French men's national handball team

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France
République française
Nickname (s) "Les Bronzés" (1992)
"Les Barjots" (1993–1996)
"Les Costauds" (2001–2008)
"Les Experts" (since 2008)
Association Fédération Française de Handball (FFHB)
confederacy EHF
Trainer Guillaume Gille
Team captain Nikola Karabatić
Most goals Jérôme Fernandez : 1418
Most games Jackson Richardson : 417
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Olympic games
Participation 7 of 13 (First: 1992 )
best result Olympic champion 2008 , 2012
Handball world championship
Participation 22 of 26 (First: 1954 )
best result World champion 1995 , 2001 , 2009 , 2011 , 2015 , 2017
European handball championship
Participation 13 of 13 (First: 1994 )
best result European champion 2006 , 2010 , 2014
(As of January 28, 2018)

The French men's national handball team represents France at international handball tournaments .

The French team ("Les Experts") has been around since the 1940s, and at the beginning of the 1990s they established themselves among the world's best handball players. She won the record number of six world championships ( 1995 , 2001 , 2009 , 2011 , 2015 and 2017 ), the Olympic Games in 2008 and 2012 and three European championships ( 2006 , 2010 and 2014 ). With a total of 11 gold medals at major handball events, the French national handball team is the most successful in history, ahead of Sweden and Russia (8 titles each) and Germany (7 titles). By winning the gold medal at the 2008 Olympics, the 2009 World Cup and the 2010 European Championship, the team was the first to win the title in the three largest international competitions. The French were able to repeat this in 2015 (Olympic victory in 2012, European champion in 2014 and world champion in 2015).

Participation in international championships

Handball world championship

The French men's national handball team at the 2009 World Cup
The French men's national handball team at the award ceremony at the 2010 European Championship

European handball championship

The French men's national handball team at the award ceremony at the 2008 Olympic Games

Olympic games

Mediterranean Games

  • 2001: 3rd place

Trainer

The team's coach has been Guillaume Gille since the beginning of 2020 , who was previously assistant to Didier Dinart , who coached the French selection from 2016 to 2020. Dinart, in turn, was assistant to Claude Onesta from 2013 to 2016 , who looked after the team from 2001 to 2016 and won eight gold medals between 2006 and 2015.

Current squad

Here you can see the 16-man squad of the FFH selection at the European Championship 2020 .
As of January 9, 2020

No. Surname birthday position logo society
12 Vincent Gérard December 16, 1986 TW Paris SG Logo.svg Paris Saint-Germain HB
16 Yann Genty December 26, 1981 TW Chambery Savoie HB
5 Nedim Remili 07/18/1995 RR Paris SG Logo.svg Paris Saint-Germain HB
7th Romain Lagarde 03/05/1997 RL Rhine-Neckar lion
8th Elohim Prandi 08/24/1998 RL USAM Nîmes
9 Melvyn Richardson 01/31/1997 RR Montpellier HB Logo.png Montpellier handball
10 Dika meme 08/31/1997 RR Fc barcelona.svg FC Barcelona
11 Nicolas Tournat 04/05/1994 KM LogoHBCN-2011.jpg HBC Nantes
13 Nikola Karabatić 04/11/1984 RL Paris SG Logo.svg Paris Saint-Germain HB
15th Mathieu Grébille 05/10/1991 LA Montpellier HB Logo.png Montpellier HB
19th Luc Abalo 09/06/1984 RA Paris SG Logo.svg Paris Saint-Germain HB
20th Cédric Sorhaindo 06/07/1984 KM Fc barcelona.svg FC Barcelona
21st Michaël Guigou 01/28/1982 LA USAM Nîmes
23 Ludovic Fabregas 07/01/1996 KM Fc barcelona.svg FC Barcelona
27 Adrien Dipanda 05/03/1988 RR Saint-Raphaël Var Handball
28 Valentin Porte 07.09.1990 RR Montpellier HB Logo.png Montpellier HB

Well-known former national players

Web links

Commons : European Championship 2010  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ handball-world: France confirms change of coach: Guillaume Gille will succeed Didier Dinart. Retrieved July 8, 2020 .
  2. ^ Didier Dinart new national coach for France. Retrieved July 8, 2020 .