The France national junior handball team is the national under–21 Handball team of France.
Controlled by the French Handball Federation, it represents France in international matches. The team competes in the IHF U21 Handball World Championship and the European U-20 Handball Championship (called the ).
The team is referred as the "U21" and "U21M".
Achievements IHF Junior World Championship:
Winners (2): 2015 and 2019 3rd place (3): 1997, 2013 and 2017
European Junior Championship:
2nd place (1): 2018 3rd place (2): 2008 and 2016
History
IHF Junior World Championship record Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place IHF Junior World Championship recordYearJunior World Championship Info Retrieved 2 November 2020RoundPositionGPWDLGSGAGD1977 12th place 1979 / 9th place 1981 8th place1983 14th place1985 Didn't Qualify1987 8th place 1989 6th place 1991 11th place 1993 Didn't Qualify1995 8th place1997 Semi-Finals3rd place 1999 Semi-Finals4th place 2001 Didn't Qualify 2003 2005 14th place 2007 7th place2009 11th place2011 6th place 2013 Semi-Finals3rd place 2015 FinalChampions 20172017 men u21 Edition Retrieved 8 November 2020 Semi-Finals3rd place 20192019 men u21 Edition Retrieved 8 November 2020 Final Champions 2023 11th place 2025 10th place5203165161 +4Total 20/242 Titles
EHF European Junior Championship Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
European Junior Championship recordYearRoundPositionGPWDLGSGAGD 1996 Semi-finals4th place 1998 11th place 2000 Didn't Qualify 2002 2004 10th place 2006 10th place 2008 Semi-finals 3rd place 2010 6th place 201214th place 2014 7th place 2016 Semi-finals3rd place 2018 Final2nd place 2022 6th place 202410th place 2026 5th place Total 13/15 0 Titles
Squad 2019 World Championship winner squad
Goalkeepers Gauthier Ivah (PSG Handball) Valentin Kieffer (Sélestat Alsace Handball) Left Wingers Antonin Mohamed (US Ivry Handball) Gaël Tribillon (Fenix Toulouse Handball) Dylan Nahi (PSG Handball) Right Wingers Edouard Kempf (PSG Handball) Benjamin Richert (Chambéry SMB HB) Line players Robin Dourte (PSG Handball) Jonathan Mapu (Saint-Raphaël Var Handball) Tom Poyet (USAM Nîmes Gard)
Left Backs Nori Benhalima (Chambéry SMB HB) Axel Cochery (US Ivry Handball) Yoann Gibelin (US Créteil Handball) Elohim Prandi (USAM Nîmes Gard Centre Backs Noah Gaudin (Cesson Rennes MHB) Kyllian Villeminot (Montpellier Handball) Right Backs Julien Bos (Montpellier Handball) Clément Damiani (Chambéry SMB HB)
2015 World Championship winner squad
Goalkeepers Julien Meyer (Sélestat Alsace Handball) Julien Salmon (HBC Nantes) Left Wingers Mahamadou Keita (US Ivry Handball) Queido Traoré (Chambéry SMB HB) Right Wingers Florian Billant (US Dunkerque Handball) Youenn Cardinal (US Créteil Handball) Line players Johannes Marescot (Chambéry SMB HB) Nicolas Nieto (US Dunkerque Handball) Nicolas Tournat (HBC Nantes)
Left Backs Quentin Dupuy (USAM Nîmes Gard) Adama Sako (Tremblay Handball) Rudy Seri (Sélestat Alsace Handball) Centre Backs Sébastien Joumel (US Dunkerque Handball) Alexandre Saïdani (Montpellier Handball) Right Backs Florian Delecroix (HBC Nantes) Alexandre Tritta (Chambéry SMB HB)
References
External links World Men's Junior Championship table European Men's Junior Championship table