With two wins in two games before the third against Slovenia on Monday January 16, the France team has already qualified for the main round.
Quickly done well done. By beating Saudi Arabia this weekend, the France team won its second match in the handball world championship which is being played in Poland and Sweden. Thanks to this success, the Blues will logically see the main round, the real start of the competition for some observers. In the meantime, Guillaume Gille’s men face Slovenia on Monday January 16 to start this next round with full confidence.
“We know their main assets well, in particular captain Jure Dolenec, Dean Bombac, Rok Ovnicek, and Alex Vlah, the attraction of the Champions League with his position as 2nd top scorer in the current edition (70 goals in 10 games). Slovenia plays very well with the ball with a lot of specials. This team is very nice to watch. Without a doubt, defending well and getting the ball up will be important in this game because some players are not defensive oriented. Slovenian school produces very good centre-halves and very good left-handers. Goalkeeper Joze Baznik, who plays in Nîmes, knows our shooters well. Until now he was rather No. 2 but he had a good performance against Poland I hope he will not gain strength in this championship” analyzed Erick Mahé.
Calendar and results of the Handball World Cup
Here is the calendar of the French team and the other nations for the handball world championship, which takes place from January 11 to 29. If only one nation interests you during this World Cup, you can filter the results with our search bar by entering the name of the latter.
Final phase (if qualified)
- Quarter-finals
- Wednesday January 25
- Semi-finals
- Friday January 27
- Final
- Sunday January 29. Composed of the small final first for 3rd and 4th places, then the grand final for 2nd place and the winner of the 2023 World Cup.
What are the groups of the World Handball Championship?
Here is the classification of the groups of the first round of the Handball World Cup played in Poland and Sweden before the kick-off of the main round in a few days.
What TV broadcast for the World Handball Championship?
From Wednesday January 11, beIN SPORTS, official broadcaster of the French handball team, will broadcast the entire 2023 World Cup for men’s handball. Up to 5 matches will be broadcast live and unencrypted on the TF1 Group antennas
- The opening game of the competition
- One main round match
- A 1/4 Final (In case of qualification of the French team)
- A 1/2 Final (In case of qualification of the French team)
- The Final (In case of qualification of the French team)
The 18 French for the World Cup
Here is the list of players from the France team summoned by Guillaume Gille for this Handball World Cup, including the inexhaustible Nikola Karabatic.
- Guardians (3): Bolzinger, Desbonnet, Gerard.
- Left wingers (2): Grebille, Nahi.
- Left backs (4): Briet, N. Karabatic, Lagarde, E. Prandi.
- Center half (2): K. Mahé, Remili.
- Right backs (2): Mem, Mr. Richardson.
- Right wingers (2): Y.Lenne, Porte.
- Pivots (3): Fabregas, L. Karabatic (cap.), Tournat.