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Elohim Prandi
Elohim Prandi (born 24 August 1998) is a French professional handball player for Paris Saint-Germain Handball and the French national team. He represented France at the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship and at the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship, where he won gold medals with France. At the 2024 European Championship he scored a controversial last minute sensational goal in the semifinal against Sweden, that the European Handball Federation The European Handball Federation (EHF) is the umbrella organisation for European handball. Founded on 17 November 1991, it is made of 50 member federations and two associated federations (England and Scotland), and is headquartered in Vienna, ... later admitted, should not have counted. The Swedish national team made a formal complaint after the match, which was however rejected by EHF.https://www.handball-planet.com/ehf-rejects-sweden-in-prandis-case/ References External links * 1998 births Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Istres
Istres (; Occitan: Istre) is a commune in southern France, some 60 km (38 mi) northwest of Marseille. It is in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, of which it is a subprefecture. Location Istres is adjacent to the ''Étang de Berre'' lagoon (the largest in Europe) and the ''Étang de l'Olivier'' lagoon. It is located some 60 km (38 mi) north-west of Marseille, 20 km (13 mi) south-west of Salon-de-Provence, 10 km (6 mi) north of Martigues and 45 km (28 mi) south-east of Arles. Istres is also adjacent to the ''plaine de la Crau'' and the Camargue national park. Sports The city has numerous sports facilities and exactly 102 clubs. Each year, a race is organized around the Étang de l'Olivier. Many runners participate. The town's main football club is FC Istres. Facilities Istres is the home of the Istres-Le Tubé Air Base (BA 125). This air base was one of three utilized by NASA as a contin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris Saint-Germain Handball
Paris Saint-Germain Handball (PSG) is a French professional handball club founded in 1941, and based in the city of Paris in France. The club is the handball department of Paris Saint-Germain. PSG play in the highest tier of French handball, the LNH Division 1. Their home ground for LNH matches is Stade Pierre de Coubertin, which has a seating capacity of 3,400 spectators. For EHF Champions League matches, the club play at Halle Georges Carpentier, which has a seating capacity of 4,500 spectators. Initially called Patriotes d'Asnières (1941–1942), the club has gone through several name changes: Asnières Sports (1942–1987), Paris-Racing-Asnières (1987–1988), Paris-Asnières (1988–1992), PSG-Asnières (1992–2002), and Paris Handball (2002–2012). After being bought by Paris Saint-Germain owners Qatar Sports Investments (QSI) in 2012, the club became Paris Saint-Germain Handball. Since its inception, the club has won 23 titles. Domestically, Paris SG have clinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
US Ivry
Union Sportive d'Ivry are a French multi-sports club based in Ivry-sur-Seine, Val-de-Marne. The club is primarily known for its football team and handball team. US Ivry play their home matches at the Stade Clerville, which seats 2,000 spectators. History The club was founded in 1919 by Socialist Youth activists in the name of ''Union Sportive du Travail d'Ivry'' (USTI). The club's first chairman was Gaston Richard. Early in the club's foundation, they primarily focused on the football, athletics, and basketball sections of the club. As the club grew in size, so did the membership and the club eventually developed new sporting sections such as cycling, gymnastics, boxing, and tennis. In 1934, the club merged with two local clubs to form a new club called ''Etoile Sportive du Travail d'Ivry''. After the second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USAM Nîmes Gard
USAM Nîmes is a French team handball, handball team based in Nîmes, that plays in the LNH Division 1. Crest, colours, supporters Naming history Kit manufacturers Kits Results *LNH Division 1: **''Winners: (4)'' 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993 **''Runner-Up: (4)'' 1986, 1987, 1989, 1994 *Coupe de France (handball), Coupe de France: **''Winners:'' 1985, 1986, 1994 **''Finalists:'' 1989, 2018 *EHF Champions League: **''Semiinalists:'' 1994 Team Current squad :''Squad for the 2022–23 season'' Transfers :''Transfers for the 2023–24 season'' ;Joining ;Leaving * Ahmed Hesham (CB) ''(to Montpellier Handball)'' Former club members Notable former players * Jean-Jacques Acquevillo (2019–) * Cédric Burdet (2009-2010) * :fr:Rémi Desbonnet, Rémi Desbonnet (2013–2022) * Philippe Debureau (1994-1996) * Yohan Delattre (1993-1994) * :fr:Gilles Derot, Gilles Derot (1983–1994) * :fr:Grégoire Detrez, Grégoire Detrez (2001–2008) * :fr:Benjamin Galle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France Men's National Handball Team
The France national handball team is supervised by the French Handball Federation, and represents France in international matches. It is the first handball team to have held all three titles twice (the Danish women's team also held all three in 1997), and the only national team in its sport to hold six world titles and a total of eleven medals at the World Men's Handball Championship. With a total of five medals, including three gold in 2008, 2012 and 2021, France is also the most successful Handball team at the Summer Olympics. As of August 2021, they are the defending Olympic Champions. France's men handball team is widely regarded as the finest national team in the history of the sport. Results at international tournaments Since the 1990s, France has emerged as a major handball team. France won the bronze medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics, giving birth to their first nickname: ''les Bronzés'' (meaning tanned in French, a reference both to bronz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Men's Handball Championship
The IHF Men's Handball World Championship has been organized indoor by the International Handball Federation since 1938. In the twenty-seven tournaments held, eleven nations have won the title. France is the most successful team with six titles, followed by Sweden and Romania with four titles each. The current champion is Denmark, which won its second title at the 2021 tournament in Egypt. History The first indoor championship took place in Germany in 1938, involving four teams from Europe made up of 7 players who competed in a round robin stage to find a winner. It wouldn't be until sixteen years later where the second World Championship was held in the country of Sweden. Throughout their history, the World Championships has been dominated by European teams, with no medals being won by non-European countries until 2015, by Qatar. Over the years, the organization of the World Championships has changed. Initially, there were group games in both the preliminary and main rounds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 World Men's Handball Championship
The 2023 IHF World Men's Handball Championship is the 28th such event hosted by the International Handball Federation. It is currently being held in Poland and Sweden from 11 to 29 January 2023. Denmark are the two-times defending World Champions, having won the 2019 and 2021 edition. Bidding process Eight nations initially expressed interest in hosting the tournament: * * * * * * * * However until the bidding phase expired on 15 April 2015 only three nations entered documents to bid for this event. On 21 April 2015 it was announced that Poland and Sweden have agreed intentions to jointly hosting this tournament: * * and A decision was scheduled for 4 June 2015, but the Congress was moved to 6 November 2015. Poland and Sweden were chosen as the hosts. This is going to be the first time for Poland to participate as the host country at IHF World Men's Handball Championship. Venues The tournament will take place in nine cities (four in Poland and five in Sweden): Kraków, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Men's Handball Championship
The European Men's Handball Championship is the official competition for senior men's national handball teams of Europe and takes place every two years since 1994, in the even-numbered year between the World Championship. In addition to crowning the European champions, the tournament also serves as a qualifying tournament for the Olympic Games and World Championship. The most successful team is Sweden who have won five titles. Spain, however, have won most medals. History In 1946, the International Handball Federation was founded by eight European nations, and though non-European nations competed at the World Championships, the medals had always been taken by European nations.Medals Table – Ranking At Men's World Championships A 1938–1990 from ihf. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 European Men's Handball Championship
The 2024 EHF European Men's Handball Championship will be the 16th edition of the tournament and the third to feature 24 national teams. It will be hosted in Germany from 10 to 28 January 2024. Bid process Bidding timeline The bidding timeline is as follows: * 1 May 2017: Bidding nations to provide official expression of interest in the hosting of the tournament * 1 July 2017: Bidding manuals sent to all bidding federations * 1 November 2017: Deadline for completed bidding and application documentation to be provided to the EHF office * 15 December 2017: Applications to be approved at the EHF executive committee in Hamburg * 20 June 2018: Appointment of host(s) of EHF Euro 2024 at the 14th ordinary EHF Congress in Glasgow, Scotland Bids On 4 May 2017, it was announced that the following countries had sent in an official expression of interest: * , & * & * * * However, when the deadline for submitting the final bids expired, the following applications had been received: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the goal of the other team. A standard match consists of two periods of 30 minutes, and the team that scores more goals wins. Modern handball is played on a court of , with a goal in the middle of each end. The goals are surrounded by a zone where only the defending goalkeeper is allowed; goals must be scored by throwing the ball from outside the zone or while "diving" into it. The sport is usually played indoors, but outdoor variants exist in the forms of field handball, Czech handball (which were more common in the past) and beach handball. The game is fast and high-scoring: professional teams now typically score between 20 and 35 goals each, though lower scores were not uncommon until a few decades ago. Body contact is permitted for the def ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 European Men's Handball Championship
The 2020 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the 14th edition of the tournament and the first to feature 24 national teams. It was co-hosted for the first time in three countries – Austria, Norway and Sweden – from 9 to 26 January 2020. Spain won their second consecutive title by defeating Croatia 22–20 in the final. Venues Qualification Qualified teams Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. ''Italic'' indicates host for that year. Draw The draw was held at the Erste Bank Campus in Vienna on 28 June 2019. Seeding The seedings were announced on 17 June 2019. Squads Match officials On 21 August 2019, 23 couples were announced. On 27 December 2019, EHF replaced the Serbian referee pair Nenad Nikolić and Dušan Stojković with the Latvian referee pair Zigmārs Sondors and Renārs Līcis, due to an injury and late recovery of Nikolić in late October. Preliminary round ''All times are local (UTC+1).'' Group A ---- - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Handball Federation
The European Handball Federation (EHF) is the umbrella organisation for European handball. Founded on 17 November 1991, it is made of 50 member federations and two associated federations (England and Scotland), and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria. History EHF was founded on 17 November 1991 in Berlin, Germany, although the first EHF Congress convened on 5 June 1992 and assigned EHF's headquarters to Vienna, Austria from 1 September that year. In 2012 the EHF Office celebrated 20 years since it first opened its doors. In the subsequent years, the number of member countries has expanded from the initial 29 to its current number of 50, after Kosovo was granted full membership at the EHF Congress in Dublin, Ireland in September 2014. The EHF represents its members in the development of the sport both in terms of grassroots talent, as well as commercial growth. EHF-organised events such as the Men's and Women's European Handball Championships and the EHF Champions League repre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
