Tunisia national handball team

Tunisia
Information
Nickname	The Eagles of Carthage ( نسور قرطاج )
Association	Tunisian Handball Federation
Coach	Toni Gerona
Assistant coach	Mohamed Ali Sghir
Captain	Makrem Missaoui
Most caps	Issam Tej (316)
Most goals	Issam Tej (824)
Colours
Home Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	4 (First in 1972)
Best result	8th (2012)
World Championship
Appearances	14 (First in 1967)
Best result	4th (2005)
African Championship
Appearances	23 (First in 1974)
Best result	Champions (10) (1974, 1976, 1979, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2018)
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Tunisia national handball team

Medal record
World cup
	2006 Sweden
African Championship
	1974 Tunisia
	1976 Algeria
	1979 Congo
	1994 Tunisia
	1998 South Africa
	2002 Morocco
	2006 Tunisia
	2010 Egypt
	2012 Morocco
	2018 Gabon
	1985 Angola
	1992 Ivory Coast
	1996 Benin
	2004 Egypt
	2008 Angola
	2014 Algeria
	2016 Egypt
	1981 Tunisia
	1983 Egypt
	1987 Morocco
	1989 Algeria
	1991 Egypt
	2000 Algeria
African Games
	1978 Algiers
	1965 Brazzaville
	2007 Algiers
Mediterranean Games
	2001 Tunis
	2018 Tarragona
	1967 Tunis
	1979 Split
	2005 Almería
	2009 Pescara
Pan Arab Games
	1985 Rabat
	1992 Damascus
	2011 Doha

The Tunisian national handball team (Arabic: منتخب تونس لكرة اليد‎), nicknamed Les Aigles de Carthage (The Eagles of Carthage or The Carthage Eagles), is the national handball team of Tunisia. It is governed by the Tunisian Handball Federation and takes part in international handball competitions.

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 10 times. The Tunisians won the 2018 African Cup in Gabon by defeating Egypt 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 ES Tunis 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  

• Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Olympic Games

Tunisia in the Olympic Games record
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	Group stage	12th of 12	5	0	1	4	118	145	−27
Total	4/13	0 Titles	22	3	1	18	464	554	−90

World Championship

Tunisia in the World Championships record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L
Germany 1938	Did Not Enter
Sweden 1954	Did Not Enter
Germany 1958	Did Not Enter
Germany 1961	Did Not Enter
Czechoslovakia 1964	Did Not Enter
Sweden 1967	Group stage	15th Place	3	0	0	3
France 1970	Did Not Enter
East Germany 1974	Did Not Qualify
Denmark 1978	Did Not Qualify
Germany 1982	Did Not Qualify
East Germany 1986	Did Not Qualify
Czechoslovakia 1990	Did Not Qualify
Sweden 1993	Did Not Qualify
Iceland 1995	Quarter-finals	15th Place	7	2	0	5
Japan 1997	Quarter-finals	16th Place	6	2	0	4
Egypt 1999	Quarter-finals	12th Place	6	2	1	3
France 2001	Quarter-finals	10th Place	6	3	0	3
Portugal 2003	Quarter-finals	14th Place	7	2	0	5
Tunisia 2005	Semi-final	4th Place	10	5	3	2
Germany 2007	Quarter-finals	11th Place	8	3	0	5
Croatia 2009	Group stage	17th Place	9	5	0	4
Sweden 2011	Group stage	20th Place	7	1	0	6
Spain 2013	Quarter-finals	11th Place	6	3	0	3
Qatar 2015	Quarter-finals	15th Place	6	2	1	3
France 2017	Group stage	19th Place	7	2	2	3
/ Denmark/Germany 2019	Qualified
Total		14/26	82	30	6	46

• Tunisia did not compete From 1938 to 1964 and 1970 to 1993.
• Red border color indicates tournament was held on home :soil.

African Championship

Tunisia in the African Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L
Tunisia 1974	Final	Champions	3	3	0	0
Algeria 1976	Final	Champions	4	4	0	0
Congo 1979	Final	Champions	5	5	0	0
Tunisia 1981	Semi-final	Third place
Egypt 1983	Semi-final	Third place
Angola 1985	Final	Runners Up
Morocco 1987	Semi-final	Third place
Algeria 1989	Semi-final	Third place
Egypt 1991	Semi-final	Third place
Ivory Coast 1992	Final	Runners Up
Tunisia 1994	Final	Champions
Benin 1996	Final	Runners Up
South Africa 1998	Final	Champions	6	5	0	1
Algeria 2000	Semi-final	Third place	6	3	1	2
Morocco 2002	Final	Champions	5	5	0	0
Egypt 2004	Final	Runners Up	7	6	0	1
Tunisia 2006	Final	Champions	7	7	0	0
Angola 2008	Final	Runners Up	5	4	0	1
Egypt 2010	Final	Champions	8	8	0	0
Morocco 2012	Final	Champions	8	8	0	0
Algeria 2014	Final	Runners Up	8	7	0	1
Egypt 2016	Final	Runners Up	8	7	0	1
Gabon 2018	Final	Champions	7	6	1	0
Tunisia 2020	Qualified
Total	23/23	10 Titles

African Games

Tunisia in the African Games record
Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1965 Brazzaville	Semi-final	3rd of 8
1973 Lagos	Did not participate
1978 Algiers	Final	2nd of 6
1987 Nairobi	Did not participate
1991 Cairo	Did not participate
1995 Harare	withdrew
1999 Johannesburg	Did not participate
2003 Abuja	Did not participate
2007 Algiers	Semi-final	3rd of 7
2011 Maputo	Did not participate
2015 Brazzaville	Did not participate
Total	3/11	0 Titles

Mediterranean Games

Tunisia in the Mediterranean Games record
Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1967 Tunis	Third Place	3rd of 3
1971 İzmir	Tournament canceled
1975 Algiers	4th Place	4th of 5
1979 Split	Third Place	3rd of 7
1983 Casablanca	4th Place	4th of 8
1987 Latakia	Did not participate
1991 Athens	Did not participate
1993 Languedoc-Roussillon	Did not participate
1997 Bari	Eighth Place	8th of 13
2001 Tunis	Runners-up	2nd of 8
2005 Almería	Third Place	3rd of 10
2009 Pescara	Third Place	3rd of 9
2013 Mersin	Seven Place	7th of 10
2018 Tarragona	Runners-up	2nd of 13
2021 Oran	Not yet qualified
Total	9/12	0 Title

Pan Arab Games

Tunisia in the Pan Arab Games record
Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1961 Casablanca	Did not participate
1965 Cairo	Did not participate
1976 Damascus	Did not participate
1985 Rabat	Final	Champions
1992 Damascus	Semi-final	Third place
1997 Beirut	Tournament canceled
1999 Amman	Did not participate
2004 Algiers	Tournament canceled
2007 Cairo	Did not participate
2011 Doha	Semi-final	Third place
Total	3/10	1 Titles

Others

• Silver: 1 time: Statoil World Cup :2006
• Gold: 3 times: Yellow Cup :2007,2015,2016
• Silver: 3 times: Yellow Cup :2002,2003,2004
• Bronze: 2 times: Yellow Cup :2008,2010
• Gold: 1 time: Challenge international Georges Marrane :2008
• Silver: 1 time: Tournoi de Paris Île-de-France :2005
• Bronze: 4 times: Tournoi de Paris Île-de-France :1998,2002,2007,2013

Team

Current squad

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

Head coach: Hafedh Zouabi

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Makram Missaoui (1981-02-14) 14 February 1981 1.88 m 156 0 Club Africain 4 RW Aymen Toumi (1990-07-11) 11 July 1990 1.83 m 95 163 Montpellier 6 P Issam Tej (1979-07-29) 29 July 1979 1.87 m 316 824 El Jaish 7 LB Skander Zaïdi (1997-04-23) 23 April 1997 1.97 m 0 0 Béni Khiar 9 RB Amine Bannour (1990-02-21) 21 February 1990 1.96 m 112 340 Club Africain 10 RW Anouar Ben Abdallah (1996-06-20) 20 June 1996 1.86 m 0 0 Étoile Sportive du Sahel 15 LB Khaled Haj Youssef (1989-01-12) 12 January 1989 1.89 m 45 30 Club Africain 16 GK Marouane Soussi (1988-06-21) 21 June 1988 1.94 m 0 0 Sakiet Ezzit 19 LB Mosbah Sanaï (1991-03-26) 26 March 1991 1.91 m 88 228 Al-Quyada 21 LW Oussama Boughanmi (1990-02-05) 5 February 1990 1.85 m 113 496 Espérance de Tunis 22 CB Sobhi Saïed (1982-09-26) 26 September 1982 1.86 m 156 331 Al-Gharafa 23 RW Oussama Hosni (1992-09-17) 17 September 1992 1.92 m 59 74 Club Africain 29 RW Tarak Jallouz (1993-11-01) 1 November 1993 1.83 m 1 0 Espérance de Tunis 31 P Marouan Chouiref (1990-05-27) 27 May 1990 1.95 m 104 135 Espérance de Tunis 39 CB Mohamed Soussi (1993-01-17) 17 January 1993 1.94 m 56 71 Club Africain 42 LB Wael Jallouz (1991-05-03) 3 May 1991 1.97 m 113 305 FC Barcelona 69 P Jihed Jaballah (1989-07-29) 29 July 1989 2.04 m 16 26 Étoile Sportive du Sahel

See also

• Tunisian Handball Federation
• Tunisia women's national handball team
• Tunisia national junior handball team
• Tunisia national youth handball team
• Tunisia women's national junior handball team
• Tunisia women's national youth handball team

Other handball codes

• Tunisia national beach handball team
• Tunisia women's national beach handball team

References

External links

• Official website
• IHF profile