Coupe de France (handball)

Last updated June 10, 2024

The Coupe de France masculine de handball is an annual national cup competition for French men's handball clubs. Organized by the French Handball Federation, it first took place in 1957 but has been discontinued on several occasions.

Champions

Winners by season

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Score
1956–1957 [ fr ]	ASPOM Bordeaux	AC Boulogne-Billancourt	26–18
Not held from 1958 to 1975
1975–1976 [ fr ]	SMUC Marseille	Villemomble-Sports	16–14
Not held in 1976–1977
1977–1978 [ fr ]	Stella Saint-Maur	ES Saint-Martin-d’Hères (D2)	16–15
Not held from 1978 to 1984
1984–1985 [ fr ]	USAM Nîmes Gard	USM Gagny	23–19
1985–1986 [ fr ]	USAM Nîmes Gard	US Ivry Handball	24–19
1986–1987 [ fr ]	USM Gagny	US Créteil Handball	27–20
Not held in 1987–1988
1988–1989 [ fr ]	US Créteil Handball	USAM Nîmes Gard	13–11
1989–1990 [ fr ]	Girondins de Bordeaux HBC	USM Gagny	23–21
1990–1991 [ fr ]	HB Venissieux 85	US Dunkerque (D2)	26–16 23–19
1991–1992 [ fr ]	Vénissieux handball	OM Vitrolles	24–20
1992–1993 [ fr ]	OM Vitrolles	US Créteil Handball	32–22
1993–1994 [ fr ]	USAM Nîmes Gard	Livry-Gargan Handball	27–13
1994–1995 [ fr ]	OM Vitrolles	SC Sélestat	19–19 26–21
1995–1996 [ fr ]	US Ivry Handball	OM Vitrolles	30–22
1996–1997 [ fr ]	US Créteil Handball	US Ivry Handball	19–18
1997–1998 [ fr ]	Spacer's Toulouse	Montpellier Handball	27–20
1998–1999 [ fr ]	Montpellier Handball	Spacer's Toulouse	26–21
1999–2000 [ fr ]	Montpellier Handball	Dunkerque HBGL	21–16
2000–2001 [ fr ]	Montpellier Handball	PSG-Asnières	30–26
2001–2002 [ fr ]	Montpellier Handball	SO Chambéry	23–22
2002–2003 [ fr ]	Montpellier Handball	US Créteil Handball	21–20
Not held in 2003–2004
2004–2005 [ fr ]	Montpellier Handball	Chambéry Savoie HB	31–22
2005–2006 [ fr ]	Montpellier Handball	US Ivry Handball	28–27
2006–2007 [ fr ]	Paris Handball	Pays d'Aix UCH (D2)	28–21
2007–2008 [ fr ]	Montpellier AHB	Paris Handball	28–26
2008–2009 [ fr ]	Montpellier AHB	Chambéry Savoie HB	33–25
2009–2010 [ fr ]	Montpellier AHB	Tremblay-en-France HB	33–25
2010–2011 [ fr ]	Dunkerque HBGL	Chambéry Savoie HB	25–25 (3–2^[2])
2011–2012 [ fr ]	Montpellier AHB	US Ivry Handball	29–25
2012–2013 [ fr ]	Montpellier AHB	Paris Saint-Germain	35–28
2013–2014 [ fr ]	Paris Saint-Germain HB	Chambéry Savoie HB	31–27
2014–2015 [ fr ]	Paris Saint-Germain HB	HBC Nantes	32–26
2015–2016 [ fr ]	Montpellier Handball	Paris Saint-Germain	39–32
2016–2017 [ fr ]	HBC Nantes	Montpellier Handball	37–32
2017–2018 [ fr ]	Paris Saint-Germain	USAM Nîmes Gard	32–26
2018–2019 [ fr ]	Chambéry Savoie HB	Dunkerque HBGL	31–21
2019–2020 [ fr ]	cancelled in semi-finals due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020–2021 [ fr ]	Paris Saint-Germain	Montpellier Handball	30–26
2021–2022 [ fr ]	Paris Saint-Germain	HBC Nantes	36–31
2022–2023 [ fr ]	HBC Nantes	Montpellier Handball	39–33
2023–2024 [ fr ]	HBC Nantes	Paris Saint-Germain	31–23

Performances

#	Club	Winner		Runner-up
#	Club	Nb	Years	Nb	Years
1	Montpellier Handball	13	1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2016	3	1998, 2017, 2021, 2023
2	Paris Saint-Germain (T)	6	2007, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2021, 2022	5	2001, 2008, 2013, 2016, 2024
3	USAM Nîmes Gard	3	1985, 1986, 1994	2	1989, 2018
–	HBC Nantes	3	2017, 2023, 2024	2	2015, 2022
5	US Créteil Handball	2	1989, 1997	3	1987, 1993, 2003
–	OM Vitrolles	2	1993, 1995	2	1992, 1996
7	Vénissieux handball	2	1991, 1992	0	–
8	Chambéry Savoie Handball	1	2019	5	2002, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2014
9	US Ivry Handball	1	1996	4	1986, 1997, 2006, 2012
10	Dunkerque HGL	1	2011	3	1991, 2000, 2019
11	USM Gagny	1	1987	2	1985, 1990
12	Spacer's de Toulouse	1	1998	1	1999
13	ASPOM Bordeaux	1	1957	0	–
–	SMUC Marseille	1	1976	0	–
–	Stella Saint-Maur	1	1978	0	–
–	Girondins de Bordeaux HBC	1	1990	0	–
17	AC Boulogne-Billancourt	0	–	1	1957
–	Villemomble-Sports	0	–	1	1976
–	ES Saint-Martin-d’Hères	0	–	1	1978
–	Livry-Gargan Handball	0	–	1	1994
–	SC Sélestat	0	–	1	1995
–	Pays d'Aix UCH	0	–	1	2007
–	Tremblay-en-France Handball	0	–	1	2010
Total		39	1957–2023	39	1957–2023

Legend :

10 cups won ; (T) : title holder

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References

↑ List of winners until 2016 Archived 2017-06-22 at the Wayback Machine in the French Handball Federation's website
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