France men's national junior handball team

The France national junior handball team is the national under–21 Handball team of France.^[1]

France
Information
Association	French Handball Federation
Coach	Guillaume Joli
Colours
1st 2nd
Results
IHF U-21 World Championship
Appearances	20 (First in 1977)
Best result	Champions (2015, 2019)
European Junior Championship
Appearances	11 (First in 1996)
Best result	2nd (2018)
Last updated on Unknown.

Controlled by the French Handball Federation, it represents France in international matches. The team competes in the IHF U21 Handball World Championship and the European U-20 Handball Championship (called the M20 EHF EURO).

The team is referred as the "U21" and "U21M".^[1]

Achievements

IHF Junior World Championship:

• Winners (2): 2015 and 2019
• 3rd place (3): 1997, 2013 and 2017

European Junior Championship:

• 2nd place (1): 2018
• 3rd place (2): 2008 and 2016

History

IHF Junior World Championship record   Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place IHF Junior World Championship record Year[2] Round Position GP W D L GS GA GD 1977 12th place 1979 / 9th place 1981 8th place 1983 14th place 1985 Didn't Qualify 1987 8th place 1989 6th place 1991 11th place 1993 Didn't Qualify 1995 8th place 1997 Semi-Finals 3rd place 1999 Semi-Finals 4th place 2001 Didn't Qualify 2003 2005 14th place 2007 7th place 2009 11th place 2011 6th place 2013 Semi-Finals 3rd place 2015 Final Champions 2017[3] Semi-Finals 3rd place 2019[4] Final Champions 2023 11th place 2025 Total 20/24 2 Titles

EHF European Junior Championship   Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place European Junior Championship record Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA GD 1996 Semi-finals 4th place 1998 11th place 2000 Didn't Qualify 2002 2004 10th place 2006 10th place 2008 Semi-finals 3rd place 2010 6th place 2012 14th place 2014 7th place 2016 Semi-finals 3rd place 2018 Final 2nd place 2022 6th place 2024 10th place Total 12/14 0 Titles

Squad

2019 World Championship winner squad

Goalkeepers Gauthier Ivah (PSG Handball) Valentin Kieffer (Sélestat Alsace Handball) Left Wingers Antonin Mohamed (US Ivry Handball) Gaël Tribillon (Fenix Toulouse Handball) Dylan Nahi (PSG Handball) Right Wingers Edouard Kempf (PSG Handball) Benjamin Richert (Chambéry SMB HB) Line players Robin Dourte (PSG Handball) Jonathan Mapu (Saint-Raphaël Var Handball) Tom Poyet (USAM Nîmes Gard)

Left Backs Nori Benhalima (Chambéry SMB HB) Axel Cochery (US Ivry Handball) Yoann Gibelin (US Créteil Handball) Elohim Prandi (USAM Nîmes Gard Centre Backs Noah Gaudin (Cesson Rennes MHB) Kyllian Villeminot (Montpellier Handball) Right Backs Julien Bos (Montpellier Handball) Clément Damiani (Chambéry SMB HB)

2015 World Championship winner squad

Goalkeepers Julien Meyer (Sélestat Alsace Handball) Julien Salmon (HBC Nantes) Left Wingers Mahamadou Keita (US Ivry Handball) Queido Traoré (Chambéry SMB HB) Right Wingers Florian Billant (US Dunkerque Handball) Youenn Cardinal (US Créteil Handball) Line players Johannes Marescot (Chambéry SMB HB) Nicolas Nieto (US Dunkerque Handball) Nicolas Tournat (HBC Nantes)

Left Backs Quentin Dupuy (USAM Nîmes Gard) Adama Sako (Tremblay Handball) Rudy Seri (Sélestat Alsace Handball) Centre Backs Sébastien Joumel (US Dunkerque Handball) Alexandre Saïdani (Montpellier Handball) Right Backs Florian Delecroix (HBC Nantes) Alexandre Tritta (Chambéry SMB HB)