Qatar national handball team

Qatar
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Association Qatar Handball Association
Coach Valero Rivera López
Colours
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Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances 1 (First in 2016)
Best result 8th (2016)
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
2015 Qatar
Asian Championship
2014 Bahrain
2016 Bahrain
2002 Iran
2012 Saudi Arabia
2004 Qatar
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

Summer Olympics

World Championship

Asian Championship

Current squad

The following is the Qatari roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1]

Head coach: Spain Valero Rivera López

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 RB Žarko Marković (1986-06-01)1 June 1986 (aged 30) 1.96 m 22 152 Qatar El Jaish
4 LB Hassan Mabrouk (1982-07-29)29 July 1982 (aged 34) 1.90 m 30 64 Qatar El Jaish
5 LB Marko Bagarić (1985-12-31)31 December 1985 (aged 30) 2.01 m Qatar Al Rayyan
6 RB Mustafa Alsaltialkrad (1987-03-16)16 March 1987 (aged 29) 1.86 m
7 LB Bertrand Roiné (1981-02-17)17 February 1981 (aged 35) 1.98 m 40 70 Qatar Al Ahli
9 LB Rafael Capote (1987-10-05)5 October 1987 (aged 28) 1.96 m 34 131 Qatar El Jaish
11 LW Abdulrazzaq Murad (1990-06-29)29 June 1990 (aged 26) 1.86 m 77 169 Qatar Al-Gharafa
12 GK Danijel Šarić (1977-06-27)27 June 1977 (aged 39) 1.95 m 22 0 Spain Barcelona
13 RW Eldar Memišević (1992-06-21)21 June 1992 (aged 24) 1.78 m 100 196 Qatar El Jaish
14 P Bassel Al-Rayes (1979-03-04)4 March 1979 (aged 37) 1.80 m 36 146 Qatar Al Rayyan
15 RW Nasreddine Megdich (1991-08-29)29 August 1991 (aged 24) 1.78 m 16 27 Qatar Al Rayyan
16 GK Goran Stojanović (1977-02-24)24 February 1977 (aged 39) 1.91 m 37 0 Qatar El Jaish
19 P Borja Vidal (1981-12-25)25 December 1981 (aged 34) 2.06 m 34 79 Qatar Al-Qiyada
25 CB Kamalaldin Mallash (1992-01-01)1 January 1992 (aged 24) 1.80 m 62 109 Qatar El Jaish
94 LB Ameen Zakkar (1994-06-15)15 June 1994 (aged 22) 1.95 m 35 62 Qatar Al Rayyan

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 sarcastically applauding the three referees.[18]

References

  1. "Qatar Men's Handball Team". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on September 20, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  2. Qatar stops naturalizing foreign players
  3. "Player Eligibility Code" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. p. 5. Retrieved 29 January 2015. They shall not have played in any national team of another country in the three years preceding their first appearance in the national team in an official match.
  4. 1 2 "Qatar's foreign legion primed for handball date with Germany". dw.de. Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  5. "Al Shaabi says no to further naturalisation". dohastadiumplusqatar.com. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Qatar handball team coach faces questions over foreign players". bbc.co.uk. BBC. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  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. 1 2 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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