| France | |
| Badge Size: | 150px |
| Association: | French Handball Federation |
| Coach: | Yohann Delattre |
| Pattern La1: | _shoulder_stripes_white_stripes_half |
| Pattern Ra1: | _shoulder_stripes_white_stripes_half |
| Leftarm1: | 0000DD |
| Body1: | 0000DD |
| Rightarm1: | 0000DD |
| Shorts1: | 0000DD |
| Pattern La2: | _blueshoulders |
| Pattern B2: | _thinbluesides |
| Pattern Ra2: | _redshoulders |
| Leftarm2: | FFFFFF |
| Body2: | FFFFFF |
| Rightarm2: | FFFFFF |
| Shorts2: | FFFFFF |
| Junior World Cup Apps: | 20 |
| Junior World Cup First: | 1977 |
| Junior World Cup Best: | Champions (2015, 2019) |
| Regional Cup Apps: | 11 |
| Regional Cup First: | 1996 |
| Regional Cup Best: | 2nd (2018) |
The France national junior handball team is the national under–21 Handball team of France.[1]
Controlled by the French Handball Federation, it represents France in international matches. The team competes in the IHF U21 Handball World Championship and the European U-20 Handball Championship (called the).
The team is referred as the "U21" and "U21M".
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
| IHF Junior World Championship record | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year[2] | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD | |
1977  | 12th place | |||||||||
| 1979 / | 9th place | |||||||||
| 8th place | ||||||||||
1983  | 14th place | |||||||||
1985  | Didn't Qualify | |||||||||
| 8th place | ||||||||||
1989  | 6th place | |||||||||
| 11th place | ||||||||||
1993  | Didn't Qualify | |||||||||
1995  | 8th place | |||||||||
1997  | Semi-Finals | 3rd place | ||||||||
1999  | Semi-Finals | 4th place | ||||||||
| Didn't Qualify | ||||||||||
2003  | ||||||||||
2005  | 14th place | |||||||||
2007  | 7th place | |||||||||
| 2009 | 11th place | |||||||||
| 6th place | ||||||||||
2013  | Semi-Finals | 3rd place | ||||||||
| 2015 | Final | Champions | ||||||||
| 2017[3] | Semi-Finals | 3rd place | ||||||||
| 2019[4] | Final | Champions | ||||||||
| 11th place | ||||||||||
2025  | ||||||||||
| Total | 20/24 | 2 Titles | ||||||||
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
| European Junior Championship record | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD | |
| Semi-finals | 4th place | |||||||||
| 11th place | ||||||||||
| Didn't Qualify | ||||||||||
| 10th place | ||||||||||
| 10th place | ||||||||||
| Semi-finals | 3rd place | |||||||||
| 6th place | ||||||||||
| 2012 | 14th place | |||||||||
| 7th place | ||||||||||
| Semi-finals | 3rd place | |||||||||
| Final | 2nd place | |||||||||
| 6th place | ||||||||||
| 2024 | 10th place | |||||||||
| Total | 12/14 | 0 Titles | ||||||||