Assured from the 1st place in group II and qualified for the quarterfinals, the French team will face the Northern Macedonia on Saturday which also aims to access the final table of the World Cup. A match to follow from 8:30 p.m. on beIN SPORTS.
At the end of this match, the final meeting of the main tour for group II, the French team will have to wait 24 hours and the outcome of group IV to know its opponent of the quarter-final disputed Tuesday, January 28 in Zagreb, L 'Team classified 2nd, including: Croatia, Egypt, Iceland and Slovenia.
Presentation of France-Northern Macedonia, by Yohan Delattre, assistant coach.
The Northern Macedonian team is animated by a strong identity with a substantial workforce from the same club, the HC Alkaloid. We hope that North Macedonia will play something so that this match is a real meeting allowing us to progress, over the duration of the game. I want this match to be as committed as possible, including on the side of the French team. Directed by Kiril Lazarov, a very elegant great player, this team paradoxically offers a much more direct game with percussion and duels, with fairly fine pivot relationships.
– At the end of this match, the French team will have to wait 24 hours and the outcome of group IV to know their opponent from the quarter -final: the 2nd classified team, among which: Croatia, Egypt, Iceland and Slovenia.
– In group II, Hungary (opposite Qatar) has its destiny in hand to attribute the 2nd ticket to the quarter -finals. If the Hungarians are beaten, the Dutch, the Austrians and the North-Macedonians will play their va-all.
– Among the 18 players present in Croatia, and after the departure of Samir Bellahcene, only Valentin Kieffer was not aligned.
– The last match against the Macedonians is a memorable memory: disputed in front of more than 50,000 spectators in the Fortuna Düsseldorf stadium, the Blues launched their epic concluded by the European title, three weeks later.
– The French team will join the Croatian capital this Sunday by a transfer by coach certainly less haraishing than that between Porec and Varazdin.
– HBC Nantes member, Kiril Lazarov has been the coach of the national team since 2022 and he exercises function at HC Alkaloid, with under his orders the French international, Arnaud Bingo.
– Kiril Lazarov is part of the great history of international handball: the very talented left -hander still holds the record for scored goals (93) during a World Cup (2009 in Sweden).
– Macedonian players are only from three all national clubs: 10 players come from HC Alkaloid, 6 from HC Eurofarm Pelister and 2 HC Vardar 1961 players.
– In 5 games against Northern Macedonia, the Blues have always imposed themselves: the most undecided was the trip to Skope, in 2015 with a short victory 27 to 25, during a qualification match at the EHF Euro 2016 .
09-01-15-Nantes: 30-20-Friendly match (world preparation)
29-04-15 – Skopje : 27-25 – Qualification Euro 2016
03-05-15 – Toulouse : 35-24 – Qualification Euro 2016
15-01-16-Krakow: 30-23-EHF Euro (preliminary tower)
10-01-24-Düsseldorf: 39-29-EHF Euro (preliminary tower)
Review for France : 5 games including 5 victories
The equation of the preliminary tour is simple: four teams will be in the running in each of the eight groups (32 teams) with three qualified for the main tour which will bring together 24 formations distributed in four groups. The Blues will obviously target one of the three posts for the main round and, if possible, with the maximum number of points, before crossing with the three qualified nations of the hen D. Skimming will then be more important because only two teams will rally the final table, at the quarterfinals stadium in the face of qualified groups from groups G and H.
It is Tuesday January 14 at 9:00 am, at the technical meeting of group C which will be competed in Porec, that the list of 18 players will be made official. Then the coach will choose 16 players for each match. In addition, 5 changes will be possible throughout the competition (among the list of 35 players announced on 15/11).
Mondial IHF 2025 (Croatia, Denmark and Norway) – Complete results
PREC PRELIMINARY TOUR: January 14 to 18
Tuesday January 14: France – Qatar : 37-19 (18-10) / Austria – kowers : 37-26 (18-16)
Thursday January 16: Kuwait – France : 19-43 (8-21) / Austria – Qatar : 28-26 (16-14)
Saturday January 18: France – Austria : 35-27 (19-15) / Qatar – kowers : 25-22 (11-7)
Classification: 1/ France 6 pts 2/ Austria 4 pts 3/ Qatar 2 pts 4/ Kuwait 0 pt
the main round
Complete results
Tuesday January 21: Hungary – France : 30-37 (15-23) / Austria – Northern Macedonia : 29-29 (14-13) / Qatar – Netherlands: 37-38 (19-17)
Thursday January 23: The Netherlands – France : 28-35 (13-19) / North Macedonia – Qatar : 39-34 (21-17) / Hungary – Austria : 29-26 (12-13)
Saturday January 25 at 8:30 p.m.: France-Northern Macedonia Live on BeIN Sports / Netherlands-Austria / Qatar-Hungary
Group II classification: 1/ France 8 pts 2/ Hungary 5 pts 3/ Netherlands and Northern Macedonia 4 pts 5/ and Austria 3 pts 6/ Qatar 0 pt
January 21 to 25 – Herning: Group I (3 qualified from A&B groups)
January 22 to 26 – Baerum: Group III (3 qualified of E&F groups)
January 22 to 26 – Zagreb: Group IV (3 qualified from G&H groups)
Quarter -finals
January 28 (upcoming schedules) – Arena Zagreb: France – 2nd in group IV – Live on BeIN Sports and on a channel of the TF1 group.
January 28 – Arena Zagreb : 1st group IV – 2nd in group II
January 29 – Baerum: 1st group I – 2nd in group III
January 29 – Baerum: 1st group III – 2nd in group I
Semi-finals
January 30 – In Zagreb
January 31 – To Baerum
FINALES
February 02 – To Baerum
Selection
Guardians: Charles Bolzinger (Montpellier HB)-Rémi Desbonnet (Montpellier HB)-Valentin Kieffer (Chambéry Savoie Mont-Blanc HB)
Left wingers: Mathieu Grebille (Paris Saint Germain HB) – Dylan Nahi (Industria Kielce)
Left rear: PRANDI (Paris Saint-Germain HB)
Half centers: 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 rear: DIKA MEM (FC Barcelona) – Melvyn Richardson (FC Barcelona)
Right wingers: Julien BOS (HBC Nantes).
The staff
Coach : Guillaume Gille / Assistant coach: Yohan DELATTRE / Guardian coaches: Jean-Luc KIEFFER / Physical trainer: Olivier Marelli / Video analyst: Vincent Griveau / Doctor : Emmanuel Bite / Physiotherapists: Sébastien Gautier, Jean-Christophe Mabire and Florian Patalagoïty / French team manager: Emmanuelle Mousset / Communication
and media relationship: Hubert Guériau / Intendant: Alexandre MASSINON / Mental trainer: Pierre Arthapignet / National Technical Director: Pascal Bourgeais / Head of delegation: Bertrand GILLE / Video : Mathis Boronat / Photographer: Baptiste Fernandez
EHF Euro Cup 2026
November 04 and 5: Internship at the Handball House
1st day – Wednesday November 06 in Orleans: France – Sweden : 37 to 31 (21-11) / Denmark – Norway : 32-27 (15-13)
2nd day – Saturday November 09 in Stavanger: Norway – France : 27-31 (14-17) / In Linköping: Sunday, November 10: Sweden – Denmark: 29-33 (16-17)
Preparation of the IHF 2025 World Cup
End of December: Internship at the Handball House
France tournament in Strasbourg
January 1 to 7: Internship at the Handball House
January 08 to 10: France tournament at Rhénus Sport in Strasbourg
Wednesday January 08: France – Czech Republic : 37-28 (22-12)
Thursday 09 January: Portugal – Czech Republic : 32-31 (16-15)
Friday January 10: France – Portugal : 44-38 (23-19)
EHF Euro Cup 2024-2025
Internship from March 10 to 16, 2025
3rd day – Wednesday March 12 at 8:45 p.m., in Lyon – LDLC Arena: France – Denmark
4th day – Saturday March 15 in Kolding, at 6 p.m.: Denmark – France
EHF Euro Cup 2024-2025
Internship from 05 to 11 May 2025
5e Day: Wednesday May 7 in Göteborg: Sweden – France
6e Day – Sunday May 11, at 6 p.m., in Rouen – Kindarena: France – Norway
