# 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.

## 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
### 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 | Tournament canceled | Tournament canceled | Tournament canceled | Tournament canceled | Tournament canceled | Tournament canceled | Tournament canceled | 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 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | 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 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | 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.
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