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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Association | Algerian Handball Federation | ||
Coach | Alain Portes | ||
Assistant coach | Hichem Boudrali Tahar Labane | ||
Captain | Messaoud Berkous | ||
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Results | |||
Summer Olympics | |||
Appearances | 4 (First in 1980) | ||
Best result | 10th (1980, 1984, 1988, 1996) | ||
World Championship | |||
Appearances | 15 (First in 1974) | ||
Best result | 13th (2001) | ||
African Championship | |||
Appearances | 23 (First in 1976) | ||
Best result | 1st (1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1996, 2014) | ||
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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
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Olympic Games
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African Championship
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African Games
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Mediterranean Games
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Third place | 3rd of 5 | |||||||
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Fifth place | 5th of 7 | |||||||
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Runners-up | 2nd of 8 | |||||||
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Champions | 1st of 8 | |||||||
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Fifth place | 5th of 8 | |||||||
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Seventh place | 7th of 8 | |||||||
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Seventh place | 7th of 8 | |||||||
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Did not enter | ||||||||
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Fifth place | 5th of 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 135 | 87 | +48 |
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Ninth place | 9th of 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 122 | 133 | −10 |
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Seventh place | 7th of 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 151 | 160 | −9 |
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Qualified as hosts | ||||||||
Total | 10/12 | 1 Title |
African University Games
- 1975 – Winners
World Confederations Cup
- 1998 – Winners
Arab Championship
- 1988 – 2nd
- 2000 – Winners
Islamic Solidarity Games
- 2005 – Gold
Current squad
The squad for the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship.[2][3]
Head coach: Alain Portes
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Crest
- Former logo
References
- "Mohamed-Aziz derouaz : Une notoriété mondialement reconnue". Horizons. B. Abdenour. 14 May 2010.
- "Alain Portes dévoile la liste finale des 20 joueurs" (in French). 11 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- "Team Roster Algeria" (PDF). ihf.info. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.