Joël Marc Abati is a French handball player who has played ten years for SC Magdeburg in Germany until 2007. After returning to France and playing two years for Montpellier HB he ended his professional career in 2009, having won numerous prizes for his clubs and his country. In November 2019 he signed as trainer for the Belgian club Sporting Pelt.
Didier Dinart is a French retired handball player and current coach of US Ivry Handball.
Jackson Richardson is a retired French handball player. Regarded as one of the best and most influential handball players of his era, Richardson won fourteen titles at club level and the World Championship in 1995 and 2001 with the French national team. He was awarded IHF World Player of the Year in 1995, and voted the most valuable player at the World Championships in 1990 and 1995, and the 2000 European Championship.
Montpellier Handball, formerly named Montpellier Agglomération Handball, is a professional handball club from Montpellier, France. Montpellier is the only French club to ever have won the EHF Champions League.
Petar Metličić is a Croatian former handball player. He was captain of the Croatian national team from 2006 to 2009, after the departure of Slavko Goluža. He won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens as well as at the 2003 World Championship in Portugal.
Nikola Karabatić is a French former professional handball player. He is regarded as one of the greatest players in handball history.
Mikkel Hansen is a Danish professional handball player for Aalborg Håndbold and the Danish national team.
Michaël Guigou is a French former handball player for USAM Nîmes Gard and the French national team.
Thierry Omeyer is a retired French handball goalkeeper.
Cédric Sorhaindo is a French handball player for Beşiktaş.
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 Philippe Bana since 28 November 2020.
Stine Bredal Oftedal is a Norwegian professional handball player for the Norwegian national team, where she is the team captain and who last played for Győri ETO KC. She is three times world champion and five times European champion with the Norwegian national team. Oftedal has several times announced her retiring from international handball after the Summer Olympics of 2024.
LNH Division 1, doing business as Starligue and currently known as Liqui Moly Starligue for sponsorship reasons, is the premier men's professional handball league in France. It is administered by the Ligue Nationale de Handball, under delegation from the French Handball Federation. Founded in 1952, it is currently contested by 16 teams.
Jakov Gojun is a Croatian handball player who plays for RK Zagreb and Croatian national team.
Aymen Toumi is a Tunisian handball player for Montpellier Handball and the Tunisian national team.
Vincent Gérard is a French professional handball player for Istres Provence Handball and the French national team.
Luka Karabatic is a French professional handball player for Paris Saint-Germain and the French national team.
Andreas Miroslav Palicka is a Swedish professional handball player for Paris Saint-Germain and the Swedish national team.
Lucas Kenneth Pellas is a Swedish handball player for Montpellier Handball and the Swedish national team.
Paulo Pereira is a Portuguese handball coach of the Portuguese men's national team.
