Handball Cercle Nîmes Explained

Fullname:Handball Cercle Nîmes
Shortname:HBC Nîmes
Founded:1971
Ground:Le Parnasse, Nîmes
Chairman:Bertrand Roux (FRA)
Manager:Christophe Chagnard (FRA)
League:Division 1
Season:2014–15
Position:4th
Colour1:Red
Colour2:Green
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Handball Cercle Nimes is a French women's handball club from Nimes playing in the French Championship.[1] It was established in 1971.

Nimes' is one of the leading teams in the Challenge Cup, having won the competition in 2001 and 2009. Its major success in other EHF competitions to date was reaching the 2012 EHF Cup quarterfinals.[2] It has reached the national cup's final in 1999, 2003 and 2011 and the League Cup's final in 2010, losing to ASPTT Metz, ES Besançon and Toulon Handball.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=handball&page=competition&id=19 2012-13 standings
  2. http://www.eurohandball.com/ec/chc/women/2000-01/clubs/004175/Handball+Cercle+Nimes Profile