Bahrain men's national handball team

Bahrain
Bahrain
Information
Association	Bahrain Handball Federation
Coach	Aron Kristjánsson
Assistant coach	Ahmed Al-Naser; Abdulla Esam
Captain	Husain Al-Sayyad
Colours
1st	2nd
Results
World Championship
Appearances	6 (First in 2011)
Best result	16th (2023)
Asian Championship
Appearances	17 (First in 1977)
Best result	2nd (2010, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022)
	Last updated on Unknown.

The Bahrain national handball team is the national handball team of Bahrain and is controlled by the Bahrain Handball Federation. In May 2021 Aron Kristjánsson returned to his position as head coach, taking over from Halldór Jóhann Sigfússon, who took over in 2020.

In January 2022 Bahrain made it to the final of the 2022 Asian Men's Handball Championship, getting to the final for the fifth time in seven tournaments. They would go on to face Qatar in the final.

Results edit

Olympic Games edit

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2020	Quarterfinals	8th	6	1	0	5	157	191

World Championship edit

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2011	preliminary round	23	7	0	2	5	166	227
2015	Qualified after ranking 2nd in 2014 Asian Championship, but withdrawn from the competition
2017	preliminary round	23	7	0	0	7	172	213
/ 2019	preliminary round	20	7	1	0	6	161	212
2021	main round	21	6	1	0	5	141	170
2023	main round	16	6	2	1	3	164	187
2025	Qualified
2027	TBD
2029
2031

Asian Championship edit

Year	Round	Position
1977	preliminary round	6
1983	Bronze Medal Match	4
1987	preliminary round	5
1991	preliminary round	5
1993	preliminary round	6
1995	Bronze Medal Match	3
2002	preliminary round	7
2004	Bronze Medal Match	4
2006	preliminary round	6
2008	preliminary round	10
2010	Final	2
2012	preliminary round	6
2014	Final	2
2016	Final	2
2018	Final	2
2020	Bronze Medal Match	4
2022	Final	2
2024	Bronze Medal Match	3
2026	Qualified
2028	Qualified

Current squad edit

Squad for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship.^[1]^[2]

Head coach: Aron Kristjánsson

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	GK	Muntadher Ebrahim	(2001-11-02) 2 November 2001 (age 22)	1.87 m	16	1	Al-Tadhmon
3	P	Ali Abdulla Eid	(1991-01-18) 18 January 1991 (age 33)	1.77 m	80	141	Al-Najma SC
7	LB	Jasim Al-Salatna	(1989-03-23) 23 March 1989 (age 35)	1.85 m	65	40	Al-Ahli
8	RB	Hassan Mirza	(1998-06-18) 18 June 1998 (age 25)	1.79 m	41	40	Al-Tadhmon
9	LW	Hasan Al-Samahiji	(1991-02-22) 22 February 1991 (age 33)	1.76 m	85	264	Al-Dair
11	LB	Abdullah Ali	(1999-08-01) 1 August 1999 (age 24)	1.70 m	65	35	Al-Ahli
12	GK	Hesham Ahmed	(2003-01-05) 5 January 2003 (age 21)	1.65 m	15	2	Al-Dair
14	RW	Qasim Qambar	(2001-08-21) 21 August 2001 (age 22)	1.76 m	28	42	Barbar
15	RB	Mohamed Abdulredha	(1989-09-27) 27 September 1989 (age 34)	1.83 m	75	50	Al-Dair
18	RW	Ahmed Jalal	(1998-01-31) 31 January 1998 (age 26)	1.70 m	80	152	Al-Shabab
19	P	Mohamed Merza	(1987-04-17) 17 April 1987 (age 37)	1.87 m	97	70	Al-Najma SC
21	GK	Mohamed Abdulhusain	(1989-08-12) 12 August 1989 (age 34)	1.85 m	226	15	Al-Najma SC
23	CB	Mujtaba Al-Zaimoor	(2000-05-08) 8 May 2000 (age 23)	1.74 m	18	36	Al-Shabab
66	LB	Komail Mahfoodh	(1992-04-28) 28 April 1992 (age 32)	1.89 m	74	137	Al-Najma SC
77	RB	Ali Merza	(1988-07-07) 7 July 1988 (age 35)	1.84 m	178	372	Al-Najma SC
90	LW	Mahmood Husain	(1999-11-27) 27 November 1999 (age 24)	1.72 m	33	25	Al-Ahli
95	CB	Mohamed Mohamed	(2001-02-07) 7 February 2001 (age 23)	1.79 m	68	110	Al-Najma SC
99	CB	Husain Al-Sayyad (c)	(1988-01-14) 14 January 1988 (age 36)	1.78 m	449	1133	Al-Najma SC