Algeria men's national handball team

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.

The squad for the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship.[2][3]

Head coach: Alain Portes

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 LB Zoheïr Naïm (1996-05-03) 3 May 1996 1.88 m 12 18 JSES Skikda 4 LB Noureddine Hellal (1996-05-23) 23 May 1996 1.86 m 10 15 Al Ahli 6 LB Messaoud Berkous (1989-07-20) 20 July 1989 1.92 m 166 721 GS Pétroliers 7 LB Hichem Daoud (1992-01-09) 9 January 1992 1.89 m 98 150 Istres PH 8 P Aaladine Hadidi (1991-05-18) 18 May 1991 1.90 m 12 20 GS Pétroliers 12 GK Abdellah Benmenni (1986-08-19) 19 August 1986 1.89 m 30 0 GS Pétroliers 13 LW Riadh Chahbour (1985-07-28) 28 July 1985 1.84 m 155 360 GS Pétroliers 15 RW Redouane Saker (1991-10-01) 1 October 1991 1.78 m 25 32 JSES Skikda 16 GK Yahia Zemouchi (1994-09-17) 17 September 1994 1.93 m 2 0 OM Annaba 18 P Hichem Kaabeche (1990-03-12) 12 March 1990 1.92 m 85 150 Al Ahli 19 P Okba Ensaad (1993-03-12) 12 March 1993 1.88 m 6 3 CR Bordj Bou Arréridj 21 LW Oussem Boudjenah (1991-06-25) 25 June 1991 1.85 m 6 9 JSES Skikda 22 GK Khalifa Ghedbane (1996-11-26) 26 November 1996 1.98 m 34 2 Ademar León 23 RB Abderrahim Berriah (1988-01-19) 19 January 1988 1.90 m 120 280 GS Pétroliers 25 P Sofiane Bendjilali (1995-03-28) 28 March 1995 1.90 m 0 0 Club Africain 26 LB Mokhtar Kouri (1996-02-29) 29 February 1996 1.94 m 8 20 MC Saïda 36 CB Rahim Abdelkader (1990-07-12) 12 July 1990 1.85 m 95 206 Dunkerque HGL 44 CB Mustapha Hadj Sadok (1997-08-17) 17 August 1997 1.87 m 36 57 Al-Wakrah 77 LW Réda Arib (1991-10-22) 22 October 1991 1.86 m 8 20 GS Pétroliers 87 RB Ayoub Abdi (1997-02-06) 6 February 1997 1.89 m 43 113 Fenix Toulouse HB

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