The Bahrain national handball team is the national

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

team of

Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...

and is controlled by the

Bahrain Handball Federation '' , abbrev= BHF , logo= Bahrain Handball Federation.png , logosize= 180px , countryflag= Bahrain , iocnation= Kingdom of Bahrain (BHR) , url= , sport= Handball , othersport1= Beach Handball , historytitle=HISTORY , precedingorganisationsname= , ...

. In May of 2021

Aron Kristjánsson Aron Kristjánsson (born 14 July 1972) is a former handball player and the current head coach of the Bahrain men's national handball team. Career He was the head coach of the Iceland men's national handball team between August 2012 and January ...

returned to his position as head coach, taking over from

Halldór Jóhann Sigfússon Halldór () or Halldor is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Halldór Ásgrímsson (born 1947), Icelandic politician, formerly Prime Minister of Iceland from 2004 to 2006 *Halldór Orri Björnsson (born 1987), Icelandic internati ...

, who took over in 2020. In January of 2022 Bahrain made it to the final of the

2022 Asian Men's Handball Championship The 2022 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the 20th edition of the championship, taking place from 18 to 31 January 2022 in Saudi Arabia under the aegis of the Asian Handball Federation (AHF). It was the second time in history that the champion ...

, getting to the final for the fifth time in seven tournaments. They would go on to face Qatar in the final.

Results

Olympic Games

World Championship

Asian Championship

Current squad

Squad for the

2023 World Men's Handball Championship The 2023 IHF World Men's Handball Championship is the 28th such event hosted by the International Handball Federation. It is currently being held in Poland and Sweden from 11 to 29 January 2023. Denmark are the two-times defending World Champions ...

. Head coach:

References

External links

IHF profile
Men's national handball teams

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