This Saturday noon in Strasbourg, Guillaume Gille unveiled the list of 18 players selected to represent the French team at the 2025 IHF World Cup. The Blues will fly to Croatia on Sunday, where they will begin the preliminary round on Tuesday at 6 p.m. in Porec, against Qatar.
As the start of the World Championship approaches, the coach reduced his squad from 20 to 18 players. Hugo discountstill in the physical recovery phase, and Benjamin Richterwho discovered the group this week in Strasbourg, were not selected for the competition.
The final list will be made official on Tuesday January 14 at 9 a.m., during the technical meeting of Group C in Porec. At each meeting, Guillaume Gille will be able to select 16 players from the 18 summoned. Furthermore, he will benefit from 5 possible replacements throughout the tournament, among the 35 names appearing on the extended list announced last November 15 to the IHF.
The list of 18 players called up
Guardians: Samir BELLAHCENE (TVB Stuttgart) – Charles BOLZINGER (Montpellier HB) – Rémi DESBONNET (Montpellier HB)
Left wingers: Mathieu GREBILLE (Paris Saint Germain HB) – Dylan NAHI (Industria Kielce)
Left backs: Thibaud BRIET (HBC Nantes) – Romain LAGARDE (PAUC Handball) – Élohim PRANDI (Paris Saint Germain HB)
Center halves: Aymeric MINNE (HBC Nantes) – Nedim REMILI (Telekom Veszprém)
Pivots : Ludovic FABREGAS (Cap, Telekom Veszprém) – Luka KARABATIC (Paris Saint Germain HB) – Karl KONAN (Montpellier HB) – Nicolas TOURNAT (HBC Nantes)
Right backs: Julien BOS (HBC Nantes) – Dika MEM (FC Barcelona) – Melvyn RICHARDSON (FC Barcelona)
Right wingers: Benoît KOUNKOUD (Industria Kielce)
