Tunisia men's national junior handball team

Tunisia U-20
Information
Nickname	The Eagles of Carthage ( نسور قرطاج )
Association	Tunisian Handball Federation
Coach	Mohamed Ali Sghir
Colours
Results
IHF U-21 World Championship
Appearances	13 (First in 1997)
Best result	Third (2011)
African Championship
Appearances	18 (First in 1980)
Best result	Champions (2002, 2008, 2012, 2016)
Last updated on Unknown.

Tunisia men's national junior handball team

Medal record
Representing Tunisia
handball
World Junior Championship
	2011	Team
African Junior Championship
	2002	Team
	2008	Team
	2012	Team
	2016	Team
	1980	Team
	1998	Team
	2000	Team
	2004	Team
	2006	Team
	2010	Team
	2014	Team
	2018	Team
	2024	Team
	1986	Team
	1988	Team
	1990	Team
	1992	Team
	1996	Team
	2022	Team
Arab junior Championship
	1989	Team
	2001	Team
	2023	Team

The Tunisia national junior handball team is the Tunisia national under-20 handball team (Arabic: منتخب تونس تحت 20 سنة لكرة اليد), nicknamed Les Aigles de Carthage (The Eagles of Carthage or The Carthage Eagles), 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 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.

Tournament record

World Championship

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

• Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Tunisia in the Junior 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
Yugoslavia 1987
Spain 1989
Greece 1991
Egypt 1993
Argentina 1995
Turkey 1997	Quarter Finals	8th	8	5	0	3	219	224	–5
Qatar 1999	Second Round	9th	7	2	3	2	148	156	–8
Switzerland 2001	First Round	18th	8	1	0	7	180	222	–42
Brazil 2003	Second Round	9th	8	4	0	4	221	212	+9
Hungary 2005	First Round	17th	8	2	1	5	239	251	–12
Macedonia 2007	First Round	17th	8	3	0	5	243	240	+3
Egypt 2009	First Round	21st	7	2	0	5	203	209	–6
Greece 2011	Semi Finals	Third	9	7	0	2	264	218	+46
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2013	Round of 16	15th	9	4	0	5	235	241	–6
Brazil 2015	Round of 16	12th	7	3	0	4	206	200	+6
Algeria 2017	Quarter Finals	7th	9	4	1	4	276	243	+33
Spain 2019	Quarter Finals	7th	9	5	0	4	247	249	–2
Hungary 2021	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Germany/Greece 2023	Main round	14th	7	3	0	4	198	231	–33
Total	13/23	0 Titles	104	45	5	54	2879	2896	-17

African Championship

Tunisia in the African Junior Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
Nigeria 1980	Final Round	2nd Place
Benin 1982	Did Not Enter
Nigeria 1984
Algeria 1986	Semi Finals	Third Place
Tunisia 1988	Semi Finals	Third Place
Egypt 1990	Semi Finals	Third Place
Tunisia 1992	Semi Finals	Third Place
Egypt 1994	Cancelled due to insufficient number of participants
Egypt 1996	Semi Finals	Third Place
Ivory Coast 1998	Final Round	2nd Place
Tunisia 2000	Final Round	2nd Place
Benin 2002	Champions	1st Place
Ivory Coast 2004	Final Round	2nd Place
Ivory Coast 2006	Final Round	2nd Place
Libya 2008	Champions	1st Place
Gabon 2010	Final Round	2nd Place	6	5	0	1	212	136	+76
Ivory Coast 2012	Champions	1st Place	5	5	0	0	175	83	+92
Kenya 2014	Final Round	2nd Place	3	2	0	1	78	62	+16
Mali 2016	Champions	1st Place	6	6	0	0	184	94	+90
Morocco 2018	Final Round	2nd Place	6	5	0	1	209	142	+67
Morocco 2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Rwanda 2022	Semi Finals	Third Place	5	4	0	1	148	117	+31
Mahdia 2024	Final Round	2nd Place	6	5	0	1	187	139	+48
Total	18/20	4 Titles

Arab junior Championship

Tunisia in the Arab junior Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
Tunisia 1989	Champions	1st
Syria 2000	Did not compete
Jordan 2001	Champions	1st
Jordan 2014	Did not compete
Tunisia 2023	Champions	1st
Total	3/5	3 Titles

Team

Squad

• 2015 Men's Junior World Handball Championship
• Manager: Mohamed Ali Sghir
• Assistant coach: Adel Temessek
• Team Assistant: Mohamed Nacer Sebai
• Physiotherapist: Nabil Ben Abda
• Team Doctor : Mourad Zarra

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

• Amine Bannour
• Abdelhak Ben Salah
• Aymen Toumi
• Oussama Boughanmi
• Oussama Hosni
• Wael Jallouz
• Mosbah Sanaï
• Marouan Chouiref

Notable Coaches

• Alain Portes

See also

• Tunisia men's national handball team
• Tunisia men's national youth handball team
• Tunisia women's national junior handball team

Other handball codes

• Tunisia national beach handball team

External links

• Tunisian Handball (in French)
• Tunisian Handball Info (in Arabic)
• IHF profile