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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 thirteen 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 January 2024, they are the defending European Champions. 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 bronze and to cult French film Les Bronzés). This led to an increased popularity of the sport in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Handball Federation
The French Handball Federation () (FFHB) is the national team handball, handball association in France. Founded on 1 September 1941, FFHB organizes handball and beach handball within France and represents France internationally. It sorts under the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports (France), French Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. The federation is a member of the European Handball Federation (EHF), Mediterranean Handball Confederation and the International Handball Federation (IHF). The current president of FFHB is Philippe Bana since 28 November 2020. FFHB Presidents Club handball The federation organizes the National League for club teams, and the French Cups for men and women ( and ). The winners of these tournaments qualify for European Leagues and Cups — the EHF Champions League, EHF Men's Champions League and the EHF Women's Champions League, and the Men's EHF Cup Winners' Cup and Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup. International handball France hosted the men's Wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 European Men's Handball Championship
The 2010 EHF European Men's Handball Championship (9th tournament) was held in Austria from 19 to 31 January, in the cities of Vienna, Graz, Innsbruck, Linz and Wiener Neustadt. Bidding process The two bids were as follows: * Austria * Greece Outside of the two bids, the following bids were withdrawn: * Germany * Iceland * Croatia * Macedonia * Hungary On the 5 May 2006, in Vilamoura, Portugal, Austria was given the hosting rights for the first time ever. They were the first country since 1998 to host the tournament despite never qualifying on merit. Venues 5 Austrian cities have been selected to host the 2010 Championship. The venues in Linz, Graz and Wiener Neustadt were only used during the preliminary round. The fourth venue to be used in this round was located in Innsbruck, and was also one of the two venues in the main round. The other being Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, which was the only venue to be used in the final round. Qualification Qualifica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 World Men's Handball Championship
The 1993 World Men's Handball Championship was the 13th handball World Championship. It was held in Sweden 10–20 March. Russia men's national handball team, Russia won the championship. Qualification Teams *Note: Although the Czech Republic and Slovakia became Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, separate countries in 1993, the countries still competed together in the tournament as the Czechoslovak Handball Federation was not split yet. Preliminary round Top 3 from groups A & B plays in group 1 while top 3 from groups C & D plays in group 2 in the main round. The teams carry their results against the other teams to the main round. The last team from each group is eliminated from the championship. Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- Group D ---- ---- Ranking round ---- ---- Main round The winners of each group face of against each other in the final. The second-place finishers play the game for 3rd p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
