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.
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 – 27th place 2027 – Qualified
Asian Championship YearRoundKuwait 1977Fourth placeChina 1979Third placeSouth Korea 1983Third placeJordan 1987Third placeChina 1989Third placeJapan 1991Eighth placeBahrain 1993Runners-upKuwait 1995ChampionsJapan 2000WithdrewIran 2002ChampionsQatar 2004ChampionsThailand 2006ChampionsIran 2008Runners-upLebanon 2010SuspendedSaudi Arabia 2012Eighth placeBahrain 2014Seventh placeKuwait 2020Eighth placeSaudi Arabia 2022Seventh placeBahrain 2024Fourth place2026 KuwaitThird place **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
Team Current squad Roster for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship.
Head coach: Said Hadjazi
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Notable National coaches János Adorján 1980 Anatoly Yevtushenko 1993–1995 1995–1996 Velimir Kljaić 2001–2002 Zoran Živković 2009–? 2014–2016 Said Hadjazi 2023–2025 Aron Kristjánsson 2025–
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External links IHF profile