The France national youth handball team is the national under-19 handball team of France that represents France in international matches.[1] It is managed by the French Handball Federation, an affiliate of the International Handball Federation (IHF) and a member of the European Handball Federation (EHF).[2]
| France | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Information | |||
| Association | French Handball Federation | ||
| Coach | Franck Prouff | ||
| Colours | |||
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| Results | |||
| World Championship | |||
| Appearances | 6 (First in 2009) | ||
| Best result |  Champions : (2015, 2017) | ||
| European Youth Championship | |||
| Appearances | 11 (First in 1999) | ||
| Best result |  Champions : (2014, 2016) | ||
| Last updated on Unknown. | |||
The team competes in the IHF U19 Handball World Championship and the European U-18 Handball Championship (called the M18 EHF EURO), which it has both won twice.
The team is referred as the "U19" and "U19M".[1]
Since 2023, Franck Prouff is the current head coach.[3]
History
editYouth Olympic Games
editChampions Runners up Third place Fourth place
| Youth Olympic Games record | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD | |
 2010
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Didn't Qualify | |||||||||
 2014
| ||||||||||
 2018
|
No Handball Event | |||||||||
 2022
| ||||||||||
| Total | 0 / 2 | 0 Titles | ||||||||
Source:[4]
IHF Youth World Championship
editChampions Runners up Third place Fourth place
| Youth World Championship record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | GD |
 2005 |
Didn't Qualify | ||||||||
 2007
| |||||||||
 2009 |
9th place | ||||||||
| 2011 |
Semi-Finals | 4th place | |||||||
 2013 |
13th place | ||||||||
 2015 |
Final | 1st place | |||||||
 2017[5] |
Final | 1st place | |||||||
 2019[6] |
6th place | ||||||||
 2021
|
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||||
 2023
|
Didn't Qualify | ||||||||
 2025
|
Qualified | ||||||||
| Total | 7/10 | 2 Titles | |||||||
EHF European Youth Championship
editChampions Runners up Third place Fourth place
| European Youth Championship record | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD | |
 1992 |
Didn't Qualify | |||||||||
 1994
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 1997
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 1999 |
11th place | |||||||||
 2001 |
5th place | |||||||||
 2003 |
10th place | |||||||||
 2004 |
9th place | |||||||||
| 2006 |
6th place | |||||||||
 2008 |
7th place | |||||||||
 2010 |
Didn't Qualify | |||||||||
 2012 |
12th place | |||||||||
 2014 |
Final | Champions | ||||||||
| 2016 |
Final | Champions | ||||||||
| 2018 |
Main Round | 7th place | ||||||||
 2020
|
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[7] | |||||||||
| 2021a
|
10th place | |||||||||
| 2022 |
Group stage | 14th place | ||||||||
| 2024
|
Qualified | |||||||||
| Total | 13/17 | 2 Titles | ||||||||
a The European Handball Federation decided to hold an U-19 European Championship in 2021, in a move to lessen the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact for national team players born in 2002.[8]
Staff
editHead coaches :
References
edit- ^ a b "Handball Équipe de France Masculine U19 - FFHandball - Profile page of the U19M team".
- ^ Official website Archived 2006-08-31 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
- ^ a b c "Entretiendulundi - Franck Prouff" (in French).
- ^ men's Youth World Championship Info Retrieved 31 October 2020
- ^ 2017 youth Edition Retrieved 8 November 2020
- ^ 2019 youth Edition Retrieved 8 November 2020
- ^ "EHF redefines approach to upcoming Younger Age Category events". EHF. 27 October 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ^ "EUROPEAN HANDBALL FEDERATION INTRODUCES MEN'S 19 EHF EURO IN 2021". EHF. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ "Première sélection de Person pour le Tiby".
- ^ "EdFM - U19M – Régularité nécessaire à l'assaut du grand bain".
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