{"id":51465,"date":"2026-06-08T16:59:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T14:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uhlsport.group\/?p=51465"},"modified":"2026-06-08T17:47:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T15:47:27","slug":"metz-handball-triumph-as-the-first-french-team-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uhlsport.group\/en\/metz-handball-triumph-as-the-first-french-team-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Metz Handball triumph as the first French women&#8217;s team ever"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1szqclq-afc87ce97ca487c2ff4ece533f5043bf\">\n.avia-image-container.av-1szqclq-afc87ce97ca487c2ff4ece533f5043bf img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-1szqclq-afc87ce97ca487c2ff4ece533f5043bf .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-1szqclq-afc87ce97ca487c2ff4ece533f5043bf av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-51470 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-51470 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/uhlsport.group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/metz-champions-2026.jpg\" alt='metz champions 2026' title=''  height=\"1201\" width=\"1920\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uhlsport.group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/metz-champions-2026.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/uhlsport.group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/metz-champions-2026-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uhlsport.group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/metz-champions-2026-1030x644.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/uhlsport.group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/metz-champions-2026-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uhlsport.group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/metz-champions-2026-1536x961.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/uhlsport.group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/metz-champions-2026-1500x938.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/uhlsport.group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/metz-champions-2026-705x441.jpg 705w, https:\/\/uhlsport.group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/metz-champions-2026-500x313.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-12tbb5a-6ad0f558dd39fabcc316581344f3189c\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-12tbb5a-6ad0f558dd39fabcc316581344f3189c{\nheight:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-12tbb5a-6ad0f558dd39fabcc316581344f3189c hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-motsl857-5db19068eaa83f4fdc4c41deb8cedfee '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1>Kempa celebrates one of the greatest sporting successes in the brand&#8217;s history<\/h1>\n<h3><strong>Balingen, 7 June 2026 \u2013 Metz Handball win the Women&#8217;s Handball Champions League \u2013 the first French women&#8217;s team ever to do so. For Kempa as the team&#8217;s equipment partner, it is one of the most significant sporting moments in the brand&#8217;s history.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>On Sunday evening, Metz Handball made sporting history in the sold-out MVM Dome in Budapest: in the women&#8217;s last-four final, the team beat defending champions Gy\u00f6ri Audi ETO KC <strong>31-29<\/strong> (18-17 at half-time) to become, as the <strong>first French women&#8217;s team ever<\/strong>, winners of the most coveted trophy in European club handball.<br \/>\nIt is a triumph with a special story: Metz had reached the last four four times before, failing in the semi-final on each occasion. On their fifth attempt, the team coached by Emmanuel Mayonnade finally made the breakthrough.<br \/>\nFor Kempa as the team&#8217;s equipment partner, this victory marks one of the <strong>greatest sporting successes in the brand&#8217;s history<\/strong>. It is a symbol of the ambition Kempa has always pursued: to develop equipment that holds up even under the greatest pressure and on handball&#8217;s biggest stage.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>&#8220;We congratulate the entire team on this outstanding success. A triumph like this is the result of hard work, passion and team spirit \u2013 values that Kempa stands for too. We are proud to be part of this story and look forward to everything still to come.&#8221;<\/em> \u2014 Melanie Steinhilber, Managing Director of uhlsport GmbH<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>With this success behind it, Kempa is already looking ahead to the highlights of the coming handball season.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kb397y-7720c4a03d340c9beb578f45c0adf35d\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-kb397y-7720c4a03d340c9beb578f45c0adf35d{\nheight:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-kb397y-7720c4a03d340c9beb578f45c0adf35d hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We congratulate the entire team on this outstanding success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51470,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[357],"tags":[332,332,351,351],"class_list":{"0":"post-51465","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-kempa-en","8":"tag-news-grid-en","10":"tag-presseportal-en"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Metz Handball triumph as the first French women&#039;s team ever &#8211; 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