Chambray Touraine Handball is the name of a French

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 g ...

club from

Chambray-lès-Tours Chambray-lès-Tours (, literally ''Chambray Lès, near Tours'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Indre-et-Loire Departments of France, department, central France. It is the birthplace of professional association football, footballer Adam Ou ...

. This team currently competes in the French Women's Handball First League from 2016.

History of the club

In 1994, Chambray sports club, set up a new section, Handball enriches the sports club with 1 team senior men. 2006–2007, the Chambray club set up an agreement with the women's section of the St Cyr sur Loire club. Thus, a large number of women come to join the club, with in particular the pennant team: the senior women, then evolving in National 3 under the direction of Marques Guillaume (coach). Phillipe Hualt chaired the club from 2006 to 2010. This was then taken over by Gérald Minard from 2010 to 2015. In March 2015, Yves Guérin took over as club chair and appointed Christophe Bouhour professional team manager. Since 2014, the club has given itself the means to access the French elite by recruiting many recognized players, such as

Sophie Herbrecht Sophie Herbrecht (born 13 February 1982 in Mulhouse) is a French handball player. She plays since June 2017 for the club Brest Bretagne Handball. She became World Champion in 2003, when France won the 2003 World Women's Handball Championship in C ...

, Ionela Stanca-Gâlcă first, then Linda Pradel, Koumba Cissé or Ana de Sousa in the summer of 2015. Second in the 2015–2016 season in Division 2, Chambray accedes for the first time in its history to the elite of French women's handball. The 2016–2017 season is the club's first in the first division. After a difficult start, Chambray won the first match in its history in LFH on the eighth day at home against Brest Bretagne Handball. From then on, the promoted followed a series of nine victories in fourteen meetings allowing them to finish in sixth place in the ranking with a record of nine wins, two draws and nine losses. In the playoffs, Chambray was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Brest. The club competed in the group stage of the

2021–22 Women's EHF European League The 2021–22 Women's EHF European League was the 41st edition of EHF's second-tier women's handball competition, running from 16 October 2021 to 15 May 2022. Neptunes de Nantes were the defending champions. Overview Team allocation Round ...

for the first time.

Team

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2022–23 season'' ;Goalkeepers * 1 Agathe Quiniou * 12

Rikke Granlund Rikke Marie Granlund (born 14 November 1989) is a Norwegian handball player for french league club Chambray Touraine Handball and the Norwegian national team. She was selected to represent Norway at the 2020 European Women's Handball Champio ...

(pregnant) * 70 Emma Perche ;Wingers ;LW: * 13

Manon Houette Manon Houette (born 2 July 1992) is a French handball player for Chambray Touraine Handball and the French national team. She and competed at the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship and 2016 Olympics. She was named Best Left Winger in t ...

* 34 Rebecca Bossavy ;RW: * 22 Kimberley Bouchard * 84

Melvine Deba Melvine Deba (born 8 January 1998) is a French handballer who plays for Chambray Touraine Handball. Achievements *French Cup The Coupe de France, formerly known as the Coupe Charles Simon, is the premier knockout cup competition in Fr ...

;Line players * 6

Clara Monti Danielsson Clara Monti Danielsson (born 30 January 1992) is a Swedish handball player. She currently plays for Chambray Touraine Handball and the Sweden women's national handball team. Career Clara Monti Danielsson started playing handball in Lugi HF ...

* 19 Aminata Sow * 82 Aidiatou Dembele ;Back players ;LB * 10 Lucie Modenel * 33

Jovana Stoiljković Jovana Stoiljković ( sr-cyr, Јована Стоиљковић; born 30 September 1988) is a Serbian handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players ...

;CB * 7 Ida Lagerbon * 27 Nadia Mielke-Offendal * 41 Nina Brkljačić ;RB * 11 Laura van der Heijden * 93 Karichma Ekoh

Transfers

:''Transfers for the 2023–24 season'' ;Joining ;Leaving *

(GK) (to

Sola HK Sola HK is a handball club from Sola, Rogaland, Norway. The women's team currently competes in REMA 1000-ligaen. Results Norway * REMA 1000-ligaen **''Bronze:'' 2020/21, 2021/22 *Norwegian Cup ** ''Finalist:'' 2020, 2022/23 Team Current squad ...

) * Ida Lagerbon (LB) (to

SønderjyskE Håndbold SønderjyskE is a Denmark, Danish sport club. They have two team handball, handball teams (one male based in Sønderborg, one female based in Aabenraa), two Football (soccer), football teams (one professional male club and one professional female ...

)

Notable players

* Blandine Dancette * Linda Pradel * Camille Aoustin *

Constance Mauny Constance Mauny (born 17 December 1998) is a French female handballer who plays for Brest Bretagne Handball and the French national team as a left wing. Achievements Club International * EHF Champions League ** Finalist: 2021 (with Br ...

* Stella Baudouin *

Ionela Stanca Ionela Stanca (née Gâlcă; born 9 January 1981) is a Romanian professional team handball, handballer who plays for Chambray Touraine Handball. She was voted into the ''All-Star Team'' in the 2007 World Women's Handball Championship.

Nely Carla Alberto Nely Carla Alberto Francisca (born 2 July 1983) is a Spanish handball player for Mérignac Handball and the Spain women's national handball team, Spain national team. Although she was born in Spain, her parents are natives of Cape Verde, so she h ...

Ana Paula Belo Ana Paula Rodrigues Belo (née Rodrigues; born 18 October 1987) is a Brazilian female handball player for SCM Craiova and the Brazilian national team. Achievements *EHF Champions League **''Winner'': 2016 *EHF Cup Winners' Cup **''Winner'': 2 ...

Szimonetta Planéta Szimonetta Planéta (born 12 December 1993) is a Hungarian handballer for Debreceni VSC and the Hungarian national team. Achievements *Nemzeti Bajnokság I: **''Winner'': 2010, 2011, 2012 *Magyar Kupa: **''Winner'': 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015 *E ...

Anouk Nieuwenweg Anouk Nieuwenweg (born 20 August 1996) is a Dutch handballer who plays for Neckarsulmer SU and the Netherlands national team. She arrived this summer (2019), from Germany, in the club of Chambray Touraine Handball Chambray Touraine Handball ...

References

External links

* Handball clubs in France Sport in Indre-et-Loire Handball clubs established in 2006 {{Handball-team-stub