France women's national youth handball team
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| Information | |||
| Association | Fédération Française de Handball | ||
| Coach | Olivier De Lafuente | ||
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| Results | |||
| Youth Olympic Games | |||
| Appearances | None | ||
| IHF U-18 World Championship | |||
| Appearances | 8 (First in 2006) | ||
| Best result | 4th Place : 2006, 2008, 2010. | ||
| European Championship | |||
| Appearances | 9 (First in 1992) | ||
| Best result |  1st (2007, 2023) | ||
| Last updated on Unknown. | |||
The France women's youth national handball team is the national under–18 Handball team of the France.[1]
Controlled by the French Handball Federation it represents the country in international matches. It competes in the IHF U18 Handball World Championship (called the Women's Youth (U18) World Championship) and the European U-17 Handball Championship (also called the W17 EHF EURO).
The team has won the W17 EHF EURO twice (in 2007 and 2023) and won gold at the European Youth Olympic Festival twice (in 2019 and 2023).
The current head coach of the team is Olivier De Lafuente.
The team is referred as the "U18" and "U18F".[1]
Achievements
[edit]Championships
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Tournaments
[edit]European Youth Olympic Festival:
History
[edit]Youth Olympic Games
[edit]Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
| Youth Olympic Games record | ||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD | |
 2010
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Didn't Qualify | |||||||||
 2014
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 2018
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No Handball Event | |||||||||
 2022
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| Total | 0 / 2 | 0 Titles | ||||||||
IHF World Championship
[edit]Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
| IHF Youth World Championship record[2] | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD |
 2006 |
Semifinals | 4th | |||||||
 2008 |
Semifinals | 4th | |||||||
 2010 |
Semifinals | 4th | |||||||
 2012 |
Quarterfinals | 7th | |||||||
 2014 |
Eightfinals | 16th | |||||||
| 2016 |
Quarterfinals | 6th | |||||||
 2018 |
Eightfinals | 10th | |||||||
 2020 |
Cancelled | ||||||||
 2022 |
Quarterfinals | 5th | |||||||
| Total | 8 / 9 | 0 Titles | |||||||
European Championship
[edit]Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
| European Championship record | ||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD | |
 1992
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Didn't Qualify | |||||||||
 1994
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 1997
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 1999
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 2001
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 2003
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| 2005 |
Semifinals | Third | ||||||||
| 2007 |
Final | Champions  |
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 2009 |
Semifinals | 4th | ||||||||
 2011 |
Quarterfinals | 5th | ||||||||
| 2013 |
First Round | 11th | ||||||||
| 2015 |
Quarterfinals | 7th | ||||||||
| 2017 |
Semifinals | 4th | ||||||||
 2019 |
Semifinals | Third | ||||||||
| 2021
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11th | |||||||||
| 2023 |
Final | Champions |
7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 193 | 149 | 44 | |
| Total | 9 / 14 | 2 Titles | ||||||||
Winning rosters
[edit]Source:[3]
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2007 Women's U-17 European Handball Championship - Pierre Mangin as head coach
[edit]Source:[4]
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Individual awards
[edit]All-Star Team:[5]
- Center Back: Mélissa Chantelly
2007 Women's U-17 European Handball Championship
[edit]All-Star Team:[4]
- Left winger: Martine Ringayen
- Left back: Gnonsiane Niombla
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Handball Équipe de France Féminine U18 - FFHandball - Profile page of the U18F team".
- ^ Women's Youth World Championship Info
- ^ "EDFF – U18F – ELLES SONT CHAMPIONNES D'EUROPE".
- ^ a b "Un deuxième titre européen pour la France" (in French).
- ^ "MEET THE STARS WHO SHINED DURING THE W17 EHF EURO CHAMPIONSHIPS".
External links
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