978 Algiers	Champions	1st of 6	4	4	0	0	96	58	+38
1987 Nairobi	Champions	1st of 8	4	4	0	0	81	63	+18
1991 Cairo	Runners-up	2nd of 8	5	4	0	1	98	72	+26
1995 Harare	did not enter
1999 Johannesburg	Champions	1st of 4	6	5	0	1	181	102	+79
2003 Abuja	Runners-up	2nd of 8	5	4	0	1	142	105	+37
2007 Algiers	Runners-up	2nd of 7	5	3	0	2	129	124	+5
2011 Maputo	Third place	3rd of 12	5	3	0	2	134	112	+22
2015 Brazzaville	did not enter
2019 Rabat	Fourth place	4th of 9	7	3	2	2	179	177	+2
2023 Accra	did not enter
Total	9/13	4 Titles	46	34	2	10	1116	880	+236

Mediterranean Games

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

1975 – Winners

World Confederations Cup

1998 – Winners

Arab Championship

1988 – 2nd
2000 – Winners

Pan Arab Games

1985 – Silver
2007 – Silver
2023 - Bronze

Islamic Solidarity Games

2005 – Gold

Current squad

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	1.87 m	0	0	Sharjah SC
5	CB	Hani Bounab	(2000-12-20) 20 December 2000	1.89 m	13	50	JSE Skikda
6	LB	Messaoud Berkous	(1989-07-20) 20 July 1989	1.94 m	163	472	Al-Arabi
7	LW	Hichem Daoud	(1992-01-09) 9 January 1992	1.91 m	67	115	Pau Billère handball
11	RW	Ali Boulesha	(1991-11-09) 9 November 1991	1.80 m	0	0	JSE Skikda
15	RW	Redouane Saker	(1991-10-01) 1 October 1991	1.79 m	36	52	JSE Skikda
16	GK	Yahia Zemouchi	(1994-09-17) 17 September 1994	1.90 m	25	0	HBC El Biar
17	P	Zine Boughaba	(2000-03-21) 21 March 2000	2.00 m	10	15	Al-Shamal
22	GK	Khalifa Ghedbane	(1996-11-26) 26 November 1996	2.02 m	99	5	HC Erlangen
24	CB	Rayane Abrous	(2001-08-16) 16 August 2001	1.91 m	10	21	Al-Ahli
31	RB	Elyas Bouadjadja	(2002-04-21) 21 April 2002	1.97 m	0	0	Massy Essonne Handball
33	LW	Mounir Chehri	(1999-06-04) 4 June 1999	1.79 m	0	0	Halden Topphåndball
36	RB	Mohamed Hacene-Djaballah	(1993-04-18) 18 April 1993	1.90 m	8	10	Al-Rawdhah
44	CB	Moustapha Hadj Sadok	(1997-08-17) 17 August 1997	1.92 m	52	202	Al-Nasr
63	GK	Salim Mezaza	(2004-01-26) 26 January 2004	1.96 m	10	3	CB Ciudad de Logroño
77	P	Islam Kaabeche	(1998-11-06) 6 November 1998	1.98 m	0	0	JSE Skikda
87	RB	Ayoub Abdi	(1997-02-16) 16 February 1997	1.98 m	50	269	HBC Nantes
94	P	Bastien Khermouche	(1993-11-10) 10 November 1993	1.92 m	23	45	Dijon Métropole Handball
98	P	Abdeldjalil Zannadi	(1998-05-18) 18 May 1998	1.98 m	17	22	Eger-Eszterházy SzSE

References

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

External links

IHF profile

[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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Medal record
African Championship
	1981 Tunisia
	1983 Egypt
	1985 Angola
	1987 Morocco
	1989 Algeria
	1996 Benin
	2014 Algeria
	1976 Algeria
	1991 Egypt
	1994 Tunisia
	1998 South Africa
	2000 Algeria
	2002 Morocco
	2012 Morocco
	2024 Egypt
	1979 Congo
	1992 Côte d'Ivoire
	2008 Angola
	2010 Egypt
	2020 Tunisia
African Games
	1973 Lagos
	1978 Algiers
	1987 Nairobi
	1999 Johannesburg
	1991 Cairo
	2003 Abuja
	2007 Algiers	Team
	2011 Maputo	Team
Mediterranean Games
	1987 Latakia
	1983 Casablanca
	1975 Algiers
Arab Games
	1985 Rabat
	2007 Cairo	Team
	2023 Algeria	Team
Islamic Solidarity Games
	2005 Saudi Arabia	Team

National sports teams of Algeria
Male teams	Badminton Basketball M U18 U16 3x3 Football M A' U23 U20 U18 U17 U15 Y BS F Goalball Handball J Ice hockey Rugby RU M R7s M Tennis Volleyball Water polo
Female teams	Basketball W U18 U16 Football W U20 U17 Goalball Handball Rugby 7s Tennis Volleyball
Unified teams	Athletics Boxing Cycling Judo
Olympics Paralympics Africa Games Mediterranean Games Islamic Solidarity Games Arab Games