Algerian men's national handball team

Algeria

Association
confederacy	CAHB
Trainer	Messaoud Berhous
Olympic games
Participation	4 of 13 (First: 1980 )
best result	10. ( 1980 , 1984 , 1988 , 1996 )
Handball world championship
Participation	14 of 26 (First: 1974 )
best result	13th ( 2001 )
Handball African Championship
Participation	21 of 22 (First: 1976 )
best result	African champions 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1996, 2014
(Status: unknown)

The Algerian men's handball team represents Algeria in international tournaments in men's handball .

Successes at championships

Handball world championship

• 1974 World Cup : 15th place
• 1982 World Cup : 16th place
• 1986 World Cup : 16th place
• World Cup 1990 : 16th place
• World Cup 1995 : 16th place
• World Cup 1997 : 17th place
• World Cup 1999 : 13th place
• World Cup 2001 : 15th place
• World Cup 2003 : 18th place
• World Cup 2005 : 17th place
• World Cup 2009 : 19th place
• World Cup 2011 : 15th place
• World Cup 2013 : 17th place
• World Cup 2015 : 24th place

Handball African Championship

• 1974: unknown
• 1976: 2.
• 1979: 3.
• 1981: 1.
• 1983: 1.
• 1985: 1.
• 1987: 1.
• 1989: 1.
• 1991: 2.
• 1992: 3.
• 1994: 2.
• 1996: 1.
• 1998: 2.
• 2000: 2.
• 2002: 2.
• 2004: 4.
• 2006: preliminary round
• 2008: 3.
• 2010: 3.
• 2012: 2.
• 2014: 1.
• 2016: 4.

Olympic games

• 1980: 10
• 1984: 12.
• 1988: 10.
• 1996: 10.

Current squad (World Cup 2009)

player	club
Abdelmalek Slahdji	GS Pétroliers
Lamine Rabir	CRB Baraki
Khaled Ghoumel	Bordeaux
Hichem Boudrali	GS Pétroliers
Omar Chahbour	GS Pétroliers
Riad Chahbour	GS Pétroliers
Hamza Zouaoui	GS Pétroliers
Messaoud Berkous	GS Pétroliers
Hamza Toum	GS Pétroliers
Messaoud Layadi	GS Pétroliers
Abderahim Berriah	CRB Baraki
Samir Kerbouche	CRB Baraki
Mohamed Oulmane	CRB Baraki
Tahar Labane	Aix en Provence
Yacine Bouakaz	Tremblay en France handball
Aziz Benkahla	Villeurbanne
Ahmed Hadjali	US d'Ivry handball
Sid Ali Yahia	Chateauneuf
Saci Boultif	Istres
Rabah Soudani	Toulouse