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Budget in progress
In fact, the finances of the French handball have been "doped" by the results. Since bronze medal obtained by the Barjots in Barcelona in 1992, the places of honour accumulate: silver medal at the world of 1993, the 1995 World champions, fourth in the 1996 Atlanta games, champions of the world in 2001 (France), third at the 2003 European Championships and the 2005 world, European champions in 2006! Riding the wave of success, the budget of the Federation grew significantly these past three years. It increased from 9 million in 2004 to 13.5 million in 2007. Infinitesimal, fifteen years ago, the share of private partnerships now represents 28 of this total with sponsors like Adidas, the crafts, Sport 2000 or the Casden. "The goal is to climb to 40, including the exhibition that we will have if our men's and women's teams qualify for the games." "We are in fact the only French representatives in collective sports", predicted André Amiel.
Development is as real in terms of the amateur practitioners as in a decade, the number of licensees increased from 220,000 to 373.000, "despite the decline of rooms and areas in large cities", regretted the President of the FFHB.
But it is the creation of a professional League three years ago, that best illustrates the development of handball. Without reaching the summits of football, the average monthly salary of some 200 professional players grew from 2,000 to 4,000 euros. "The budgets of the D1's range from 1 million to 4 million euros, with an average 2.07 million, or an increase of 13 since 2005," added Alain Smadja, the President of the national handball League (NHL). "Legally, Montpellier, Chambéry, Créteil, Paris and Toulouse adopted the status of commercial society." "Dunkirk should follow," he said. Here also, the private sector increase: 32 of the average budgets (against, again, 57 for grants), clubs are structuring by hiring professionals to key positions that are marketing and the management of the rooms.
On this last topic, Alain Smadja, good accountant is the city maintains strong hopes: "ticketing, third economic pillar of the clubs, must develop as new stages projects multiply." Roadworks are underway to Chambéry (5,000 seats, Editor's note) and Sélestat (2,500 seats). A Montpellier a folder for a very large room of 10,000 seats is being developed. Generally, we would like that the clubs have rooms with a minimum capacity of 2,500 seats.
Good performance of women
If the economy of the French hand is still one notch below that of rugby and basketball (the average budget of a Pro A club is for example EUR 3.8 million), it enjoys a high degree of homogeneity. Rare thing in French sport: performance are almost as good in women than in men. (Despite the relative disappointment of the world which took place in late 2007 France fifth place), blue handballeuses display a bronze medal at the 2006 European Championships, a fourth place in Athens, a silver medal at the 1999 World and a title of champions of the world in 2003 in Croatia.
Direct consequence of this healthy sport: 12 first division clubs are about to officially adopt professional status, with a level of minimum budget of 700,000 euros. If this project materializes, the NHL will be the only French Professional League to manage both the events of both sexes. A first definitively acterait the tipping of the handball of the status of game for school to that of true sport show.
