Algeria national handball team
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.
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
Olympic Games
World Championship
African Championship
African Games
Mediterranean Games
All-Africa University Games
- 1975 – Winners
- 1998 – Winners
Arab Championship
- 1988 – 2nd
- 2000 – Winners
- 1985 – Silver
- 2007 – Silver
Islamic Solidarity Games
- 2005 – Gold
Current squad
This is the squad for the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship.
Head coach: Reda ZeguiliCrest