Men’s Handball World Cup 2025: which opponent for the Blues in the quarterfinals? 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 are already qualified for the quarter-finals.

The course of the French handball team in this World Cup is perfect for the moment. Against the Netherlands, the Blues once again put in a huge performance to qualify for the quarters. The match against North Macedonia, last in this main round, will be a “simple” dress rehearsal before the knockout phase. It is impossible at the moment to know who the Blues’ opponent will be in Zagreb, but it will be the second in Group IV, where the first four, Iceland, Egypt, Slovenia and Croatia, are within two points with two matches still to go. play. The Blues will therefore avoid Olympic and world champion Denmark, Germany, Sweden, Spain or Norway.

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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