France men's national youth handball team

France
Information
Association	French Handball Federation
Coach	Franck Prouff
Colours
1st 2nd
Results
World Championship
Appearances	6 (First in 2009)
Best result	Champions : (2015, 2017)
European Youth Championship
Appearances	11 (First in 1999)
Best result	Champions : (2014, 2016)
Last updated on Unknown.

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
2010	Didn't Qualify
2014
2018	No Handball Event
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
2005	Didn't Qualify
2007
2009		9th place
2011	Semi-Finals	4th place
2013		13th place
2015	Final	1st place
2017[5]	Final	1st place
2019[6]		6th place
2021	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2023	Didn't Qualify
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
1992	Didn't Qualify
1994
1997
1999		11th place
2001		5th place
2003		10th place
2004		9th place
2006		6th place
2008		7th place
2010	Didn't Qualify
2012		12th place
2014	Final	Champions
2016	Final	Champions
2018	Main Round	7th place
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[7]
2021^a		10th place
2022	Group stage	14th place
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

1. "Handball Équipe de France Masculine U19 - FFHandball - Profile page of the U19M team".
2. Official website Archived 2006-08-31 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
3. "Entretiendulundi - Franck Prouff" (in French).
4. men's Youth World Championship Info Retrieved 31 October 2020
5. 2017 youth Edition Retrieved 8 November 2020
6. 2019 youth Edition Retrieved 8 November 2020
7. "EHF redefines approach to upcoming Younger Age Category events". EHF. 27 October 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
8. "EUROPEAN HANDBALL FEDERATION INTRODUCES MEN'S 19 EHF EURO IN 2021". EHF. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
9. "Première sélection de Person pour le Tiby".
10. "EdFM - U19M – Régularité nécessaire à l'assaut du grand bain".

External links

• World Men's Youth Championship table
• European Men's Youth Championship table