Saudi Arabia men's national handball team

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Information
AssociationSaudi Arabian Handball Federation
CoachErlingur Richardsson
CaptainHassan Al-Janabi
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1st
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2nd
Results
World Championship
Appearances10 (First in 2003)
Best result19th (2003, 2013)
Asian Championship
Appearances16 (First in 1977)
Best resultBronze 3rd (2002, 2008, 2012, 2022)
Last updated on Unknown.

The Saudi Arabia national handball team is the national handball team of Saudi Arabia and is controlled by the Saudi Arabian Handball Federation. The team has participated in the 2003 World Men's Handball Championship and 2009.

Results

World Championship

Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Nazi Germany1938 Not a IHF member
Sweden 1954
East Germany 1958
West Germany 1961
Czechoslovakia 1964
Sweden 1967
France 1970
East Germany 1974
Denmark 1978 did not enter
West Germany 1982
Switzerland 1986
Czechoslovakia1990
Sweden 1993
Iceland 1995
Japan 1997 Preliminary round 21st 5 0 0 5 94 126
Egypt 1999 Preliminary round 22nd 5 0 0 5 101 132
France 2001 First round 21st 5 0 0 5 92 134
Portugal 2003 First round 19th 5 1 0 4 114 155
Tunisia 2005 did not qualify
Germany 2007
Croatia 2009 President's Cup 23rd 11 1 0 10 235 324
Sweden 2011 did not qualify
Spain 2013 President's cup 19th 7 2 0 5 152 203
Qatar 2015 President's cup 22nd 7 1 0 6 136 216
France 2017 President's cup 20th 7 1 0 6 174 223
DenmarkGermany 2019 President's cup 21st 7 2 0 5 173 214
Egypt 2021 did not qualify
PolandSweden 2023 President's cup 29th 7 2 0 5 172 218
CroatiaDenmarkNorway2025 did not quality
Germany 2027 to be determinded
FranceGermany 2029
DenmarkIcelandNorway 2031
Total 10/30 66 10 0 56 1443 1945

Asian Championship

Year Round
Kuwait 1977 8th
China 1979 did not qualify
South Korea 1983 5th
Jordan 1987 did not qualify
China 1989 5th
Japan 1991 10th
Bahrain 1993 4th
Kuwait 1995 did not qualify
Japan 2000 Withdrew
Iran 2002 3rd
Qatar 2004 5th
Thailand 2006 Withdrew
Iran 2008 3rd
Lebanon 2010 4th
Saudi Arabia 2012 3rd
Bahrain 2014 6th
Bahrain 2016 4th
South Korea 2018 4th
Kuwait 2020 7th
Saudi Arabia 2022 3rd
Bahrain 2024 9th

Current squad

Squad for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship.[1][2]

Head coach: Jan Pytlick

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Amro Mohammed (1989-06-28) 28 June 1989 (age 35) 1.92 m 60 0 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Club
3 LW Abdullah Al-Abbas (1992-01-30) 30 January 1992 (age 32) 1.69 m 21 55 Saudi Arabia Al-Noor Club
4 P Hussain Al-Tarouti (1999-11-02) 2 November 1999 (age 25) 1.84 m 33 23 Saudi Arabia Al-Noor Club
5 P Hassan Al-Janabi (c) (1983-07-25) 25 July 1983 (age 41) 1.86 m 54 66 Saudi Arabia Mudhar
6 RW Hussain Furaij (2004-07-01) 1 July 2004 (age 20) 1.79 m 22 34 Saudi Arabia Al-Noor Club
8 CB Hadi Quraish (1999-02-25) 25 February 1999 (age 25) 1.71 m 7 16 Saudi Arabia Al Safa
10 RB Haidar Al-Hassan (2000-11-12) 12 November 2000 (age 24) 1.84 m 22 45 Saudi Arabia Al Safa
14 LB Abdullah Al-Hammad (1990-10-10) 10 October 1990 (age 34) 1.88 m 23 44 Saudi Arabia Al Houda
15 RW Ahmed Al-Abdulali (1988-06-18) 18 June 1988 (age 36) 1.84 m 41 55 Saudi Arabia Mudhar
16 GK Mohammad Al-Salem (1986-04-03) 3 April 1986 (age 38) 1.89 m 42 0 Saudi Arabia Khaleej Club
19 RB Abdulrahman Al-Muwallad (1994-06-16) 16 June 1994 (age 30) 1.92 m 18 60 Saudi Arabia Al Wehda Club
22 LB Mahdi Al-Salem (1990-02-16) 16 February 1990 (age 34) 1.86 m 133 429 Saudi Arabia Al Houda
23 LW Abdullah Al-Hulaili (1994-06-16) 16 June 1994 (age 30) 1.75 m 34 76 Saudi Arabia Mudhar
34 GK Ali Al-Saffar (1995-02-09) 9 February 1995 (age 29) 1.85 m 14 0 Saudi Arabia Mudhar
37 CB Mohammed Al-Abbas (1992-12-19) 19 December 1992 (age 32) 1.80 m 35 20 Saudi Arabia Mudhar
57 CB Mojtaba Al-Salem (1994-06-15) 15 June 1994 (age 30) 1.81 m 6 7 Saudi Arabia Al-Noor Club
59 RW Hassan Al-Turaiki (2004-04-08) 8 April 2004 (age 20) 1.77 m 25 31 Saudi Arabia Khaleej Club
77 LB Marhoon Al-Maa (1988-05-13) 13 May 1988 (age 36) 1.89 m 23 35 Saudi Arabia Khaleej Club
89 P Yousof Al-Taweel (1999-11-07) 7 November 1999 (age 25) 1.88 m 33 13 Saudi Arabia Al Safa
97 CB Sadiq Al-Mohsin (1997-10-23) 23 October 1997 (age 27) 1.80 m 26 33 Saudi Arabia Khaleej Club

References

  1. ^ "اكتمال وصـول بعثـة أفراد الأخضـر .. المنتخب السعـودي يدشن آخر مراحل الإعداد لبطولة العـالم" (in Arabic). sahf.org.sa. 27 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Team Roster Saudi Arabia" (PDF). ihf.info. 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.