US Créteil Handball
Encyclopedia
US Créteil Handball is a French
handball
team based in Créteil
, a suburb
of Paris
. The team plays in the Ligue Nationale de Handball
Championship and was founded in 1964.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
handball
Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
team based in Créteil
Créteil
-Health:As of 1 January 2006, 27 pharmacies, about 60 dentists, about 60 general practitioners, 10 pediatricians, and a half-dozen ophthalmologists and dermatologists constitute the general medical staff of the city.Health facilities include:...
, a suburb
Suburb
The word suburb mostly refers to a residential area, either existing as part of a city or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city . Some suburbs have a degree of administrative autonomy, and most have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods...
of Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. The team plays in the Ligue Nationale de Handball
Ligue Nationale de Handball
The French National Handball League is the name of the national professional handball league system of France. It is divided into two divisions:-Men's:*LNH Division 1*LNH Division 2-Women's:*LNH Division 1*LNH Division 2-President:...
Championship and was founded in 1964.
Famous players
- Pascal MahéPascal MahéPascal Mahé is a French handball player. He competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics.-Career:...
- Denis TristantDenis TristantDenis Tristant is a French handball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics.He was born in Pacy-sur-Eure....
- Xavier Houlet
- Stéphane Huet
- Guéric KervadecGuéric KervadecGuéric Kervadec is a French team handball player. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where the French team placed 4th. He also participated at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics.-References:...
- Joël AbatiJoël AbatiJoël Marc Abati is a French handball player, currently playing for Montpellier HB in France.Before joining Montpellier HB, Abati played ten years for SC Magdeburg in Germany.- History:...
- Thierry Anti (coach)
External links
- official website ( in FrenchFrench languageFrench is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
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