| France | |
| Association: | French Handball Federation |
| Coach: | Franck Prouff |
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| World Cup Apps: | 6 |
| World Cup First: | 2009 |
| World Cup Best: | Champions : (2015, 2017) |
| Regional Cup Apps: | 11 |
| Regional Cup First: | 1999 |
| Regional Cup Best: | Champions : (2014, 2016) |
The France national youth handball team is the national under-19 handball team of France that represents France in international matches.[1] It is managed by the French Handball Federation, an affiliate of the International Handball Federation (IHF) and a member of the European Handball Federation (EHF).[2]
The team competes in the IHF U19 Handball World Championship and the European U-18 Handball Championship (called the), which it has both won twice.
The team is referred as the "U19" and "U19M".
Since 2023, Franck Prouff is the current head coach.[3]
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
| Youth Olympic Games record | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD | |
| Colspan=10 rowspan=2 | Didn't Qualify | |||||||||
| No Handball Event | ||||||||||
 2022 | ||||||||||
| Total | 0 / 2 | 0 Titles | ||||||||
Source:[4]
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
| Youth World Championship record | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | GD | |
| Didn't Qualify | ||||||||||
| 2007 | ||||||||||
| 2009 | 9th place | |||||||||
| 2011 | Semi-Finals | 4th place | ||||||||
| 2013 | 13th place | |||||||||
| 2015 | Final | bgcolor=gold | 1st place | |||||||
| 2017[5] | Final | bgcolor=gold | 1st place | |||||||
| 2019[6] | 6th place | |||||||||
| 2021 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||||
| 2023 | Didn't Qualify | |||||||||
| 2025 | TBD | |||||||||
| Total | 6/8 | 2 Titles | ||||||||
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
| European Youth Championship record | ||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD | |
| Didn't Qualify | ||||||||||
| 11th place | ||||||||||
| 5th place | ||||||||||
| 10th place | ||||||||||
| 9th place | ||||||||||
| 6th place | ||||||||||
| 7th place | ||||||||||
| Didn't Qualify | ||||||||||
| 12th place | ||||||||||
| Final | bgcolor=gold | Champions | ||||||||
| Final | bgcolor=gold | Champions | ||||||||
| Main Round | 7th place | |||||||||
| 2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[7] | |||||||||
| 2021 | 10th place | |||||||||
| Group stage | 14th place | |||||||||
 2024 | Qualified | |||||||||
| Total | 13/17 | 2 Titles | ||||||||
Head coaches :