Algeria Handball

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1936 (90 years old)

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World Mens Handball Championship
African Mens Handball Championship
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Ovokx: 23/Sep/24

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31 Jan 26	Cape VerdCape Verde Handball	29 - 23	Algeria HAlgeria Handball
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27 Jan 26	Algeria HAlgeria Handball	27 - 22	Angola HaAngola Handball

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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 bigining 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.