French national women's handball team
| Association | Fédération Française de Handball (FFHB) |
| confederacy | EHF |
| Trainer | Olivier Krumbholz |
| Team captain | Siraba Dembélé |
| Most goals | Véronique Pecqueux-Rolland (898) |
| Most games | Isabelle Wendling (338) |
| Olympic games | |
| Participation | 5 of 11 (First: 2000 ) |
| best result | 2nd place (2016) |
| Handball world championship | |
| Participation | 14 of 24 (First: 1986 ) |
| best result | World Champion (2003, 2017) |
| European handball championship | |
| Participation | 10 of 13 (First: 2000 ) |
| best result | 1st place ( 2018 ) |
| (As of December 13, 2019) | |
The French women's national handball team represents France in international tournaments in women's handball .
Winning the 2003 World Cup , the World Cup in 2017 and the European Championship in 2018 are the biggest successes of the French team. The French selection is trained by Olivier Krumbholz .
Placements at championships
World Championships (field)
| World Championship 1949 : | 4th Place |
| World Championship 1956 : | 6th place |
| World Championship 1960 : | not qualified |
World Championships (hall)
| World Championship 1957 : | not qualified |
| World Championship 1962 : | not qualified |
| World Championship 1965 : | not qualified |
| World Championship 1971 : | not qualified |
| World Championship 1973 : | not qualified |
| World Championship 1975 : | not qualified |
| World Championship 1978 : | not qualified |
| World Cup 1982 : | not qualified |
| World Championship 1986 : | 14th place |
| World Cup 1990 : | 14th place |
| World Championship 1993 : | not qualified |
| World Championship 1995 : | not qualified |
| World Championship 1997 : | 10th place |
| World Championship 1999 : | 2nd place |
| World Championship 2001 : | 5th place |
| World Championship 2003 : | 1st place |
| World Championship 2005 : | 12th place |
| World Championship 2007 : | 5th place |
| World Championship 2009 : | 2nd place |
| World Championship 2011 : | 2nd place |
| World Championship 2013 : | 6th place |
| World Championship 2015 : | 7th place |
| World Championship 2017 : | 1st place |
| World Championship 2019 : | 13th place |
European championships
| European Championship 1994 : | not qualified |
| European Championship 1996 : | not qualified |
| European Championship 1998 : | not qualified |
| European Championship 2000 : | 5th place |
| European Championship 2002 : | 3rd place |
| European Championship 2004 : | 11th place |
| European Championship 2006 : | 3rd place |
| European Championship 2008 : | 14th place |
| European Championship 2010 : | 5th place |
| European Championship 2012 : | 9th place |
| European Championship 2014 : | 5th place |
| European Championship 2016 : | 3rd place |
| European Championship 2018 : | 1st place |
Olympic games
| 1976 Summer Olympics : | not qualified |
| 1980 Summer Olympics : | not qualified |
| 1984 Summer Olympics : | not qualified |
| 1988 Summer Olympics : | not qualified |
| 1992 Summer Olympics : | not qualified |
| 1996 Summer Olympics : | not qualified |
| Olympic Summer Games 2000 : | 6th place |
| 2004 Summer Olympics : | 4th Place |
| Olympic Summer Games 2008 : | 5th place |
| Olympic Summer Games 2012 : | 5th place |
| 2016 Summer Olympics : | silver |
Mediterranean Games
- Gold: 2001
Squad: World Cup 2019
Roxanne Frank ( Entente Sportive Bisontine Féminin ), Catherine Gabriel ( Nantes Atlantique Handball ), Amandine Leynaud ( Győri ETO KC ), Chloé Bouquet (Entente Sportive Bisontine Féminin), Manon Houette ( Metz HB ), Orlane Kanor (Metz HB), Gnonsiane Niombla ( Siófok KC ), Estelle Nze Minko (Győri ETO KC), Tamara Horacek ( Paris 92 ), Méline Nocandy (Metz HB), Allison Pineau (Paris 92), Grâce Zaadi (Metz HB), Camille Ayglon-Saurina (Nantes Atlantique Handball ), Alexandra Lacrabère ( CJF Fleury Loiret Handball ), Océane Sercien-Ugolin (Paris 92), Pauline Coatanea ( Brest Bretagne Handball ), Laura Flippes (Metz HB), Béatrice Edwige (Győri ETO KC), Pauletta Foppa (Brest Bretagne Handball) , Astride N'Gouan (Metz HB)