Tunisia | |||
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Information | |||
Nickname | The eagles of Carthage (نسور قرطاج) | ||
Association | Tunisian Handball Federation | ||
Coach | Patrick Cazal | ||
Assistant coach | Wissem Hmam Mohamed Riadh Sanaa | ||
Most caps | Issam Tej (316) | ||
Most goals | Oussama Boughanmi (865) | ||
Colours | |||
Results | |||
Summer Olympics | |||
Appearances | 4 (First in 1972) | ||
Best result | 8th (2012) | ||
World Championship | |||
Appearances | 16 (First in 1967) | ||
Best result | 4th (2005) | ||
African Championship | |||
Appearances | 26 (First in 1974) | ||
Best result | 1st (1974, 1976, 1979, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2018) | ||
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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 established in 1953. In 1957, the Tunisian Handball Federation was founded and was later admitted into the International Handball Federation in 1962.
The Tunisian national handball team has participated in 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 Nations Championship for a record 10 times (1974, 1976, 1979, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2018). The Tunisians won the 2018 African Championship in Gabon by defeating Egypt in the final match.