French Handball Federation

The French Handball Federation (French: Fédération Française de Handball) (FFHB) is the national handball association in France. Founded on 1 September 1941, FFHB organizes handball and beach handball within France and represents France internationally. It sorts under the French Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. The federation is a member of the European Handball Federation (EHF), Mediterranean Handball Confederation and the International Handball Federation (IHF). The current president of FFHB is Philippe Bana since 28 November 2020.[1]

French Handball Federation
French: Fédération Française de Handball
FFHB
IOC nationFrench Republic (FRA)
National flagFrance
SportHandball
Other sports
Official websiteffhandball.fr
HISTORY
Year of formation1 September 1941 (1941-09-01)
AFFILIATIONS
International federationInternational Handball Federation (IHF)
IHF member since11 July 1946 (1946-07-11)
Continental associationEuropean Handball Federation
National Olympic CommitteeFrench National Olympic and Sports Committee
Other affiliation(s)
GOVERNING BODY
PresidentPhilippe Bana
HEADQUARTERS
Address
CountryFrance
Secretary GeneralMichel Godard
FINANCE
Company statusActive
SponsorsAdidas
Groupe Caisse d'Épargne
Française des Jeux
Lidl
Orangina Schweppes
beIN Sports
Butagaz
Hummel International
La Poste
Razel-Bec
RATP Group
Renault
Sika AG
Molten Corporation
Gerflor

FFHB Presidents
No.NameTenure
1.René Bouet1941 – 1946
2.Charles Petit-Montgobert1946 – 1964
3.Nelson Paillou1964 – 1982
4.Jean-Pierre Lacoux1982 – 1996
5.André Amiel1996 – 2008
6.Joël Delplanque2008 – 2020
7.Philippe Bana2020 – present

Club handball

The federation organizes the National League for club teams, and the French Cups for men and women (French: Coupe de France masculine and French: Coupe de France Féminine). The winners of these tournaments qualify for European Leagues and Cups — the EHF Men's Champions League and the EHF Women's Champions League, and the Men's EHF Cup Winners' Cup and Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup.

International handball

France hosted the men's World Championship in 1970, 2001 and 2017,[2] and the women's World Championship in 2007.[3]

The men's team

The men's national team is the current reigning World Champion. It was the first team in the world to win the three titles in a row (Including olympic gold). It is widely regarded as the best current men's handball team in the world. The team has won the World Championship title six times, in 1995, 2001, 2009, 2011, 2015 and 2017 and the European Championship three times, in 2006, 2010 and 2014 .[2] The men's team won gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[4] Head coach for the men's national team is former player Didier Dinart.[5]

The women's team

The France women's national handball team were the world champions after their victory at the 2017 World Championships and reigning European champions after winning the 2018 European Championships. The team also won gold at the 2003 World Championships in Croatia, and silver at the 1999 World Championships.[3] The team was placed fifth at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[6]

Head coach for the women's national team is Olivier Krumbholz.[7]

National youth teams
Team Age group Head coach Competitions
Women U20F : France women's national junior handball team France Éric Baradat W19 EHF EURO, Junior World Championship
U18F : France women's national youth handball team France Olivier De Lafuente (2016–)[8] W17 EHF EURO, Youth World Championship, EYOF
U16F : France women's national under-16 handball team France Benjamin Schmidt (2023–)[9] European Open Handball Championship
Men U21M : France men's national junior handball team France Yohann Delattre M20 EHF EURO, Junior World Championship
U19M : France men's national youth handball team France Franck Prouff (2023–)[10] M18 EHF EURO, Youth World Championship, EYOF
U17M : France men's national under-17 handball team France Guillaume Joli (2021–)[11] European Open Handball Championship

Achievements

Men

Women

Youth team: Men

Youth team: Women

References
  1. "#Viefédérale - Philippe Bana nouveau président de la FFHandball". www.ffhandball.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-01-25.
  2. "Equipe de France Masculine. Palmarès" (in French). French Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  3. "Equipe de France Féminine. Palmarès" (in French). French Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 1 April 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  4. "Handball at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Men's Handball" (in French). Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 June 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  5. "Men's national team - Le staff" (in French). French Handball Federation. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  6. "Handball at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Women's Handball" (in French). Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 21 June 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  7. "Women's national team - Le staff" (in French). French Handball Federation. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  8. "Entretiendulundi - Olivier De Lafuente" (in French).
  9. "EdFF - U16F - Pour une prise de contact internationale" (in French).
  10. "Entretiendulundi - Franck Prouff" (in French).
  11. "Entretiendulundi - Guillaume Joli" (in French).
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