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Kuwait men's national handball team

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Kuwait
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Information
NicknameAl Azraq (The Blue) الازرق
AssociationKuwait Handball Association
CoachSaïd Hadjazi
Most capshgw
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1st
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2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances2 (First in 1980)
Best result12th (1980, 1996)
World Championship
Appearances9 (First in 1982)
Best result15th (1982)
Asian Championship
Appearances17 (First in 1977)
Best resultGold 1st (1995, 2002, 2004, 2006)
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Kuwait men's national handball team
Medal record
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Doha Team
Silver medal – second place 1998 Bangkok Team
Silver medal – second place 2002 Busan Team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Team

The Kuwait national handball team is controlled by the Kuwait Handball Association. It is highly regarded as one of the most successful national handball teams in Asia and the Arab World. Kuwait has enjoyed great handball success at both the national and club level. The sport is widely considered to be the national icon of Kuwait, although football is more popular among the overall population. Kuwait's golden decade existed from the late 1990s to the late 2000s. Kuwait is also the founding member of the Asian Handball Federation, the Asian Championship and Club Champions League.

On 15 September 2015, the International Handball Federation suspended Kuwait Handball Association.[1]

Results

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Summer Olympics

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World Championship

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Asian Championship

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Year Round
Kuwait 1977 Fourth place
China 1979 Third place
South Korea 1983 Third place
Jordan 1987 Third place
China 1989 Third place
Japan 1991 Eighth place
Bahrain 1993 Runners-up
Kuwait 1995 Champions
Japan 2000 Withdrew
Iran 2002 Champions
Qatar 2004 Champions
Thailand 2006 Champions
Iran 2008 Runners-up
Lebanon 2010 Suspended
Saudi Arabia 2012 Eighth place
Bahrain 2014 Seventh place
Kuwait 2020 Eighth place
Saudi Arabia 2022 Seventh place
Bahrain 2024 Fourth place
**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won.
Red border color indicates tournament was held on home :soil.
***Following the IOC decision to suspend the NOC of Kuwait which came in force on 1 January 2010, the International Handball Federation decided to suspend handball in Kuwait in all categories.

Asian Games

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National coaches

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References

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  1. ^ "IHF suspends Kuwait Handball Association". ihf.info. 15 September 2015.
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