The Tunisian national handball team is the national handball team of Tunisia and is controlled by the Tunisian Handball Federation.

The Tunisian handball League was founded in 1953. In 1957, the Tunisians founded the Tunisian handball Federation, which was later admitted into the International Handball Federation in 1962.

The Tunisian national handball team has participated in several handball world championships. In 2005 Tunisia finished in 4th place; becoming the second non-European team to reach the World Championship semi-finals after Egypt who was able to reach the semi-final match in 2001. The Tunisian national handball team won the African Cup 8 times. The Tunisians won the 2010 African Cup in Egypt by defeating the host country in the final match. Egypt is Tunisia's only rival in the African continent.

The national league consists of about 12 teams, with ES. Sahel and Esperance S.Tunis dominating. There are other teams like Club African and AS Hammamet. These teams have many players who play in the Tunisian national team which also includes players who play in European teams. The former national team player, Walid Ben Amor played in Barcelone F.C. Most of these players play in the French championship.

World Men's Handball Championship record

Sweden 1967 1967 World Men's Handball Championship The 1967 World Championship for men in team handball was the 6th World Handball Championship. It was held in Sweden.-Final standings:# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # -Preliminary Round:GROUP AGROUP B...  : 15th Iceland 1995 1995 World Men's Handball Championship The 1995 World Championship for men in team handball was the 14th World Handball Championship. It was held in Iceland.-Preliminary round:-Group A:-Group B:-Group C:-Group D:-Finals:-Final standings:# # # # # # # # # # # #...  : 15th Japan 1997 1997 World Men's Handball Championship - Final standings :# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # - External links :*...  : 16th Egypt 1999 1999 World Men's Handball Championship The 1999 World Championship for men in team handball was the 16th edition of the Men's World Handball Championship. It was held in Egypt, from June 2 to June 15, in the cities of Cairo, Ismailia and Port Said.-Preliminary round:In the following tables:...  : 12th France 2001 2001 World Men's Handball Championship The 2001 World Men's Handball Championship took place in France from January 23 to February 4, 2001.-Qualified teams:24 teams were qualified for the first round and dispatched into 4 groups.Group A : , , , , , .Group B : , , , , ,...  : 10th Portugal 2003 2003 World Men's Handball Championship The 2003 World Men's Handball Championship took place in Portugal from January 20 to February 2, 2003.-Qualified teams:24 teams were qualified for the first round and dispatched into 4 groups.Group A : , , , , , .Group B : , , , , , ....  : 14th Tunisia 2005 2005 World Men's Handball Championship The 2005 World Championship for men in team handball was played in Tunisia between January 23 and February 6, 2005.The winner of the gold medal was Spain, Croatia took silver and France won the bronze.-Group A :-Group B :...  : 4th Germany 2007 2007 World Men's Handball Championship The 20th World Men's Handball Championship took place from January 19 to February 4, 2007 in Germany. 24 national teams played in 12 German cities.The tournament was won by Germany.-Stadiums:...  : 11th Croatia 2009 2009 World Men's Handball Championship The 2009 World Men's Handball Championship took place in Croatia from 16 January–1 February, in the cities of Split, Zadar, Osijek, Varaždin, Poreč, Zagreb and Pula. Croatia was selected from a group of four potential hosts which included the Czech Republic, Greece and Romania.The opening game and...  : 17th Sweden 2011 2011 World Men's Handball Championship The 2011 World Men's Handball Championship, the 22nd event hosted by the International Handball Federation, was held in Sweden from 13–30 January, 2011...  : 20th

African Nations Championship Record

• Winner (8) : 1974, 1976, 1979, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010
  2010 African Men's Handball Championship
  The 2010 African Men's Handball Championship was a handball tournament, which acted as the qualification process for the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship...
  
  
• Runner-up (4) : 1992, 1996, 2004, 2008
• Third (7) : 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 2000

• 1974 - Winner
• 1976 - Winner
• 1979 - Winner
• 1981 - 3rd
• 1983 - 3rd
• 1985 - 3rd
• 1987 - 3rd
• 1989 - 3rd
• 1991 - 3rd
• 1992 - 2nd

• 1994 - Winner
• 1996 - 2nd
• 1998 - Winner
• 2000 - 3rd
• 2002 - Winner
• 2004 - 2nd
• 2006 - Winner
• 2008 - 2nd
• 2010
  2010 African Men's Handball Championship
  The 2010 African Men's Handball Championship was a handball tournament, which acted as the qualification process for the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship...
  
   - Winner

Olympic Games Record

• 1972
  Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics
  Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics was the second appearance of the sport at the Olympics, returning to the Olympic program after a 36 year absence. It was contested by sixteen teams.The teams were split into four groups of four teams each...
  
   - 16th
• 2000 - 10th

Notable players

• Marouène Megaiez
• Makrem Jerou
• Heykel Mgannem
• Makrem Missaoui
• Issam Tej
• Sobhi Sayed
• Wassim Helal
• Wissem Hmam
  Wissem Hmam
  Wissem Hmam is a Tunisian handball player. He currently plays for the Tunisian national team, which reached the semifinals in the 2005 World Handball Championship in Tunisia. Hmam was ranked as top scorer in the 2005 World Championship, scoring a total of 81 goals.-References:...
  
  
• Wissem Bousnina
• Anouer Ayed
• Marouène Bel Hadj
• Slim Hédoui
• Mahmoud Gharbi
• Hatem Harakati
• Jalel Touati
• Aymen Hammed
• Bassem Mrabet