Profile of the Bahrain Men’s National Team

 

In 1975 the Kingdom of Bahrain witnessed the first men’s Handball National Team. The team represented Bahrain in the 1st Arab championship held in Egypt.

After that the men’s national team participated in various tournaments at Gulf, Arab and Asian regional levels.

In their participation, the team achieved:

 

1.    Champion of 2nd Arab championship in 2002 – Jordon.

2.    Champion of 1st Gulf championship, 2004 – Qatar.

3.    Champion 3rd Gulf championship, 2009 – Oman.

4.    2nd position in the Men’s Asian championship, 2010 – Lebanon.

 

Since the Bahrain men’s national team was established, a number of their players have obtained recognition for skill such as ;  Nabeel Taha, International lecturer in handball coaching ; Bader Mirza – Handball coach . Now Saeed Jawher he is a captain of the national team and he's the one of the best player in the Asia he scored in the Saudi national team last 7 second in the Lebanon 2010 which we reached in the world cup and his shirt number 1.

 The Bahrain national team consists of a large number of youth players, and Sae4ed Jouher is considered the most experienced player. This team obtained the gold medal in the Gulf championship that took place in Oman, and the silver medal in the 14th Asian championship that qualified them for the world cup, which will take place in Sweden 2011.

 


 

Bahrain Achievements in Asia

 

Men’s Team

 

No.

Position

Championship

Date

Organizer

Remarks

1

3rd

8th Asian Championship

1995

Kuwait

-

2

2nd

14th Asian Championship

2010

Lebanon

Qualified to world cup, Sweden 2011

 

Youth Team

 

No.

Position

Championship

Date

Organizer

Remarks

1

2nd

4th  Asian Championship

1994

Syria

Qualified to world cup, Argentina 1995

2

1st

6th  Asian Championship

1989

Bahrain

Qualified to world cup, Qatar 1999

 

Bahrain Achievements in Gulf

 

No.

Championship Title

Date

Organizer

Result

1

1st GCC Men’s championship

1987

Kuwait

2nd position

2

1st Gulf championship

2004

Qatar

1st position

3

2nd Gulf championship

2007

Emirate

2nd position

4

3rd  Gulf championship

2009

Oman

1st position

 

Bahrain Arabic Achievements

 

No.

Championship Title

Date

Organizer

Result

1

2nd Arab Cup championship

2002

Jordon

1st position