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, 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. As of January 2024, they are the defending European Champions.
TBV Lemgo is a handball club from Lemgo, Germany, and is competing in the Handball-Bundesliga.
Ivano Balić is a Croatian former professional handballer who is currently part of the coaching staff at RK Split. Renowned for his speed, creativity, movement and charisma as a player, Balić won the 2003 World Championship and the Olympic gold medal in 2004 with the Croatian national team, and thirteen titles playing for clubs in Croatia, Spain and Germany. He also earned two World Championship silver medals, two European Championship silver medals and one bronze medal, and one Olympic bronze medal (2012) with the national team.
Talant Mushanbetovich Dujshebaev is a former handball player, and current coach, who serves as the head coach for Vive Kielce. Dujshebaev is considered by many to be one of the greatest handball coaches of his generation. He successively played for 4 national teams in his playing career: First for the Soviet Union, then the Unified Team, then Russia and finally Spain. His most usual demarcation as a player was centre backcourt. After initially having success with BM Ciudad Real as a coach, he has been coaching Kielce for nearly a decade now.
Alfreð Gíslason is an Icelandic handball coach and former player who is currently the head coach of the German men's national team. He won titles in Iceland, Germany and Spain as a player before starting his coaching career in 1991 with Icelandic team KA as a player-coach. He later coached German club SC Magdeburg, where he won the Bundesliga and the EHF Champions League, the Icelandic men's national team and German club THW Kiel, where he won six Bundesliga, six DHB-Pokal and two EHF Champions League titles. Alfreð was the Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year in 1989 and inducted into the National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland Hall of Fame in 2019.
Ulrik Wilbek is a Danish politician and former professional handball coach who is the incumbent Mayor of Viborg Municipality, serving in office since 2018. He is the most successful Danish team handball coach ever, having won two European Men's Handball Championship and two European Women's Handball Championships, one IHF World Women's Handball Championship and one Olympic gold medal with the women.
Nikola Karabatić is a French former professional handball player. He is regarded as one of the greatest players in handball history.
Daniel Narcisse is a retired French handball player and French international from 2000 to 2017. He is a double Olympic champion, quadruple World champion and triple European champion, one of the most awarded French team handball players with nine international titles. He could play both centre back and left back.
Igor Vori is a Croatian handball coach and former player who is currently the coach of Croatian club MRK Sesvete. Regarded as one of the best line players in handball history and renowned for his defensive and attacking abilities, Vori won the 2003 World Championship and the Olympic gold medal in 2004 with the Croatian national team, and over thirty club titles playing for RK Zagreb, FC Barcelona, HSV Hamburg and Paris Saint-Germain. He holds the record for most appearances for the Croatian national team with 246 caps.
Niklas Landin Jacobsen is a Danish handballer for Aalborg Håndbold.
Mikkel Hansen is a Danish former professional handball player.
Bertrand Fabien Gille is a retired handball player from France. Very strong physically, and was honored with the title of World Player of the Year in 2002.
Anja Althaus is a retired German handball player who most recently played for Győri ETO KC and formerly was a member of the German national team. She won the Champions League three times in her career.
Nora Mørk is a Norwegian handball player for Team Esbjerg and the Norwegian national team.
Martin Heuberger is a German handball coach and a former player. His playing career at the TuS Schutterwald was followed by a stint as player-coach and then coach at the club. Heuberger later coached the Germany men's national handball team.
Viran Morros de Argila is a retired Spanish handball player. He is regarded as one of the best defensive players of his time.
Kentin Mahé is a French handball player for VfL Gummersbach and the French national team.
Kari Brattset Dale is a Norwegian professional handball player for Győri ETO KC and the Norwegian national team.
Daphne Gautschi is a Swiss handball player for French team Handball Plan-de-Cuques and the Swiss national team. Gautschi has a two-year deal at German Bundesliga club Neckarsulmer SU.
Nils Lichtlein is a German Handball player, for the German Bundesliga team Füchse Berlin.
