Qatar national handball team

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Qatar
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Association Qatar Handball Association
Coach Valero Rivera López
Assistant coachRicardo Franch
Captain Wajdi Sinen
Most caps Abdulrazzaq Murad (78)
Ranking#70 (108 points)
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Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances1 (First in 2016 )
Best result8th (2016)
World Championship
Appearances7 (First in 2003 )
Best result2nd (2015)
Asian Championship
Appearances15 (First in 1983 )
Best result1st (2014, 2016, 2018, 2020)
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Qatar national handball team
Medal record
World Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Qatar
Asian Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Bahrain
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Bahrain
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 South Korea
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Kuwait
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2002 Iran
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Saudi Arabia
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2004 Qatar
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Thailand

The Qatar national handball team is controlled by the Qatar Handball Association and take part in international handball competitions.

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Honours

Winners: 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020
Winners: 2014, 2018

Results

Summer Olympics

World Championship

Asian Championship

Current squad

Squad for the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship. [1]

Head coach: Valero Rivera

No.Pos.NameDate of birth (age)HeightApp.GoalsClub
1GK Rasheed Yusuff (1994-10-16) 16 October 1994 (age 25)1.89 m740 Flag of Qatar.svg Al Sadd
7LB Bertrand Roiné (1981-02-17) 17 February 1981 (age 39)1.98 m76165 Flag of Qatar.svg Al Ahli SC
9LB Rafael Capote (1987-10-05) 5 October 1987 (age 32)2.00 m67269 Flag of Qatar.svg Al-Duhail
10LB Frankis Marzo (1987-09-07) 7 September 1987 (age 32)1.91 m1685 Flag of Portugal.svg Sporting CP
12GK Danijel Šarić (1977-06-27) 27 June 1977 (age 42)1.91 m570 Flag of Qatar.svg Al-Duhail
16GK Anadin Suljaković (1998-06-16) 16 June 1998 (age 22)1.96 m181 Flag of Qatar.svg Al Ahli SC
17P Firas Chaieb (1992-07-21) 21 July 1992 (age 27)1.94 m4579 Flag of Qatar.svg Al-Duhail
23RW Allaedine Berrached (1994-01-31) 31 January 1994 (age 26)1.86 m4593 Flag of Qatar.svg Al-Duhail
24CB Wajdi Sinen (1990-09-17) 17 September 1990 (age 29)1.93 m71257 Flag of Qatar.svg Al-Gharafa
25CB Kamalaldin Mallash (1992-01-01) 1 January 1992 (age 28)1.85 m86155 Flag of Qatar.svg Al-Rayan
29RW Nidhal Aissa (1991-06-08) 8 June 1991 (age 29)1.82 m1820 Flag of Qatar.svg Al-Wakrah SC
31LW Ahmad Madadi (1994-08-31) 31 August 1994 (age 25)1.75 m50131 Flag of Qatar.svg Al-Duhail
41P Youssef Benali (1987-05-28) 28 May 1987 (age 33)1.93 m63195 Flag of France.svg US Ivry Handball
86LW Mahmoud Hassaballa (1986-11-22) 22 November 1986 (age 33)1.82 m5290 Flag of Qatar.svg Al Ahli SC
92LW Anis Zouaoui (1992-02-07) 7 February 1992 (age 28)1.84 m25105 Flag of Qatar.svg Al-Wakrah SC
93LW Hamdi Ayed (1993-08-16) 16 August 1993 (age 26)1.78 m37102 Flag of Qatar.svg Al Sadd
94P Ameen Zakkar (1994-06-15) 15 June 1994 (age 26)1.98 m5380 Flag of Qatar.svg Al-Rayan
97CB Moustafa Heiba (1996-12-17) 17 December 1996 (age 23)1.84 m57157 Flag of Qatar.svg Al-Wakrah SC

Controversy

2015 World Men's Handball Championship final, Qatar vs France 2015 World Men's Handball Championship final, Qatar vs France.jpg
2015 World Men's Handball Championship final, Qatar vs France

Player naturalisation

The Qatari national team naturalized a large number of foreign players to their squad for the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship. [2]

According to IHF rules, to gain eligibility for a new national team, a player cannot have played for another nation for three years in an official match. [3] [4] This allowed several foreign-born players, including Spanish-born Borja Vidal, Goran Stojanović and Jovo Damjanović from Montenegro, and Bertrand Roiné who previously played for France, to play for the Qatar team at the championship.

Head of the Qatar Handball Federation, Ahmed Mohammed Abdulrab Al Shaabi, acknowledged the policy in a statement in June 2013, saying "We're a small nation with limited human resources, so we had to bring players from outside in the past." He also announced an end to the policy at the time, adding however that they "[might] make an exception only in the case of an experienced goalkeeper." [5] In January 2014, Danish sports agent Mads Winther said he had met with "contacts involved with Qatar" regarding the possibility of naturalising Danish players.

The practice was criticised by Austrian goalkeeper after his team's loss to Qatar in the quarter-final, saying "It [felt] like playing against a world selection team" and "I think it is not the sense of a world championship." [6] At a press conference during the championship, Qatar head coach Valero Rivera declined to comment on the matter. [6] Spanish player Joan Cañellas did not think it was an issue, saying "If they can do it, why not." [4]

After the controversial semi-final against Poland, and reaching the final as a result, the practice was even more criticised, with players such as Danijel Šarić having now represented four different national teams. [7]

Qatar flew in about 60 Spanish fans to cheer for Qatar during the 2015 World Championship. [8]

Refereeing favouritism

The referees were widely accused of being one-sided in favour of Qatar during its biggest success, 2nd place in the 2015 World Championship. Especially at the last-16 encounter against Austria, [9] [10] [11] the quarterfinal against Germany [9] [12] [13] and the semi-final against Poland. [14] [15] [16] [17] After the final whistle, the Polish players showed their disgust by sarcastically applauding the three referees. [18]

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References

  1. ↑ 2019 World Championship squad
  2. ↑ Qatar stops naturalizing foreign players
  3. ↑ "Player Eligibility Code" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. p. 5. Retrieved 29 January 2015. They shall not have played in any national team of another country in the three years preceding their first appearance in the national team in an official match.
  4. 1 2 "Qatar's foreign legion primed for handball date with Germany". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Al Shaabi says no to further naturalisation". dohastadiumplusqatar.com. Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Qatar handball team coach faces questions over foreign players". BBC. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  7. ↑ http://eurosport.onet.pl/pilka-reczna/mistrzostwa-swiata-pilkarzy-recznych/danijel-saric-to-on-zabral-polakom-final-ms/ygpjd
  8. ↑ Qatar 'buys' noisy Spanish handball fans
  9. 1 2 Team, Fans und Schiris gekauft? (German)
  10. ↑ Handball-WM in Katar: Österreich hält sich für verpfiffen (German)
  11. ↑ Österreich von Referees und Katar aus WM gekickt (German)
  12. ↑ Reaktionen auf deutsches WM-Aus: "Man muss aufpassen, was man sagt" (German)
  13. ↑ WM-Aus der deutschen Handballer: "Im Schiedsrichterwesen gibt es Grauzonen" (German)
  14. ↑ Sramotno: Pogledajte trenutak kad su srpski suci pretjerali s navlačenjem za Katar (Croatian) Archived 1 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  15. ↑ Polský smutek. Katar je ve finále MS v házené, pomohli mu rozhodčí (Czech)
  16. ↑ Polska – Katar – czemu Katar awansował? Kontrowersje wokół drużyny gospodarzy, nie byli faworytami (Polish)
  17. ↑ Michał Jurecki: Każdy wie, co tutaj się dzieje... (Polish)
  18. ↑ Polacy nagrodzili postawę sędziów ironicznymi brawami
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