2025 men’s handball world championship: first place and quarter-final objective for the Blues, calendar and rankings

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Mens Handball World Cup 2025 the main round program for

The Blues have had a faultless run so far and can already secure a place in the quarter-finals this Thursday, January 23.

After a 5/5 since the start of these world championships, Guillaume Gille’s French team is aiming to reach 6 to already reach the quarter-finals. But good news, after their victory against Hungary, the Blues only need a simple draw to reach the final phase. In the event of a victory against the Netherlands this Thursday, it would even be guaranteed first place for the France team, which would perhaps allow a little rotation for the last match against North Macedonia in order to avoid injuries. Egypt, Iceland, Croatia and Slovenia will fight for their part to face the French this Monday in Zagreb.

Calendar and results of the World Handball Championship

The preliminary round takes place from January 14 to January 21 with three matches on the program for the France teamThe main round will be played from January 21 to 25 for Group I (3 qualifiers from Groups A and B) and II (3 qualifiers from Groups C and D) and from January 22 to 26 for Group III (3 qualifiers from Groups E). and F) and IV (3 qualified from groups G and H).

World Handball World Cup groups and rankings

Discover the rankings from the preliminary round to the main round with an update at the end of the matches.

The selected players

Here is the list of French players for the World Handball Championship.

  • Guardians: Samir BELLAHCENE (TVB Stuttgart) – Charles BOLZINGER (Montpellier HB) – Rémi DESBONNET (Montpellier HB)
  • Left wingers: Mathieu GREBILLE (Paris Saint Germain HB) – Dylan NAHI (Industria Kielce)
  • Left backs: Thibaud BRIET (HBC Nantes) – Romain LAGARDE (PAUC Handball) – Élohim PRANDI (Paris Saint Germain HB)
  • Center halves: Aymeric MINNE (HBC Nantes) – Nedim REMILI (Telekom Veszprém)
  • Pivots: Ludovic FABREGAS (Cap, Telekom Veszprém) – Luka KARABATIC (Paris Saint Germain HB) – Karl KONAN (Montpellier HB) – Nicolas TOURNAT (HBC Nantes)
  • Right backs: Dika MEM (FC Barcelona) – Melvyn RICHARDSON (FC Barcelona)
  • Right wingers: Julien BOS (HBC Nantes) – Benoît KOUNKOUD (Industria Kielce)

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