National handball team
| France | |||
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| Information | |||
| Association | French Handball Federation | ||
| Coach | Franck Prouff | ||
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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 France national youth handball team is the national under-19 handball team of France that represents France in international matches. 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).
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".
Since 2023, Franck Prouff is the current head coach.
History
Youth Olympic Games
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
| Youth Olympic Games record | ||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD | |
 2010
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Didn't Qualify | |||||||||
 2014
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 2018
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No Handball Event | |||||||||
 2022
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| Total | 0 / 2 | 0 Titles | ||||||||
Source:
IHF Youth World Championship
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
| Youth World Championship record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | GD |
 2005 |
Didn't Qualify | ||||||||
 2007
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 2009 |
9th place | ||||||||
| 2011 |
Semi-Finals | 4th place | |||||||
 2013 |
13th place | ||||||||
 2015 |
Final | 1st place | |||||||
 2017 |
Final | 1st place | |||||||
 2019 |
6th place | ||||||||
 2021
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Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||||
 2023
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Didn't Qualify | ||||||||
 2025
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Qualified | ||||||||
| Total | 7/10 | 2 Titles | |||||||
EHF European Youth Championship
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
| European Youth Championship record | ||||||||||
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| 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
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Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||||
| 2021
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10th place | |||||||||
| 2022 |
Group stage | 14th place | ||||||||
| 2024
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Qualified | |||||||||
| Total | 13/17 | 2 Titles | ||||||||
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.
Staff
Head coaches :
- Éric Quintin (?–2021)
- Pascal Person (2021–2023)
- Franck Prouff (2023–)
References
- ^ "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)
- ^ "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".
External links
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