Battle of Locust Grove

The Kuwait national handball team is controlled by the Kuwait Handball Association. It is highly regarded as one of the most successful national handball teams in Asia and the Arab World. Kuwait has enjoyed great handball success at both the national and club level. The sport is widely considered to be the national icon of Kuwait, although football is more popular among the overall population. Kuwait's golden decade existed from the late 1990s to the late 2000s. Kuwait is also the founding member of the Asian Handball Federation, the Asian Championship and Club Champions League.

On 15 September 2015, the International Handball Federation suspended Kuwait Handball Association.^[1]

Results

Summer Olympics

• 1980 – 12th place
• 1996 – 12th place

World Championship

• 1982 – 15th place
• 1995 – 20th place
• 1999 – 19th place
• 2001 – 23rd place
• 2003 – 20th place
• 2005 – 22nd place
• 2007 – 18th place
• 2009 – 22nd place
• 2025 – Qualified

Asian Championship

**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won.
Red border color indicates tournament was held on home :soil.

***Following the IOC decision to suspend the NOC of Kuwait which came in force on 1 January 2010, the International Handball Federation decided to suspend handball in Kuwait in all categories.

Asian Games

• New Delhi 1982 – 4th
• Seoul 1986 – 4th
• Hiroshima 1994 – 4th
• Bangkok 1998 – Silver Medal
• Busan 2002 – Silver Medal
• Doha 2006 – Gold Medal
• Incheon 2014 – 5th
• Hangzhou 2022 – Bronze Medal

National coaches

• Velimir Kljaić
• Tonči Drušković 2014–2016

References

External links

• Official website
• IHF profile