The start of the handball world championship this week with a French team aiming for a new star.
Reigning Olympic champions, the France team is approaching this new world championship from January 11 to 29 in Poland and Sweden in the shoes of one of the favorites, a bit as usual. The competition will begin on Wednesday for the Blues against one of the host countries, Poland, in Katowice, just to launch this World Cup perfectly. Fourth in the last World Cup, in Egypt in 2021, France wants to win. “What we are aiming for is victory” launched Guillaume Gille in an interview.
Beyond expectations, there is what we aim for. We aim for victory. If we don’t plan for something big, we will always miss something in the end. Once we have said that, we are not further advanced, because everything remains to be done, everything remains to be written and the path that awaits us in Poland and Sweden is going to be damn arduous, but also very exciting. . In the context of this team, with again not upheavals but developments related to the workforce, the presences and absences of some, there are plenty of things to confirm and a lot of talent in many positions to express .
What is the calendar of the Blues at the world handball?
Here is the calendar of the French team for the handball world championship which takes place from January 11 to 29.
Group stage (B) in Katowice (Poland)
- First day
- Wednesday January 11: France – Poland (9:00 p.m.)
- Second day
- Saturday January 14: France – Saudi Arabia (6:00 p.m.)
- third day
- Monday January 16: Slovenia – France (6:00 p.m.)
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?
- Group A: Spain, Montenegro, Chile, Iran
- Group B: France, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia
- Group C: Sweden, Brazil, Cape Verde, Uruguay
- Group D: Iceland, Portugal, Hungary, South Korea
- Group E: Germany, Qatar, Serbia, Algeria
- Group F: Norway, North Macedonia, Argentina, Netherlands
- Group G: Egypt, Croatia, Morocco, United States
- Group H: Denmark, Belgium, Bahrain, Tunisia
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
- 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.