Handball: at what time and on which channel to follow France-Qatar at the opening of a 2025 World Cup where the Blues will want to erase their failure at the Olympics

Ludovic Fabregas a été désigné nouveau capitaine de l’équipe de France. MAXPPP – MICHEL VIALA

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Les Bleus entament ce mardi le tour principal en affrontant le Qatar.

The French men's handball team begins the World Cup on Tuesday (6 p.m.) against Qatar in Porec (Croatia), five months after the Olympic snub, guided by a new captain (Ludovic Fabregas) and without three great veterans, including Nikola Karabatic.

The draw for this 32-team World Cup, which is therefore not very dense, spared France in the main round, where it will meet the group of Hungary, the Netherlands and North Macedonia. A boulevard presents itself to her until the quarter-finals, where her path had abruptly stopped a little over five months ago, in Villeneuve-d’Ascq.

Tuesday, January 14:

Group B (6:00 p.m.) Italy – Tunisia (8:30 p.m.) Denmark – Algeria Group C (6:00 p.m.) France – Qatar (8:30 p.m.) Austria – Kuwait

Wednesday, January 15:

Group A (18:00) Czech Republic – Switzerland (20:30) Germany – Poland Group D (18:00) Netherlands – Guinea (20:30) Hungary – North Macedonia Group E (18:00) Portugal – United States (20:30) Norway – Brazil Group H (18:00) Egypt – Argentina (20:30) Croatia – Bahrain

Thursday, January 16:

Group F (18:00) Spain – Chile (20:30) Sweden – Japan Group G (18:00) Slovenia – Cuba (20:30) Iceland – Cape Verde

France-Qatar, a match to follow at 6 p.m. on BeIN Sports 1.