The handball world championship is in full swing in January 2025 with a redemption objective for the Blues after a catastrophic Olympics.
The first match of the competition was a walk in the park for the Blues against a modest Qatar team with almost 20 more goals at the end of the match, enough to give confidence to Guillaume Gille, who was satisfied after the match. “It’s a good first match to start this World Cup with a squad review which allowed everyone to start the competition. And to take positive cues. The score is large, we dominated this match from start to finish “We will always have things to complain about, because we had a lot of favorable situations that we struggled to exploit. It remains an international match for the start of the competition, it’s very successful.”
It is now Kuwait which faces the Blues with the objective of qualifying for the main round. Against a team reputed to be much weaker than the French team, you always have to be very careful and assistant coach Yohan Delattre is aware of this, the staff having worked with the greatest seriousness by analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of the team . Kuwait alternates with a layered, even very layered, defense, which remains atypical compared to European handball. We will have to be extra vigilant with regard to this tiering, which is sometimes very pronounced. It is necessary to prepare for this match with the utmost seriousness because the competition is long and this type of match, without appearing the most difficult, can be complicated in the face of adversity that we do not necessarily have. used to encounter on a tactical level.
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)