Al Kuwait Handball Club () is one of
Kuwait Sporting Club's sections that represent the club locally as well as in international
handball
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competitions.
Al-Kuwait SC is most decorated team in Kuwait including 13 league titles and 12 federation cups. Internationally, the club also won one Gulf title, one
Arab
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Arabs have been in the Fertile Crescent for thousands of years ...
title and one
Asian title and qualified to
Super Globe twice in
2022
The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...
and
2023
Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...
. The club also had the longest winning run in Kuwait with 169 games from 2013 until 2020.
Honours
National competitions
Kuwaiti Handball League
* Champions (14): 1970/1971, 1974/1975, 2012/2013, 2013/2014, 2014/2015, 2015/2016, 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021, 2021/2022, 2022/2023, 2023/2024
Kuwaiti Handball Federation Cup
* Champions (13): 1969, 1970, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Kuwaiti Super Cup
* Champions (2): 2020, 2021
International competitions
Gulf Champions Club Tournament
* Champions (1): 2023
Arab Handball Championship of Champions
* Champions (1):
2023
Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...
* Runners-up (1):
2012
2012 was designated as:
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*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
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* Third Place (1):
2022
The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...
Asian Club League Handball Championship
The Asian Men's Club League Handball Championship (AHF Club League Championship) is the annual international competition organised by Asian Handball Federation for the men's handball clubs of Asia. In addition to crowning the Asian champions, t ...
* Champions (1):
2022
The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...
* Runners-up (1):
2021
Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...
* Third Place (1): 2012
Al-Kuwait SC in Super Globe
Kuwait SC qualified to the Super Globe twice in 2022 and 2023.
2022 IHF Super Globe
On 30 June 2022, Al-Kuwait SC qualified to the Super Globe after defeating
Al-Najma 28–23 in the
2022 Asian Men's Club League Handball Championship final.
Group C
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Knockout stage
9–12th place bracket
9–12th place semifinals
Ninth place game
2023 IHF Super Globe
On 27 August 2023, Al-Kuwait SC defeated
Zamalek SC
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31–30 in the
2023 Arab Handball Championship of Champions
The 2023 Arab Handball Championship of Champions was the 38th edition of the Arab Handball Championship of Champions which was a qualifying tournament for the 2023 IHF Men's Super Globe. It was held in Qatif, Saudi Arabia from 16 to 27 August 202 ...
final to qualify to the 2023 Super Globe hosted by Saudi Arabia.
Group B
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5–8th place bracket
5–8th place semifinals
Seventh place game
See also
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Kuwait SC
Kuwait Sports Club () is a Kuwaiti professional football club based in Kuwait City. Their football team has won Kuwait Premier League 19 times and has won over 50 trophies overall. The club plays in the Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium located i ...
*
Kuwait SC (basketball)
Kuwait Sporting Club, shortly known as Kuwait SC or Kuwait Club, is a Kuwaiti professional basketball club. The club competes in the Kuwaiti Division I Basketball League, which it has won fourteen times. Kuwait SC has won the Arab Club Basketball ...
References
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Kuwait SC
Sports clubs and teams in Kuwait
Handball in Kuwait
Handball clubs established in 1966
1966 establishments in Kuwait