Qatar national handball team

Qatar
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Association Qatar Handball Association
Coach Valero Rivera López
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Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances 1 (First in 2016)
Best result 8th (2016)
World Championship
Appearances 7 (First in 2003)
Best result 2nd (2015)
Asian Championship
Appearances 14 (First in 1983)
Best result 1st (2014, 2016, 2018)
Last updated on Unknown.
Qatar national handball team
Medal record
World Championship
2015 Qatar
Asian Championship
2014 Bahrain
2016 Bahrain
2018 South Korea
2002 Iran
2012 Saudi Arabia
2004 Qatar
2006 Thailand

The Qatar national handball team is controlled by the Qatar Handball Association, made up primarily of foreign players who have been nationalized and is thus considered by most people a World Team.

Honours

Winners: 2014, 2016, 2018
Winners: 2014

Results

Summer Olympics

World Championship

Asian Championship

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship.[1]

Head coach: Valero Rivera López

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
4 P Hassan Mabrouk (1982-07-29) 29 July 1982 1.90 m 36 65 Qatar El Jaish
5 RB Mustafa Al-Karad (1987-03-16) 16 March 1987 1.86 m 14 22 Qatar Al Sadd
7 LB Bertrand Roiné (1981-02-17) 17 February 1981 1.96 m 46 81 Qatar Lekhwiya
9 LB Rafael Capote (1987-10-05) 5 October 1987 1.98 m 40 170 Qatar El Jaish
10 RW Abdulla Al-Karbi (1990-06-10) 10 June 1990 1.77 m 42 112 Qatar Al Sadd
11 LW Abdulrazzaq Murad (1990-06-29) 29 June 1990 1.86 m 78 180 Qatar Al-Gharafa
12 GK Danijel Šarić (1977-06-27) 27 June 1977 1.95 m 28 0 Qatar Al Qiyada
13 RB Ahmed Abdelhak (1988-02-14) 14 February 1988 1.85 m 7 17 Qatar Al-Gharafa
14 P Bassel Al-Rayes (1979-03-04) 4 March 1979 1.80 m 45 159 Qatar Al-Rayan
20 CB Omar Al-Safadi (1994-09-04) 4 September 1994 1.82 m 23 48 Qatar Al-Rayan
24 LB Wajdi Sinen (1990-09-17) 17 September 1990 1.93 m 60 221 Qatar Lekhwiya
25 CB Kamalaldin Mallash (1992-01-01) 1 January 1992 1.80 m 68 120 Qatar El Jaish
31 LW Ahmad Madadi (1994-08-31) 31 August 1994 1.80 m 23 60 Qatar Lekhwiya
41 P Youssef Benali (1987-05-28) 28 May 1987 1.93 m 37 94 Tunisia Espérance Sportive de Tunis
55 CB Abdelrahman Abdalla (1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 1.89 m 23 38 Qatar El Jaish
85 GK Yousuf Al-Abdulla (1985-02-26) 26 February 1985 1.78 m 33 0 Qatar Al-Gharafa
86 CB Mahmoud Hassaballa (1986-11-22) 22 November 1986 1.84 m 31 70 Qatar Al Sadd
92 LW Anis Zouaoui (1992-02-07) 7 February 1992 1.84 m 2 10 Qatar Al Sadd

Controversy

2015 World Men's Handball Championship final, Qatar vs France

Player naturalisation

The Qatari national team naturalized a large number of foreign players to their squad for the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship.[2]

According to IHF rules, to gain eligibility for a new national team, a player cannot have played for another nation for three years in an official match.[3][4] This allowed several foreign-born players, including Spanish-born Borja Vidal, Goran Stojanović and Jovo Damjanović from Montenegro, and Bertrand Roiné who previously played for France, to play for the Qatar team at the championship.

Head of the Qatar Handball Federation, Ahmed Mohammed Abdulrab Al Shaabi, acknowledged the policy in a statement in June 2013, saying "We're a small nation with limited human resources, so we had to bring players from outside in the past." He also announced an end to the policy at the time, adding however that they "[might] make an exception only in the case of an experienced goalkeeper."[5] In January 2014, Danish sports agent Mads Winther said he had met with "contacts involved with Qatar" regarding the possibility of naturalising Danish players.

The practice was criticised by Austrian goalkeeper after his team's loss to Qatar in the quarter-final, saying "It [felt] like playing against a world selection team" and "I think it is not the sense of a world championship."[6] At a press conference during the championship, Qatar head coach Valero Rivera declined to comment on the matter.[6] Spanish player Joan Cañellas did not think it was an issue, saying "If they can do it, why not."[4]

After the controversial semi-final against Poland, and reaching the final as a result, the practice was even more criticised, with players such as Danijel Šarić having now represented four different national teams.[7]

Qatar flew in about 60 Spanish fans to cheer for Qatar during the 2015 World Championship.[8]

Refereeing favouritism

The referees were widely accused of being one-sided in favour of Qatar during its biggest success, 2nd place in the 2015 World Championship. Especially at the last-16 encounter against Austria,[9][10][11] the quarterfinal against Germany[9][12][13] and the semifinal against Poland.[14][15][16][17] After the final whistle, the Polish players showed their disgust by sarcastically applauding the three referees.[18]

References

  1. ↑ 2017 World Championship roster
  2. ↑ Qatar stops naturalizing foreign players
  3. ↑ "Player Eligibility Code" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. p. 5. Retrieved 29 January 2015. They shall not have played in any national team of another country in the three years preceding their first appearance in the national team in an official match.
  4. 1 2 "Qatar's foreign legion primed for handball date with Germany". dw.de. Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Al Shaabi says no to further naturalisation". dohastadiumplusqatar.com. Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Qatar handball team coach faces questions over foreign players". bbc.co.uk. BBC. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  7. ↑ http://eurosport.onet.pl/pilka-reczna/mistrzostwa-swiata-pilkarzy-recznych/danijel-saric-to-on-zabral-polakom-final-ms/ygpjd
  8. ↑ Qatar 'buys' noisy Spanish handball fans
  9. 1 2 Team, Fans und Schiris gekauft? (German)
  10. ↑ Handball-WM in Katar: Österreich hält sich für verpfiffen (German)
  11. ↑ Österreich von Referees und Katar aus WM gekickt (German)
  12. ↑ Reaktionen auf deutsches WM-Aus: "Man muss aufpassen, was man sagt" (German)
  13. ↑ WM-Aus der deutschen Handballer: "Im Schiedsrichterwesen gibt es Grauzonen" (German)
  14. ↑ Sramotno: Pogledajte trenutak kad su srpski suci pretjerali s navlačenjem za Katar (Croatian) Archived 1 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
  15. ↑ Polský smutek. Katar je ve finále MS v házené, pomohli mu rozhodčí (Czech)
  16. ↑ Polska - Katar - czemu Katar awansował? Kontrowersje wokół drużyny gospodarzy, nie byli faworytami (Polish)
  17. ↑ Michał Jurecki: Każdy wie, co tutaj się dzieje... (Polish)
  18. ↑ Polacy nagrodzili postawę sędziów ironicznymi brawami
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