Tunisia national junior handball team

Tunisia
Information
Association Tunisian Handball Federation
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Results
IHF U-21 World Championship
Appearances 9 (First in 1997)
Best result 3rd: 2011
African Championship
Appearances 15 (First in 1980)
Best result Winner (4): 2002, 2008, 2012, 2016
Last updated on Unknown.

The Tunisia national junior handball team is the national under–20 Handball team that represent Tunisia in the international handball competitions and it is Controlled by the Tunisian Handball Federation

History

Tunisia junior handball team has participated in several international junior handball competitions the first appearance was at the African Championship in 1980 in that era only the African Champions was allowed to participate in the World Championship so Tunisia had waited until the year 1997 when the International Handball Federation had expanded to more teams including the African 1st and the runners up, since that time Tunisia qualified to World Championship regularly by dominating the African continent with Egypt.

World Championship record

Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA GD
Sweden 1977 Did Not Qualified
Denmark / Sweden 1979
Portugal 1981
Finland 1983
Italy 1985
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1987
Spain 1989
Greece 1991
Egypt 1993
Argentina 1995
Turkey 1997 Quarter Finals 8th[1] 8 5 0 3 219 224 –5
Qatar 1999 Second Round 9th[2] 7 2 3 2 148 156 –8
Switzerland 2001 First Round 18th[3] 8 1 0 7 180 222 –42
Brazil 2003 Second Round 9th[4] 8 4 0 4 221 212 +9
Hungary 2005 First Round 17th[5] 8 2 1 5 239 251 –12
Republic of Macedonia 2007 First Round 17th[6] 8 3 0 5 243 240 +3
Egypt 2009 First Round 21st[7] 7 2 0 5 203 209 –6
Greece 2011 Semi Finals Third[8] 9 7 0 2 264 218 +46
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2013 First Round 15th[9] 9 4 0 5 235 241 –6
Brazil 2015 Eight Finals 12th[10] 7 3 0 4 206 200 +6
Total10/200 Titles7933442

African Championship record

Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA GD
Nigeria 1980 2nd Place
Benin 1982 Did Not Enter
Nigeria 1984
Algeria 1986 Third Place
Tunisia 1988 Third Place
Egypt 1990 Third Place
Tunisia 1992 Third Place
Egypt 1996 Third Place
Ivory Coast 1998 2nd Place
Tunisia 2000 2nd Place
Benin 2002 1st Place
Ivory Coast2004 2nd Place
Ivory Coast 2006 2nd Place
Libya 2008Final Round 1st Place
Gabon 2010 Final Round 2nd Place[11] 6 5 0 1 212 136 +76
Ivory Coast 2012 Final Round 1st Place[12] 550017583 +92
Kenya 2014 Final Round 2nd Place[13] 3 2 0 1 78 62 +16
Mali 2016Final Round 1st Place[14] 6600 18494 +90
Total15/174 Titles

Squad

Tunisia national junior handball team roster
No. Pos. Player Name Date of Birth Height Weight Current Club
01GK Slim Skander 26 July 1995 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)79 kg (174 lb)Tunisia Esperance de Tunis
12GK Maher Sghir 15 April 1994 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)84 kg (185 lb)Tunisia El Makarem de Mahdia
16GK Mohamed Amine Elleuch 11 February 1994 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)87 kg (192 lb)Tunisia US Gremda
LW 1 m (3 ft 3 in)1 kg (2.2 lb)
LW 1 m (3 ft 3 in)1 kg (2.2 lb)
RW 1 m (3 ft 3 in)1 kg (2.2 lb)
RW 1 m (3 ft 3 in)1 kg (2.2 lb)
RW 1 m (3 ft 3 in)1 kg (2.2 lb)
LP 1 m (3 ft 3 in)1 kg (2.2 lb)
LP 1 m (3 ft 3 in)1 kg (2.2 lb)
CB 1 m (3 ft 3 in)1 kg (2.2 lb)
CB 1 m (3 ft 3 in)1 kg (2.2 lb)
CB 1 m (3 ft 3 in)1 kg (2.2 lb)
CB 1 m (3 ft 3 in)1 kg (2.2 lb)
CB 1 m (3 ft 3 in)1 kg (2.2 lb)
RB 1 m (3 ft 3 in)1 kg (2.2 lb)
Legend

GK-Goalkeeper, LW-Left Winger, RW-Right Winger, LP-Line Player, BP-Back, LB-Left Back, CB-Center Back, RB-Right Back.

Notable Players

Notable Coaches

References

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