| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  | ||
| Men's handball | ||
| World Championships | ||
 | 2005 Tunisia | Team competition |
 | 2009 Croatia | Team competition |
Franck Junillon (born 28 November 1978 in Montpellier) is a French team handball player. He played on the France national handball team which won gold medals at the 2009 World Men's Handball Championship in Croatia. [1]
The European Men's Handball Championship is the official competition for senior men's national handball teams of Europe and takes place every two years since 1994, in the even-numbered year between the World Championship. In addition to crowning the European champions, the tournament also serves as a qualifying tournament for the Olympic Games and World Championship. The most successful team is Sweden who have won four titles. Spain, however, have won most medals.
The Croatia national handball team represents Croatia in international men's team handball competitions and friendly matches. The handball team is controlled by the Croatian Handball Federation.
The Croatian Handball Federation is the governing body of team handball in Croatia. It is based in Zagreb.
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 eleven medals at the World Men's Handball Championship. With a total of four medals, including two gold in 2008 and 2012, France is also the most successful Handball team at the Summer Olympics. France's men handball team is widely regarded as the finest national team in the history of the sport.
The Denmark men’s national handball team is controlled by the Danish Handball Association and represents Denmark in international matches. They are the team with the second most medals won in European Championship history on the men's side behind only Spain, with a total of six medals, those being two gold medals, one silver (2014) and three bronze medals. As of January 2019, they are the reigning Olympic and World Champions.
The 2009 World Men's Handball Championship took place in Croatia from 16 January to 1 February, in the cities of Split, Zadar, Osijek, Varaždin, Poreč, Zagreb and Pula. Croatia was selected from a group of four potential hosts which included the Czech Republic, Greece and Romania.
The IHF Beach Handball World Championships is an international beach handball competition contested by the men's and women's national teams of the member federations/associations of International Handball Federation (IHF), the sport's global governing body.
Karol Bielecki is a former Polish handball player who played for the Polish national team.
Sport in Croatia has significant role in Croatian culture, and many local sports clubs as well as the Croatian national squads enjoy strong followings in the country. The most enduring sport by far in Croatia is football, and is played on amateur and professional levels amongst all age groups across the entire country. Several other major team sports are handball, basketball and water polo, with clubs in all parts of Croatia. Ice hockey is another popular team sport, namely in the Croatian interior. The most popular individual sports in Croatia are tennis, alpine skiing, and swimming, and to some extent table tennis and chess. Various amateur sport games are popular in Croatia, notably picigin.
Nikola Karabatić is a male French handball player for Paris Saint-Germain and the French national team.
Igor Vori is a Croatian former professional handball player who competed for Croatia in the 2004 Summer Olympics, in the 2008 Summer Olympics, and in the 2012 Summer Olympics. He is currently an assistant coach for the Croatia national team.
Cédric Sorhaindo is a French handball player for FC Barcelona Lassa and the French national team.
Sébastien Bosquet is a French team handball player. He played on the France national handball team which won gold medals at the 2009 World Men's Handball Championship in Croatia.
Sébastien Ostertag is a French team handball player. He played on the France national handball team which won gold medals at the 2009 World Men's Handball Championship in Croatia.
The French Handball Federation (FFHB) is the national handball association in France. Founded on 1 September 1941, FFHB organizes handball and beach handball within France and represents France internationally. It sorts under the French Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. The federation is a member of the European Handball Federation (EHF), Mediterranean Handball Confederation and the International Handball Federation (IHF). The current president of FFHB is Joël Delplanque since 2008.
Olivier Krumbholz is a French handball coach of German descent for the France women's national handball team. He brought the French team to victory at the 2003 World Women's Handball Championship in Croatia, and has later coached the team at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics.
The 2015 World Men's Handball Championship was the 24th staging of the World Men's Handball Championship, organised by the International Handball Federation (IHF). The final tournament was held for the first time in Qatar, from 15 January to 1 February 2015. The Qatari bid was selected over those of Norway, Poland and France after a vote by the IHF Council on 27 January 2011, in Malmö, Sweden. This is the third time that the World Championship was hosted in the Middle East And North Africa, after Egypt in 1999 and Tunisia in 2005.
Croatia competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
The 2017 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 25th event hosted by the International Handball Federation. The event was held in France from 11 to 29 January 2017.
Krešimir Kozina is a Croatian handball player for Frisch Auf Göppingen and the Croatian national team.
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