Chambray Touraine Handball is the name of a French handball club from Chambray-lès-Tours. 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, 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 for the first time. +Season by season reviewSeasonDivClasVicNulDéfPlayoffsFrance CupCoach2009–20103 National 1??? –?Guillaume Marquès2010–20112 Division 2??? –?Guillaume Marquès2011–20122 Division 2??? –?Guillaume Marquès2012–20132 Division 26th142 10 –Round 4Guillaume Marquès2013–20142 Division 24th1426 –16th finalGuillaume Marquès2014–20152 Division 25th12 28 –8th finalGuillaume Marquès2015–20162 Division 22nd1642 –8th finalGuillaume Marquès2016–20171 Division 16th929Quarter-final8th finalGuillaume Marquès2017–20181 Division 18th7114Quarter-finalQuarter-finalsGuillaume Marquès2018–20191 Division 17th7411Quarter-final: 8th finaGuillaume Marquès
Team
Current squad Squad for the 2025–26 season
Goalkeepers 30 Rinka Duijndam 70 Emma Perche Wingers LW 2 Constance Mauny 5 Mara Vama
RW 84 Melvine Deba
Line players 8 Vilma Matthijs Holmberg 20 Maëlle Faynel
Back players LB 33 Jovana Stoiljković Ylana Richard CB 6 Carin Strömberg 10 Lucie Modenel 78 Manon Grimaud RB 15 Yaëlle Morvan 63 Eva Jarrige
Transfers Transfers for the 2026–27 season
Joining Coura Kanouté (LB) (from Paris 92) Helena Mathon (P) (from Handball Plan-de-Cuques)
Leaving Maëlle Faynel (P) (to Holstebro Håndbold)
Notable players
Sophie Herbrecht Blandine Dancette Linda Pradel Camille Aoustin Constance Mauny Stella Baudouin Mariama Signaté Koumba Cissé Ionela Stanca Nely Carla Alberto Ana Paula Belo Szimonetta Planéta Anouk Nieuwenweg Rikke Granlund Ida Lagerbon
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