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National handball team
France
Information
AssociationFédération Française de Handball
CoachÉric Baradat
Colours
Team colours Team colours Team colours Team colours 1st Team colours Team colours Team colours Team colours 2nd
Results
IHF U-20 World Championship
Appearances18 (First in 1977)
Best resultGold Champions (2024)
European Junior Championship
Appearances14 (First in 1996)
Best resultGold Champions (2017)
Last updated on Unknown.

The France women's junior national handball team is the national under-20 handball team of France.

Controlled by the French Handball Federation, it represents the country in international matches.

It competes in the IHF U20 Handball World Championship (aka the "Women's Junior (U20) World Championship") and the European U-19 Handball Championship (called the W19 EHF EURO), which it has both won once.

The team is referred as the "U20" and "U20F".

Head coach Éric Baradat was previously assistant coach of the french women's senior national team (2002–2013 and for the 2016 Olympics games).

Achievements

IHF Junior World Championship:

European U-19 Handball Championship:

History

World Championship

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

IHF Junior World Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA GD
Romania 1977 Group Stage 13th place 5 1 0 4 43 63 -20
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1979 6th place
Canada 1981 7th place
France 1983 8th place
South Korea 1985 10th place
Denmark 1987 9th place
Nigeria 1989 Didn't Qualify
France 1991 12th place
Bulgaria 1993 Didn't Qualify
Brazil 1995 Quarterfinals 5th place
Ivory Coast 1997 Eightfinals 9th place
China 1999 Didn't Qualify
Hungary 2001
North Macedonia 2003
Czech Republic 2005 First Round 17th place 8 3 0 5 192 186 +6
North Macedonia 2008 Quarterfinals 7th place 8 5 1 2 224 217 +7
South Korea 2010 Eightfinals 13th place 7 4 1 2 209 164 +45
Czech Republic 2012 Final 2nd place 9 6 1 2 235 194 +41
Croatia 2014 Quarterfinals 5th place 9 7 0 2 250 203 +32
Russia 2016 Eightfinals 13th place 7 3 1 3 190 181 +9
Hungary 2018 Quarterfinals 7th place 9 7 0 2 237 203 +34
Slovenia 2022 Eightfinals 13th place 7 4 2 1 210 154 +56
North Macedonia 2024 Final Champions 8 8 0 0 254 138 +116
Total 18/21 1 Title

European Championship

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

European Junior Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA GD
Poland 1996 5th place
Slovakia 1998 8th place
France 2000 11th place
Finland 2002 5th place
Czech Republic 2004 10th place
Turkey 2007 5th place
Hungary 2009 5th place
Netherlands 2011 10th place 7 3 0 4 184 179 +5
Denmark 2013 7th place
Spain 2015 9th place
Slovenia 2017 Final Champions 7 6 0 1 202 171 +31
Hungary 2019 8th place 7 3 0 4 186 182 +4
Slovenia 2021 Semi final 3rd place 7 5 0 2 182 160 +22
Romania 2023 6th place 7 3 0 4 218 195 +23
Total 14/14 1 Title

Winner rosters

2024 Junior World Handball Championship (U20) roster

Goalkeepers
Left Wingers
Right Wingers
  • Manon Errard (Metz HB reserve team, N1)
  • Emma Tuccella (Metz HB senior+reserve team (N1))
Line players
Left Backs
Centre Backs
  • Nina Perret (JDA Dijon reserve (N1)+senior team, also back player)
Right Backs
Back Players

Éric Baradat as head coach

2017 Women’s 19 EHF EURO roster

Goalkeepers
Left Wingers
Right Wingers
Line players
Left Backs
Centre Backs
Right Backs

Éric Baradat as head coach

Individual awards

2024 Junior World Handball Championship (U20)

All-Star Team / Awards:

2023 Women’s 19 EHF EURO

All-Star Team / Awards:

2017 Women’s 19 EHF EURO

All-Star Team / Awards:

References

  1. "Handball Équipe de France Féminine U20 - FFHandball - Profile page of the U20F team".
  2. "#Entretiendulundi - Éric Baradat" (in French).
  3. Women's Junior World Championship Info
  4. "EDFF – U20F – UNE GRANDE PREMIÈRE POUR LA FILIÈRE FÉMININE".
  5. "EDFF – U20F – UNE PREMIÈRE FINALE ET PLEIN D'ESPOIRS".
  6. "IHF - French 2024 U20 World championship roaster".
  7. "Cumulated stats of France's 2017 EHF W19 Euro" (PDF).
  8. "NORTH MACEDONIA 2024: ALL-STAR TEAM REVEALED".
  9. "Hungary's Simon earns MVP plaudits at W19 EHF Euro 2023". EHF. 16 July 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.

External links

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Defunct competitions
women:
  • Coupe de la Ligue (2003-16)
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Organizations
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