The Tunisia men's national handball team, (), nicknamed Eagles of Carthage, is the national handball team of Tunisia. It is controlled by the Tunisian Handball Federation (THF) and takes part in international handball competitions. The Tunisian Handball League was created in 1953. In 1957, the Tunisian Handball Federation was founded and then admitted to the International Handball Federation in 1962.
The Tunisian national team participates in several world championships. In 2005 World Championship, Tunisia finished fourth, becoming the second non-European team to reach the semi-finals of the world championship after Egypt, which reached the semi-finals in 2001. The Tunisian team won the African Championship for a record ten titles (1974, 1976, 1979, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2018), and Egypt has just equalled them as the competition's most successful nation by securing their 10th continental title after defeating them in the 2026 African Championship final. Egypt and Algeria are Tunisia's main rivals on the African continent.
The national team is mainly and generally composed of players from Espérance Sportive de Tunis, Club Africain and ÃÂtoile Sportive du Sahel, these teams being the traditional locomotives of the national handball scene, as well as players playing in Europe, mainly in France.
Tunisia is the most successful team in the African Nations Championship with ten titles won in 1974, 1976, 1979, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2012 and 2018, and played in the final eight times in 1985, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2008, 2014, 2016 and 2020. They also won a bronze medal six times in 1981, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991 and 2000.
At the World Championships, in 2005 it obtained the best performance obtained by an African country, a fourth place, thus equaling Egypt (place obtained in 2001). During the 2005âÂÂ06 season, Heykel Megannem was voted the best player in the French championship, with Wissem Hmam and Issam Tej also being in the standard team, respectively as left-back and pivot.
Following the 2009 world championship, the federation sidelined Issam Tej for "indiscipline, insolence and recidivism" and Makram Missaoui for "having refused to resume play against Poland", while Maher Kraiem was suspended for three months for âÂÂmisconductâÂÂ. The team is coached by the Croatian Sead Hasanefendiàuntil June 2008, before being replaced by the Serb Zoran à ½ivkoviàfrom 24 October 2008. However, the federation dismisses him following the poor performance of the team during the 2009 world championship. He was replaced by the Tunisian Sayed Ayari and then, in June 2009, by the Frenchman Alain Portes, who signed a three-year contract.
In 2013, Alain Portes' contract was not being renewed, so he took over from Olivier Krumbholz at the head of the French women's team and was replaced by Sead HasanefendiÃÂ, back at the head of the national team for the following three seasons. In 2020, coach Toni Gerona is dismissed.
The El Menzah Sports Palace, built in 1967, is the hall of the national team. Built for the 2005 World Men's Handball Championship, of which it hosted the final and all of Tunisia's matches, the Salle Omnisport de Radès now hosted most of the national team's matches.
World cup
Yellow Cup
Paris Ile-de-France tournament
Championnat maghrébin des nations
Tunisia international tournament
Four Nations Cup Poland
Three Nations Cup Tunisia
Challenge Marrane
Four Nations Tournament
Air Caraïbes Cup
Spain international tournament
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
Squad for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship.
Head coach: Mohamed Sghir