The French women’s handball team will face Slovenia, Angola and Iceland in the preliminary round of the World Cup-2023, played in Scandinavia from November 30 to December 17, according to the draw made Thursday in Gothenburg (Sweden) .
“The draw is complex,” said Olivier Krumbholz, the French coach, on the Federation website. “There is clearly no team that is sometimes described as exotic in our group, and which sometimes makes it possible to rotate the workforce.”
France will begin its World Cup on November 30 in Stavanger, Norway against the Angolan African champions, before facing Iceland on December 2 and Slovenia on December 4.
Preliminary round from November 30 to December 5
Group A – Gothenburg (Sweden): Sweden – Croatia – China – Senegal
Group B – Helsingborg (Denmark): Montenegro – Hungary – Cameroon – Paraguay
Group C – Stavanger (Norway): Norway – South Korea – Greenland – Austria
Group D – Stavanger (Norway): France – Slovenia – Angola – Iceland
Group E – Herning (Denmark): Denmark – Romania – Serbia – Chile
Group F – Herning (Denmark): Germany – Poland – Japan – Iran
Group G – Frederikshavn (Denmark): Brazil – Spain – Ukraine – Kazakhstan
Groupe H – Frederikshavn
(Denmark): Netherlands – Czech Republic – Argentina – Congo
