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An unchanged list for the 2021 World Cup

They will finally be 20. After the two disappointing matches against Serbia, with an away defeat and then a draw this Saturday in Créteil, Guillaume Gille has made his choices for the 2021 World Cup, which starts this Wednesday in Egypt. Through a press release, the French Handball Federation confirmed that 20 players will make the trip, a list which will then be reduced to sixteen names for the match against Norway, the Blues’ first outing in this world championship, scheduled this Thursday in a room built near the pyramids of Giza.

The group finally unchanged

This group of 20 players is exactly the same as that present at the Maison du Handball, in Créteil, since the replacement of Elohim Prandi by Jean-Jacques Acquevillo. A list which will see Hugo Descat participate in his first international competition with the Blues, he who had not been selected for seven years. The executives, including Captain Michaël Guigou, will be there. Apart from Hugo Descat and Jean-Jacques Acquevillo, Aix center-half Nicolas Claire is the only name out of the ordinary, which is linked to the absence of Nikola Karabatic, sidelined for several months and absent. from this list. The group of sixteen players designated will be able to evolve with five changes authorized throughout the World Cup, excluding those potentially caused by an infection by the coronavirus.

HANDBALL / WORLD 2020
The group of 20 players selected by Guillaume Gille
Goalkeepers: Yann Genty (PSG), Vincent Gérard (PSG), Wesley Pardin (Aix)
Left wingers: Hugo Descat (Montpellier), Michaël Guigou (Nîmes)
Left backs: Jean-Jacques Acquevillo (Nîmes), Romain Lagarde (Rhein-Neckar Löwen / ALL), Timothey N’Guessan (FC Barcelona / ESP)
Half-centers: Nicolas Claire (Aix), Kentin Mahé (Veszprem / HUN), Melvyn Richardson (Montpellier)
Pivots : Ludovic Fabregas (FC Barcelona / ESP), Luka Karabatic (PSG), Nicolas Tournat (Kielce / POL)
Right backs: Adrien Dipanda (Saint-Raphaël), Dika Mem (FC Barcelona / ESP), Nedim Remili (PSG), Valentin Porte (Montpellier)
Right wingers: Luc Abalo (Elverum / NOR), Yanis Lenne (Montpellier)

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