Tunisia national handball team

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Lua error in Module:Infobox at line 235: malformed pattern (missing ']'). The Tunisian national handball team is the national handball team of Tunisia and is controlled by the Tunisian Handball Federation.

The Tunisian handball League was founded in 1953. In 1957, the Tunisians founded the Tunisian handball Federation, which was later admitted into the International Handball Federation in 1962.

The Tunisian national handball team has participated in several handball world championships. In 2005 Tunisia finished in 4th place; becoming the second non-European team to reach the World Championship semi-finals after Egypt who was able to reach the semi-final match in 2001. The Tunisian national handball team won the African Cup 9 times. The Tunisians won the 2012 African Cup in Morocco by defeating Algeria in the final match. Egypt and Algeria are Tunisia's only rivals in the African continent.

The national league consists of about 12 teams, with ES. Sahel and Club Africain dominating. There are other teams like Club African and AS Hammamet. These teams have many players who play in the Tunisian national team which also includes players who play in European teams. The former national team player, Walid Ben Amor played in Barcelone F.C. Most of these players play in the French championship.

Competitive record

     Champions       Runners-up       Third Place       Fourth Place  

Olympic Games

Games Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
Germany 1936 Berlin Did not enter
Not held from 1948 to 1968
West Germany 1972 Munich Match for 15th place 16th of 16 5 0 0 5 72 118 −46
Canada 1976 Montreal Did not participate
Soviet Union 1980 Moscow Did not qualify
United States 1984 Los Angeles
South Korea 1988 Seoul
Spain 1992 Barcelona
United States 1996 Atlanta
Australia 2000 Sydney Match for 9th place 10th of 12 6 1 0 5 130 141 −11
Greece 2004 Athens Did not qualify
China 2008 Beijing
United Kingdom 2012 London Quarter-finals 8th of 12 6 2 0 4 144 150 −6
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro Not yet qualified
Total 3/12 0 Titles 17 3 0 14 346 409 −63

World Championship record

Year Position Pld W D L
1938 Did Not Enter
1954 Did Not Enter
1958 Did Not Enter
1961 Did Not Enter
1964 Did Not Enter
1967 15th Place 3 0 0 3
1970 Did Not Enter
1974 Did Not Qualify
1978 Did Not Qualify
1982 Did Not Qualify
1986 Did Not Qualify
1990 Did Not Qualify
1993 Did Not Qualify
1995 15th Place 7 2 0 5
1997 16th Place 6 2 0 4
1999 12th Place 6 2 1 3
2001 10th Place 6 3 0 3
2003 14th Place 7 2 0 5
2005 4th Place 10 5 3 2
2007 11th Place 8 3 0 5
Year Position Pld W D L
2009 17th Place 9 5 0 4
2011 20th Place 7 1 0 6
2013 11th Place 6 3 0 3
2015 15th Place 6 2 1 3
2017 Not Yet
2019 Not Yet
Total 12/24 75 28 4 43
  • Tunisia did not compete From 1938 to 1964 and 1970 to 1993.
  • Red border color indicates tournament was held on home :soil.

African Championship Record

Year Position Pld W D L
1974 Champions
1976 Champions
1979 Champions
1981 Third place
1983 Third place
1985 Third place
1987 Third place
1989 Third place
1991 Third place
1992 Runners Up
1994 Champions
1996 Runners Up
Year Position Pld W D L
1998 Champions
2000 Third place
2002 Champions
2004 Runners Up
2006 Champions
2008 Runners Up
2010 Champions
2012 Champions
2014 Runners Up
2016 Qualified
Total 21/21

Team

Current squad

This is the squad for the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship.[1]

Head coach: Bosnia and Herzegovina Sead Hasanefendić

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Hamza Majed (1983-02-08) 8 February 1983 (age 42) 1.86 m 43 0 Qatar Al Rayyan
3 LB Selim Hedoui (1983-10-01) 1 October 1983 (age 41) 1.99 m 218 398 Qatar Al-Arabi
4 LW Aymen Toumi (1990-07-11) 11 July 1990 (age 34) 1.84 m 71 123 France Nantes
5 P Mahmoud Gharbi (1982-02-11) 11 February 1982 (age 43) 1.91 m 179 289 France Nantes
6 P Issam Tej (c) (1979-07-29) 29 July 1979 (age 45) 1.87 m 293 770 France Montpellier
7 RW Jaleleddine Touati (1982-07-12) 12 July 1982 (age 42) 1.79 m 194 397 France Dunkerque
8 LB Wissem Hmam (1981-04-21) 21 April 1981 (age 44) 1.98 m 234 761 France Saint-Raphaël VHB
9 RB Amine Bannour (1990-02-21) 21 February 1990 (age 35) 1.97 m 34 116 Tunisia Club Africain
10 CB Kamel Alouini (1988-07-06) 6 July 1988 (age 36) 1.87 m 92 210 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
12 GK Marouen Maggaiz (1983-07-28) 28 July 1983 (age 41) 1.91 m 146 3 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
17 LB Wael Jallouz (1991-05-03) 3 May 1991 (age 34) 1.98 m 75 171 Spain Barcelona
19 LB Mosbah Sanaï (1991-03-26) 26 March 1991 (age 34) 1.92 m 59 147 Qatar El Jaish
20 CB Heykel Megannem (1977-02-28) 28 February 1977 (age 48) 1.86 m 276 615 Qatar El Jaish
21 LW Oussama Boughanmi (1990-02-05) 5 February 1990 (age 35) 1.86 m 76 295 France Tremblay-en-France
25 CB Abdelhak Ben Salah (1990-04-25) 25 April 1990 (age 35) 1.84 m 35 69 Tunisia Club Africain
27 RB Aymen Hammed (1983-07-26) 26 July 1983 (age 41) 1.96 m 100 352 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
31 P Marouan Chouiref (1990-05-27) 27 May 1990 (age 34) 1.97 m 63 52 France Tremblay-en-France

Notable players

Former coaches

References

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External links

  1. ↑ 2015 World Championship roster
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