The France national youth handball team is the national under-19 handball team of France that represents France in international matches.[1] It is managed by the French Handball Federation, an affiliate of the International Handball Federation (IHF) and a member of the European Handball Federation (EHF).[2]

The team competes in the IHF U19 Handball World Championship and the European U-18 Handball Championship (called the M18 EHF EURO), which it has both won twice.

The team is referred as the "U19" and "U19M".[1]

Since 2023, Franck Prouff is the current head coach.[3]

History

Youth Olympic Games

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Youth Olympic Games record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA GD
Singapore 2010 Didn't Qualify
China 2014
Argentina 2018 No Handball Event
Senegal 2022
Total 0 / 2 0 Titles

Source:[4]

IHF Youth World Championship

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Youth World Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA GD
Qatar 2005 Didn't Qualify
Bahrain 2007
Tunisia 2009 9th place
Argentina 2011 Semi-Finals 4th place
Hungary 2013 13th place
Russia 2015 Final 1st place
Georgia (country) 2017[5] Final 1st place
North Macedonia 2019[6] 6th place
Greece 2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Croatia 2023 Didn't Qualify
Egypt 2025 Qualified
Total 7/10 2 Titles

EHF European Youth Championship

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

European Youth Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA GD
Switzerland 1992 Didn't Qualify
Israel 1994
Estonia 1997
Portugal 1999 11th place
Luxembourg 2001 5th place
Slovakia 2003 10th place
Serbia and Montenegro 2004 9th place
Estonia 2006 6th place
Czech Republic 2008 7th place
Montenegro 2010 Didn't Qualify
Austria 2012 12th place
Poland 2014 Final Champions
Croatia 2016 Final Champions
Croatia 2018 Main Round 7th place
Slovenia 2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[7]
Croatia 2021a 10th place
Montenegro 2022 Group stage 14th place
Montenegro 2024 Qualified
Total 13/17 2 Titles

a The European Handball Federation decided to hold an U-19 European Championship in 2021, in a move to lessen the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact for national team players born in 2002.[8]

Staff

Head coaches :

  • Éric Quintin (?–2021)[9]
  • Pascal Person (2021–2023)[10][3]
  • Franck Prouff (2023–)[3]

References


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