Tunisia national handball team

Tunisia
Information
Nickname	The Eagles Of Carthage ( نسور قرطاج )
Association	Tunisian Handball Federation
Coach	Sead Hasanefendić
Colours
Home Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	4 (First in 1972)
Best result	8th (2012)
World Championship
Appearances	13 (First in 1967)
Best result	4th (2005)
African Championship
Appearances	22 (First in 1974)
Best result	1st (1974, 1976, 1979, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2012)
Last updated on Unknown.

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
1936 Berlin	Did not enter
Not held from 1948 to 1968
1972 Munich	Match for 15th place	16th of 16	5	0	0	5	72	118	−46
1976 Montreal	Did not participate
1980 Moscow	Did not qualify
1984 Los Angeles
1988 Seoul
1992 Barcelona
1996 Atlanta
2000 Sydney	Match for 9th place	10th of 12	6	1	0	5	130	141	−11
2004 Athens	Did not qualify
2008 Beijing
2012 London	Quarter-finals	8th of 12	6	2	0	4	144	150	−6
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Qualified
Total	4/13	0 Titles	17	3	0	14	346	409	−63

World Championship

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 Qualified Total 13/25 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

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 Runners Up Total 21/21

Team

Current squad

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

Head coach: Sylvain Nouet

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

Notable players

• Marouen Maggaiz
• Makrem Jerou
• Heykel Megannem
• Makrem Missaoui
• Issam Tej
• Sobhi Sayed
• Sobhi Syoud
• Wassim Helal
• Wissem Hmam
• Wissem Bousnina
• Anouar Ayed
• Marouène Bel Hadj
• Selim Hedoui
• Mahmoud Gharbi
• Hatem Harakati
• Jaleleddine Touati
• Aymen Hammed
• Bassem Mrabet

Former coaches

• Ion Popescu (1971-1973)
• Sead Hasanefendić
• Alain Portes
• Zoran Živković

References

1. 2015 World Championship roster

External links

• Official website
• IHF profile