Serious things are beginning for the French handball team. After a well-conducted first round concluded with three victories and three matches, the Blues are attacking the rest of the Euro – and its main round – with full confidence.
And it will be necessary to come out in one of the first two places – synonymous with qualification for the last four of the event – from this second phase.
Dika Mem’s partners have indeed fallen into a real group of death with Denmark (Olympic champion and four-time reigning world champion), Germany (Olympic vice-champion in Lille and defeater of the Blues in a nightmarish quarter-final), Spain (3rd in the last Games in Paris) and Portugal (4th in the 2025 World Cup after a defeat… against France).
Norway completes the table but will not play against the French again. The points from the first round counting for the rest, France enters the main round with already 2 points on the clock, those against Norway. This is also the case for Germany and Portugal.
Title holders, the Blues begin this tour of the bosses from the north face with a duel against the Danes this Thursday (8:30 p.m.), their bête noire.
They will then face Portugal on Saturday, Spain on Monday January 26 and Germany on Wednesday January 28. Matches which will be followed on BeIN Sports, usual handball broadcaster, and on France Télévision.
The France-Denmark match is scheduled to kick off at 8:30 p.m. this Thursday, January 22. The meeting will be followed live with commentary on our website leparisien.fr and on television on France 4 and BeIN Sports 1.
