Category: Various

13 January 2017

Japan vs France in auto-description

In order to make the competition accessible to all, the Organising Committee of the World Handball Championship will allow blind people to follow eight games of the tournament (one per city), thanks to an audio description system. A device already tested during the last final of the French cup and which will be used this...

12 January 2017

FYR Macedonia vs Tunisia: Highlights

12 January 2017

Slovenia vs Angola: Highlights

12 January 2017

Chile make final roster public

The Chilean Handball Federation have unveiled the list of 16 players for the 2017 IHF Men’s Handball World Championship. Chile’s official roster for France 2017: Goalkeepers: Felipe Barrientos (BM Italiano), Felipe Garcia (Myk Hentbol), Rene Olivia (Ovalle BM) Players: Harald Feuchtmann (DJK Waldbüttelbrunn), Sebastien Ceballos (BM Zamora), Diego Reyes (BM Alarcos), Victor Donoso (Montelimar), Erwin Feuchtmann...

12 January 2017

Your Phenomenal Day: Thursday 12 January

After an exciting opening night, the second day of the 2017 World Championship will feature five games. Here is everything you need to know about day two.

11 January 2017

RESULT: France steamroll Brazil in opener

In the opening Group A tie of the 25th IHF Men’s Handball World Championship, France beat Brazil 31:16 (17:7). Top scorer for France was Valetin Porte with six while Jose Guilherme Toledo netted five for the Brazilians.

11 January 2017

France vs Brazil: the first shots of fans arriving are in!

The doors of the AccorHotel Arena in Paris opened today (Wednesday 11 January) two hours before the start of the first match of the 2017 IHF Men’s World Championship between France and Brazil. You can find the first shots of fans from both teams arriving in the arena on our official Flickr account!

10 January 2017

France and Brazil ready for scorching opener

Le Championnat du monde 2017 débute mercredi soir avec une superbe affiche, France-Brésil, à l'AccorHotels Arena (coup d'envoi à 20h45). Voici tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur ce match d'ouverture.

10 January 2017

France: Accambray named in final roster

Efficient against Slovenia on Sunday, William Accambray is in the final french list of 16 players for the World Championship. Dumoulin, Mem, Claire and Kounkoud are removed, Yanis Lenne will be the 17th player.

9 January 2017

The favourites of the 2017 World Championship presented by Olivier Krumbholz

From wednesday, 24 teams will play the 25th Men's Handball World Championship. Among them, some seem better equipped than others to win the trophy on January 29th. Before the opening game, Olivier Krumbholz, the Competition Director, presents the frontrunners of the coming tournament.