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.

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)
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Algeria men's national handball team

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

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 0 7 162 218 −56 2017 did not qualify 2019 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 10 75 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 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 (age 28) 1.87 m 0 0 Sharjah SC 5 CB Hani Bounab (2000-12-20) 20 December 2000 (age 24) 1.89 m 13 50 JSE Skikda 6 LB Messaoud Berkous (1989-07-20) 20 July 1989 (age 35) 1.94 m 163 472 Al-Arabi 7 LW Hichem Daoud (1992-01-09) 9 January 1992 (age 33) 1.91 m 67 115 Pau Billère handball 11 RW Ali Boulesha (1991-11-09) 9 November 1991 (age 33) 1.80 m 0 0 JSE Skikda 15 RW Redouane Saker (1991-10-01) 1 October 1991 (age 33) 1.79 m 36 52 JSE Skikda 16 GK Yahia Zemouchi (1994-09-17) 17 September 1994 (age 30) 1.90 m 25 0 HBC El Biar 17 P Zine Boughaba (2000-03-21) 21 March 2000 (age 24) 2.00 m 10 15 Al-Shamal 22 GK Khalifa Ghedbane (1996-11-26) 26 November 1996 (age 28) 2.02 m 99 5 HC Erlangen 24 CB Rayane Abrous (2001-08-16) 16 August 2001 (age 23) 1.91 m 10 21 Al-Ahli 31 RB Elyas Bouadjadja (2002-04-21) 21 April 2002 (age 22) 1.97 m 0 0 Massy Essonne Handball 33 LW Mounir Chehri (1999-06-04) 4 June 1999 (age 25) 1.79 m 0 0 Halden Topphåndball 36 RB Mohamed Hacene-Djaballah (1993-04-18) 18 April 1993 (age 31) 1.90 m 8 10 Al-Rawdhah 44 CB Moustapha Hadj Sadok (1997-08-17) 17 August 1997 (age 27) 1.92 m 52 202 Al-Nasr 63 GK Salim Mezaza (2004-01-26) 26 January 2004 (age 21) 1.96 m 10 3 CB Ciudad de Logroño 77 P Islam Kaabeche (1998-11-06) 6 November 1998 (age 26) 1.98 m 0 0 JSE Skikda 87 RB Ayoub Abdi (1997-02-16) 16 February 1997 (age 28) 1.98 m 50 269 HBC Nantes 94 P Bastien Khermouche (1993-11-10) 10 November 1993 (age 31) 1.92 m 23 45 Dijon Métropole Handball 98 P Abdeldjalil Zannadi (1998-05-18) 18 May 1998 (age 26) 1.98 m 17 22 Eger-Eszterházy SzSE

References

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.

External links

• IHF profile