Saudi Arabia men's national handball team

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.

Saudi Arabia
Information
Association	Saudi Arabian Handball Federation
Coach	Erlingur Richardsson
Captain	Hassan Al-Janabi
Colours
1st 2nd
Results
World Championship
Appearances	10 (First in 2003)
Best result	19th (2003, 2013)
Asian Championship
Appearances	16 (First in 1977)
Best result	3rd (2002, 2008, 2012, 2022)
Last updated on Unknown.

Results

World Championship

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1938	Not a IHF member
1954
1958
1961
1964
1967
1970
1974
1978	did not enter
1982
1986
1990
1993
1995
1997	Preliminary round	21st	5	0	0	5	94	126
1999	Preliminary round	22nd	5	0	0	5	101	132
2001	First round	21st	5	0	0	5	92	134
2003	First round	19th	5	1	0	4	114	155
2005	did not qualify
2007
2009	President's Cup	23rd	9	1	0	8	193	272
2011	did not qualify
2013	President's cup	19th	7	2	0	5	152	203
2015	President's cup	22nd	7	1	0	6	136	216
2017	President's cup	20th	7	1	0	6	175	220
2019	President's cup	21st	7	2	0	5	173	214
2021	did not qualify
2023	President's cup	29th	7	2	0	5	172	218
2025	did not quality
2027	to be determinded
2029
2031
Total	10/30		64	10	0	54	1402	1890

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 36) 1.92 m 60 0 Al-Ahli Club 3 LW Abdullah Al-Abbas (1992-01-30) 30 January 1992 (age 33) 1.69 m 21 55 Al-Noor Club 4 P Hussain Al-Tarouti (1999-11-02) 2 November 1999 (age 25) 1.84 m 33 23 Al-Noor Club 5 P Hassan Al-Janabi (c) (1983-07-25) 25 July 1983 (age 42) 1.86 m 54 66 Mudhar 6 RW Hussain Furaij (2004-07-01) 1 July 2004 (age 21) 1.79 m 22 34 Al-Noor Club 8 CB Hadi Quraish (1999-02-25) 25 February 1999 (age 26) 1.71 m 7 16 Al Safa 10 RB Haidar Al-Hassan (2000-11-12) 12 November 2000 (age 24) 1.84 m 22 45 Al Safa 14 LB Abdullah Al-Hammad (1990-10-10) 10 October 1990 (age 34) 1.88 m 23 44 Al Houda 15 RW Ahmed Al-Abdulali (1988-06-18) 18 June 1988 (age 37) 1.84 m 41 55 Mudhar 16 GK Mohammad Al-Salem (1986-04-03) 3 April 1986 (age 39) 1.89 m 42 0 Khaleej Club 19 RB Abdulrahman Al-Muwallad (1994-06-16) 16 June 1994 (age 31) 1.92 m 18 60 Al Wehda Club 22 LB Mahdi Al-Salem (1990-02-16) 16 February 1990 (age 35) 1.86 m 133 429 Al Houda 23 LW Abdullah Al-Hulaili (1994-06-16) 16 June 1994 (age 31) 1.75 m 34 76 Mudhar 34 GK Ali Al-Saffar (1995-02-09) 9 February 1995 (age 30) 1.85 m 14 0 Mudhar 37 CB Mohammed Al-Abbas (1992-12-19) 19 December 1992 (age 32) 1.80 m 35 20 Mudhar 57 CB Mojtaba Al-Salem (1994-06-15) 15 June 1994 (age 31) 1.81 m 6 7 Al-Noor Club 59 RW Hassan Al-Turaiki (2004-04-08) 8 April 2004 (age 21) 1.77 m 25 31 Khaleej Club 77 LB Marhoon Al-Maa (1988-05-13) 13 May 1988 (age 37) 1.89 m 23 35 Khaleej Club 89 P Yousof Al-Taweel (1999-11-07) 7 November 1999 (age 25) 1.88 m 33 13 Al Safa 97 CB Sadiq Al-Mohsin (1997-10-23) 23 October 1997 (age 27) 1.80 m 26 33 Khaleej Club