By winning against Austria, the French team reached the last four of the Euro handball tournament.
As a boss! The French handball team brilliantly qualified for the semi-finals of the European Championships this Monday evening by dominating a valiant Austrian team. Hanging on at half-time, the Blues managed to move up a notch to gain the upper hand and therefore qualify for the semi-finals. Even assured of finishing first in their group before the last match of the main round, the Blues will challenge Sweden, second in the other group, in the semi-final on Friday in Cologne. A major opponent since the Swedes are quite simply the title holders.
The French handball team schedule:
- January 24: France – Hungary at 6 p.m.
- January 26: France – Sweden at 5:45 p.m.
Group I
- France 8pts
- Germany 5pts
- Hungary 4pts
- Austria 4pts
- Iceland 2pts
- Croatia 1pt
Group II
- Denmark 8pts
- Sweden 6pts
- Slovenia 4pts
- Portugal 4pts
- Norway 2pts
- Netherlands 0pt
What are the dates for the men’s handball Euro?
The men’s handball Euro takes place from January 10 to 28.
Where is the men’s handball Euro taking place?
The European Handball Championship takes place in Germany. It will be the first, since the competition format expanded to 24 nations, to be contested in a single country. Six cities will help host the event: Düsseldorf, Berlin, Mannheim and Munich are the sites of the preliminary round, and Hamburg and Cologne the destinations of the main round.
On which channel can you watch the tournament?
As usual, beIN Sports is broadcasting the entire competition while the TFX group will broadcast a few matches such as France – Germany on January 16.
The players
For this Euro in Germany, Guillaume Gille has selected a group of 20 players:
- Guardians: Samir Bellahcene (Kiel/ALL), Charles Bolzinger (Montpellier HB), Rémi Desbonnet (Montpellier HB)
- Center halves: Kentin Mahé (Veszprem/HON), Aymeric Minne (HBC Nantes), Nedim Remili (Veszprem/HON)
- Left backs: Thibaud Briet (HBC Nantes), Nikola Karabatic (PSG), Timothey N’Guessan (Barcelona/ESP), Elohim Prandi (PSG)
- Right backs: Dika Mem (FC Barcelona/ESP), Melvyn Richardson (FC Barcelona/ESP)
- Left wingers: Hugo Descat (Veszprem/HON), Dylan Nahi (Kielce/POL)
- Right wingers: Yanis Lenne (Montpellier HB), Valentin Porte (Montpellier HB)
- Pivots: Ludovic Fabregas (Veszprem/HON), Luka Karabatic (PSG), Karl Konan (Montpellier HB), Nicolas Tournat (Kielce/POL)