Qatar national handball team

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Qatar
Information
Association Qatar Handball Association
Coach Valero Rivera López
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Home
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Away
Results
World Championship
Appearances 5 (First in 2003)
Best result 2nd (2015)
Asian Championship
Appearances 13 (First in 1983)
Best result 1st (2014, 2016)
Last updated on Unknown.
Qatar national handball team
Medal record
World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2015 Qatar
Asian Championship
Gold medal – first place 2014 Bahrain
Gold medal – first place 2016 Bahrain
Silver medal – second place 2002 Iran
Silver medal – second place 2012 Saudi Arabia
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Qatar
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Thailand

The Qatar national handball team is the national handball team of Qatar and is controlled by the Qatar Handball Association.

Honours

Winners: 2014, 2016
Winners: 2014

Results

World Championship

Asian Championship

Current squad

This is the squad for the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship.[1]

Head coach: Spain Valero Rivera

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 RB Žarko Marković (1986-06-01) 1 June 1986 (age 38) 1.96 m 0 0 Qatar El Jaish
4 LB Hassan Mabrouk (1982-07-29) 29 July 1982 (age 41) 1.90 m 27 55 Qatar El Jaish
7 LB Bertrand Roiné (1981-02-17) 17 February 1981 (age 43) 1.98 m 11 35 Qatar Al Ahli
9 LB Rafael Capote (1987-10-05) 5 October 1987 (age 36) 1.96 m 15 51 Qatar El Jaish
10 RW Abdulla Al-Karbi (1990-06-10) 10 June 1990 (age 34) 1.77 m 33 105 Qatar Al Sadd
11 LW Abdulrazzaq Murad (1990-06-29) 29 June 1990 (age 34) 1.86 m 59 122 Qatar Al-Gharafa
12 GK Danijel Šarić (1977-06-27) 27 June 1977 (age 47) 1.95 m 0 0 Spain FC Barcelona
13 RW Eldar Memišević (1992-06-21) 21 June 1992 (age 32) 1.78 m 84 171 Qatar El Jaish
16 GK Goran Stojanović (1977-02-24) 24 February 1977 (age 47) 1.91 m 15 0 Qatar El Jaish
19 P Borja Vidal (1981-12-25) 25 December 1981 (age 42) 2.06 m 15 38 Qatar Al-Qiyada
20 LB Jovo Damjanović (1996-12-24) 24 December 1996 (age 27) 1.91 m 26 34 Qatar El Jaish
25 CB Kamalaldin Mallash (1992-01-01) 1 January 1992 (age 32) 1.80 m 28 83 Qatar El Jaish
41 P Youssef Benali (1987-05-28) 28 May 1987 (age 37) 1.93 m 15 51 Qatar Lekhwiya HT
66 LW Hamad Madadi (1988-07-07) 7 July 1988 (age 36) 1.78 m 38 200 Qatar Lekhwiya HT
77 RB Hadi Hamdoon (1992-02-05) 5 February 1992 (age 32) 1.83 m 55 167 Qatar El Jaish
86 CB Mahmoud Hassab Alla (1986-11-22) 22 November 1986 (age 37) 1.82 m 8 24 Qatar Al Sadd
94 LB Ameen Zakkar (1994-06-15) 15 June 1994 (age 30) 1.95 m 26 42 Qatar Al Rayyan

Controversy

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See also: 2015 World Men's Handball Championship § Controversy

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 semifinal against Poland.[14][15][16][17] After the final whistle, the Polish players showed their disgust by ironically applauding the three referees.[18]

References

  1. ↑ 2015 World Championship roster
  2. ↑ Qatar stops naturalizing foreign players
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  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. ↑ 9.0 9.1 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)
  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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