Handball European Championship 2008 / France
This article covers the French national handball team at the 2008 European Championship in Norway.
qualification
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team
Squad
| No. | Surname | society | LS / goals (before EM) | Games | Gates |
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Time penalties |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper (% balls held) | ||||||||
| 1 | Yohann Ploquin |  Toulouse handball
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82/0 | 1 | (27%) | - | - | - |
| 12 | Daouda Karaboué | Montpellier HB
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46/0 | 7th | (33%) | - | - | - |
| 16 | Thierry Omeyer |  THW Kiel
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170/0 | 6th | (34%) | - | - | - |
| Outfield player | ||||||||
| 2 | Jérôme Fernandez |  FC Barcelona
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236/ 936 | 8th | 26/1 | 5 | - | - |
| 3 | Didier Dinart | BM Ciudad Real
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263 /124 | 8th | 4th | 4th | 4th | - |
| 5 | Guillaume Gille | HSV Hamburg
|
222/589 | 8th | 5 | 2 | 4th | - |
| 6th | Bertrand Gille | HSV Hamburg
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192/595 | 7th | 17th | 3 | 3 | - |
| 8th | Daniel Narcisse | Chambery Savoie HB
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148/423 | 8th | 43 | - | 3 | - |
| 10 | Laurent Busselier * | Chambery Savoie HB
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10/23 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 11 | Olivier Girault | Paris HB
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214/472 | 8th | 30/8 | 3 | 2 | - |
| 13 | Nikola Karabatić | THW Kiel
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97/406 | 8th | 44/7 | 3 | 2 | - |
| 14th | Christophe Kempé | Toulouse handball
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139/224 | 8th | 6th | - | 1 | - |
| 19th | Luc Abalo | US Ivry HB
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48/155 | 8th | 31/2 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 22nd | Geoffroy Krantz *** | VfL Gummersbach
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21/20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 24 | Sébastien Easter Day * | Tremblay HB
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6/18 | 5 | 6th | - | - | - |
| 26th | Cédric Paty | Chambery Savoie HB
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0/0 | 8th | 10 | - | 3 | - |
| 30th | Fabrice Guilbert | US Ivry HB
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15/32 | 8th | 7/1 | - | 1 | - |
| total | 1909/3817 | 8th | 238/19 | 22nd | 24 | 1 | ||
| Trainer / supervisor | ||||||||
| Claude Onesta
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Trainer | |||||||
| Sylvain Nouet
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Assistant coach | |||||||
* nominated / canceled after the preliminary round (Ostertag / Busselier)
*** additional player in the final round
Preliminary round matches (Group D)
In the preliminary round, the French team met Slovakia , Sweden and Iceland .
France 32:31 (20:18) Slovakia 
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(January 17th, in Trondheim , Trondheim Spectrum )
FRA: Daouda Karaboué, Thierry Omeyer - Olivier Girault (6/1), Bertrand Gille (5), Jérôme Fernandez (5), Daniel Narcisse (5), Nikola Karabatić (4/1), Luc Abalo (3), Didier Dinart (2), Cédric Paty (2), Guillaume Gille, Christophe Kempe, Laurent Busselier, Fabrice Guilbert
SVK: Richard Štochl, Michal Shejbal - František Šulc (10), Radovan Pekár (7), Radoslav Antl (5/1), Vlastimil Fuňak (3), Peter Dudás (3), Andrej Petro (1), Marek Mikéci (1 ), Radoslav Kozlov (1/1), Michal Baran, Ján Faith, Martin Straňovský, Csaba Szűcs
Sweden 24:28 (13:18) France
(January 19, in Trondheim , Trondheim Spectrum )
SWE: Tomas Svensson, Dan Beutler - Dalibor Doder (4), Kim Andersson (4/1), Martin Boquist (4), Johan Petersson (3), Henrik Lundström (3), Jonas Källman (2), Jonas Larholm (2 ), Robert Arrhenius (1), Marcus Ahlm (1), Oscar Carlén, Jan Lennartsson, Magnus Jernemyr
FRA: Daouda Karaboué, Thierry Omeyer - Nikola Karabatić (5/1), Olivier Girault (5), Luc Abalo (5), Jérôme Fernandez (4), Daniel Narcisse (4), Bertrand Gille (4), Laurent Busselier (1 ), Cédric Paty, Christophe Kempe, Fabrice Guilbert, Guillaume Gille, Didier Dinart
France 30:21 (17: 8) Iceland 
(January 20, in Trondheim , Trondheim Spectrum )
FRA: Daouda Karaboué, Thierry Omeyer - Nikola Karabatić (10/2), Olivier Girault (4), Daniel Narcisse (4), Jérôme Fernandez (3), Luc Abalo (2), Bertrand Gille (2), Didier Dinart (1 ), Cédric Paty (1), Christophe Kempe (1), Fabrice Guilbert (1), Guillaume Gille (1), Laurent Busselier
ISL: Birkir Ívar Guðmundsson, Hreidar Guðmundsson - Alexander Petersson (5), Snorri Guðjónsson (4/2), Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (4), Logi Geirsson (2/1), Einar Hólmgeirsson (2), Róbert Gunnarsson (2), Bjarni Fritzson (1), Vignir Svavarsson (1), Hannes Jón Jónsson, Sverre Andreas Jakobsson, Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson, Sigfús Sigurðsson
Main round games (Group II)
In the main round, the French team met Spain , Germany and Hungary .
Spain 27:28 (15:15) France
(January 22nd in Trondheim , Trondheim Spectrum )
SPA: José Javier Hombrados, José Manuel Sierra - Alberto Entrerríos (5), Albert Rocas (5/5), Iker Romero (5/2), José María Rodríguez (4), Rubén Garabaya (3), Raúl Entrerríos (3) , Ion Belaustegui (2), Asier Antonio, David Davis, Julen Aguinagalde, Roberto García, Juan García
FRA: Daouda Karaboué, Thierry Omeyer - Daniel Narcisse (7), Bertrand Gille (5), Nikola Karabatić (4), Olivier Girault (4/1), Jérôme Fernandez (4), Luc Abalo (3), Guillaume Gille (1 ), Didier Dinart, Cédric Paty, Sébastien Ostertag, Christophe Kempe, Fabrice Guilbert
Germany 23:26 (10:11) France
(January 23 in Trondheim , Trondheim Spectrum )
DEU: Henning Fritz, Johannes Bitter - Michael Kraus (6), Torsten Jansen (5/2), Florian Kehrmann (4), Holger Glandorf (2), Pascal Hens (2), Christian Zeitz (2), Markus Baur (1 ), Andrej Klimovets (1), Sebastian Preiß, Lars Kaufmann, Oliver Roggisch, Dominik Klein
FRA: Daouda Karaboué, Thierry Omeyer - Nikola Karabatić (8), Jérôme Fernandez (7/1), Daniel Narcisse (6), Luc Abalo (2), Olivier Girault (1), Bertrand Gille (1), Didier Dinart (1 ), Cédric Paty, Sébastien Ostertag, Christophe Kempe, Fabrice Guilbert, Guillaume Gille
Hungary 31:28 (15:11) France
(January 24th in Trondheim , Trondheim Spectrum )
UNG: Nenad Puljezević, Nándor Fazekas - Ferenc Ilyés (9), Nikola Eklemović (4), Szabolcs Zubai (4), Szabolcs Törő (4), Tamás Iváncsik (3), Gergő Iváncsik (3), Kornél Nagy (1), Tamás Mocsai (1), Gábor Herbert (1), László Nagy (1), Balázs Laluska, Gábor Császár
FRA: Yohann Ploquin, Daouda Karaboué - Fabrice Guilbert (6/1), Cédric Paty (5), Sébastien Ostertag (4), Christophe Kempe (3), Luc Abalo (3/2), Daniel Narcisse (3), Nikola Karabatić (2/2), Olivier Girault (1), Jérôme Fernandez (1), Bertrand Gille, Guillaume Gille, Didier Dinart
Semifinals
In the semi-finals, the French team met the runner-up in main round group I, Croatia .
Croatia - France
(January 26th in Lillehammer , Håkans Hall )
KRO: Vjenceslav Somić, Mirko Alilović - Petar Metličić (6), Ivano Balić (5), Ivan Čupić (4/2), Tonči Valčić (3), Blaženko Lacković (2), Igor Vori (2), Nikša Kaleb (1 ), Domagoj Duvnjak (1/1), Josip Valčić, Zlatko Horvat, Denis Špoljarić, Davor Dominiković
FRA: Daouda Karaboué, Thierry Omeyer - Luc Abalo (7), Daniel Narcisse (7), Nikola Karabatić (5/1), Guillaume Gille (2), Olivier Girault (1/1), Jérôme Fernandez (1), Cédric Paty (2), Sébastien Ostertag, Christophe Kempe, Fabrice Guilbert, Bertrand Gille, Didier Dinart
3rd place match
In the game for third place, the French team met the loser of the second semi-final, Germany .
France 36:26 (18: 9) Germany
(January 27th in Lillehammer , Håkans Hall )
FRA: Daouda Karaboué, Thierry Omeyer - Olivier Girault (8/5), Daniel Narcisse (7), Nikola Karabatić (6), Luc Abalo (6), Cédric Paty (2), Sébastien Ostertag (2), Christophe Kempe (2 ), Geoffroy Krantz (1), Jérôme Fernandez (1), Guillaume Gille (1), Fabrice Guilbert, Didier Dinart
DEU: Henning Fritz, Johannes Bitter - Torsten Jansen (7/3), Pascal Hens (6), Stefan Schröder (3), Michael Kraus (3), Holger Glandorf (2), Andrej Klimovets (2), Rolf Hermann (1 ), Christian Zeitz (1), Dominik Klein (1), Lars Kaufmann, Markus Baur, Frank von Behren