France men's national handball team

France
Information
Nickname1992: les Bronzés
1993–1996: les Barjots
2001–2008: les Costauds
2008–2017: les Experts
AssociationFrench Handball Federation
CoachTalant Dujshebaev
Assistant coachYohann Delattre
Jean-Luc Kieffer
Most capsJackson Richardson (417)
Most goalsJérôme Fernandez (1,463)
Colours
1st
2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances9 (First in 1992)
Best result 1st (2008, 2012, 2020)
World Championship
Appearances25 (First in 1954)
Best result 1st (1995, 2001, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017)
European Championship
Appearances17 (First in 1994)
Best result 1st (2006, 2010, 2014, 2024)
Last updated on Unknown.
France men's national handball team
Medal record
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing Team
2012 London Team
2020 Tokyo Team
2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
1992 Barcelona Team
World Championship
1995 Iceland
2001 France
2009 Croatia
2011 Sweden
2015 Qatar
2017 France
1993 Sweden
2023 Poland/Sweden
1997 Japan
2003 Portugal
2005 Tunisia
2019 Germany/Denmark
2025 Croatia/Denmark/Norway
European Championship
2006 Switzerland
2010 Austria
2014 Denmark
2024 Germany
2008 Norway
2018 Croatia
Mediterranean Games
1987 Latakia
1993 Languedoc-Roussillon
2001 Tunis
2009 Pescara

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 Danish men's team have done so in 2026), 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.