Division Excellence | |
Founded: | 1962 |
Teams: | 18 |
Country: | Algeria |
Confed: | CAHB |
Champions: | M Bordj Bou Arréridj |
Champ Season: | 2023–24 |
Most Champs: | MC Alger (28 titles) |
Prem Season: | 2023–24 |
Levels: | Excellence (1) |
Relegation: | Division Excellence B |
Confed Cup: | Champions League Cup Winners' Cup |
Website: | http://handbalgerie.tripod.com |
Current: | 2024-25 Algerian Handball Championship |
The Algerian Handball Championship or the Division Excellence is the premier professional handball league in Algeria. It started in 1962 and 14 teams participate in the league.
The Algerian handball championship existed at the time of French colonization and was therefore affiliated with the French Handball Federation.
From 1954 to 1959, there was a championship according to the regions. In 1960, regional championships were created played by clubs, the winners of each region being qualified for the final tournament, the winner of which was declared champion of Algeria. The winners of the 1960 edition was Spartiates Oran.[1]
Season | Champion | Score | Runner-up | |
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1954 | Oran | 30–20 | Algiers | |
1955 | align=center colspan=3 | not held | ||
1956 | Oran | 21–20 | Algiers | |
1957 | Algiers | 13–12 | Oran | |
1958 | Oran | 27–18 | Algiers | |
1959 | Oran | 14–12 | Algiers |
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MC Alger : ex. MP Alger & GS Pétroliers
OC Alger: ex. CS DNC Alger & IRB Alger
RC Kouba: ex. CSS Kouba & NAR Alger
MC Oran: ex. MP Oran
CR Belouizdad: ex. CR Belcourt
Hamra Annaba: ex. USM Annaba
Rank | Club | Champion | Runners-up | Winning Years | |
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1 | MC Alger | 28 | 1982, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 | ||
2 | OC Alger | 7 | 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1986, 1990, 1996 | ||
3 | Nadit Alger | 6 | 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1981, 1985 | ||
4 | RC Kouba | 3 | 1970, 1971, 1972 | ||
align=center rowspan=5 | 5 | Spartiates Oran | 2 | 1963, 1964 | |
MC Saïda | 2 | 1965, 1967 | |||
MC Oran | 2 | 1983, 1992 | |||
JSE Skikda | 2 | 2015, 2020 | |||
ES Aïn Touta | 2 | 2022, 2023 | |||
align=center rowspan=6 | 9 | JSM Skikda | 1 | 1966 | |
Hamra Annaba | 1 | 1968 | |||
CR Belcourt | 1 | 1969 | |||
US Biskra | 1 | 2004 | |||
CR Bordj Bou Arréridj | 1 | 2019 | |||
M Bordj Bou Arréridj | 1 | 2024 |
These are the teams that participate in the 2021–22 Algerian Handball Championship season:[2] Nine clubs promoted from the second division.[3]
width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc" | Promoted from National 1 |
Team | Home city | Arena | Capacity | |
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Barika | Salle OMS de Barika | 1.332 | ||
Chabab Chelghoum Laïd | Chelghoum Laïd | |||
Baraki | Salle Mahdi Boualem de Benghazi | 2.000 | ||
CRBEE Alger Centre | Algiers | |||
Mila | Salle Omnisports Tayeb Ben Abderrahmane | |||
Bordj Bou Arréridj | ||||
El Arrouche, Skikda | ||||
Bir Mourad Raïs | ||||
Aïn Touta | Salle OMS Aïn Touta | 1.000 | ||
Arzew | Salle Omnisports d'Arzew | 2.500 | ||
El Biar | Salle Omnisports Mokhtar Arribi | 2.000 | ||
Ouargla | Salle Omnisports de Rouissat | |||
Bouteldja | Salle Omnisports d'El Tarf | |||
Skikda | Salle des Frères Bouchache | 250 | ||
Tizi Ouzou | Salle OMS de l'OPOW du 1er Novembre | |||
Béchar | Salle OPOW de Béchar | 500 | ||
Tadjenanet | Salle OMS de Tadjenanet | 500 | ||
MC Alger | Algiers | Salle Hacène Harcha | 8.000 | |
MC Oran | Oran | Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace | 5.000 | |
Oued Tlélat | Salle Omnisports de Oued Tlélat | 1.000 | ||
Saïda | Salle Mustapha Boukada | |||
Batna | Salle OMS de l'OPOW du 1er Novembre | |||
Olympique El Oued | El Oued | Salle Omnisports Echatt | ||
Olympique Maghnia | Maghnia | Salle OMS de Maghnia | ||
Annaba | Salle Omnisports Pont Blanc |