After their convincing victory over Qatar two days ago, the Blues already have the possibility of qualifying for the main round against Kuwait this Thursday, January 16.
After its overwhelming 37 – 19 victory over Qatar upon entering the competition, the French team got off to a very good start to its World Cup. Tonight they will play another team from the Persian Gulf, Kuwait. For this second preliminary round, the French play in Oslo, Norway where they could already qualify for the main round. If successful, this would allow us to approach the match against Austria, the last team to face in this group, with more peace of mind and certainty even if it was not won!
Defeated at home a few months ago by Germany in a pretty crazy scenario at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the seven-time world champions were eagerly awaited for their first in this international competition. Coach Guillaume Gille himself confirmed that it was “a good first match”. However, he qualified his remarks by mentioning “poorly exploited opportunities. We left things undone in the heart of the second half” warned the one who was part of the “Experts” generation. Are we witnessing the emergence of a new golden team? The first answers will be given at the start of the evening with this confrontation against Kuwait.
HAS what time and on which channel to watch the Kuwait – France match?
The World Handball Championships are mainly broadcast on beIN Sports. As such, you will be able to watch the entire meeting on the Qatari channel. Kick-off is scheduled for 6 p.m.
What is France’s group at the handball world championships?
Guillaume Gille has selected 18 players for this competition which takes place in three different countries: Denmark, Croatia and Norway.
- Guardians : Samir BELLAHCENE (TVB Stuttgart) – Charles BOLZINGER (Montpellier HB) – Rémi DESBONNET (Montpellier HB)
- Left wingers : Mathieu GREBILLE – Dylan NAHI
- Left backs : Thibaud BRIET – Romain LAGARDE – Élohim PRANDI
- Center halves : Aymeric MINNE – Nedim REMILI
- Pivots : Ludovic FABREGAS – Luka KARABATIC – Karl KONAN – Nicolas TOURNAT
- Right backs : Dika MEM – Melvyn RICHARDSON
- Right wingers : Julien BOS – Benoît KOUNKOUD