Kick-off of the handball world championship this Wednesday, January 11 with the opening match between France and Poland.
Only fourth in the handball world championship in Egypt, the France team is simply aiming for victory in this World Cup, which is the reigning Olympic champion and still considered one of the favorites. For this 2023 edition, the Blues will be in the group of Poland, host country and first opponent this Wednesday, January 11, but also of Saudi Arabia and Slovenia before the main round.
Facing Poland, therefore, the Blues hope to launch their competition perfectly, as explained by Guillaume Gille, coach of the France team on the FFH website. “When you know the difficulty of a first meeting in a big competition: finding the right tempo, knowing how to manage your stress, knowing how to free yourself, to go into the history of this competition and when you add these elements of hostile context , not sure that we hear a lot of our French in the stands. It still makes it a very important match in terms of accounts since sportingly these points are essential in a group that remains very dense. Beyond necessity to take points, our desire is to get out of this Polish trap, because it looks a bit like this: first match, inaugural, only to play in a context that we know. immediately be in the right tone.”
“We are going to face a young Polish team that is looking for itself but with the fervor of the Poles for handball, it will be a very interesting match. The Poles have the hope of getting closer to the top 8 in the world. Their public will try to push them and the players will thus have a boost” for his part launched Nedim Remili before the meeting.
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.
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.