HBC Nantes

Handball Club Nantes is a team from Nantes, France, that plays in the LNH Division 1.

HBC Nantes
Full name	Handball Club Nantes
Founded	1953
Arena	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Hall XXL, Nantes
Capacity	5,500 10,750
Head coach	Alberto Entrerríos
League	LNH Division 1
2017–18	LNH Division 1, 3rd
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

Honors

• EHF Champions League:

Runner Up : 2018

• EHF Cup:

Runner Up : 2013, 2016

• France Handball League:

Runner Up : 2017

• Coupe de France: 1

Winner : 2017

Runner Up : 2015

• Coupe de la Ligue: 1

Winner : 2015

Runner Up : 2013, 2017

• Trophée des champions: 1

Winner : 2017

Runner Up : 2016

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2020–21 season

Goalkeeper 01 Cyril Dumoulin 16 Emil Nielsen Left Wingers 02 Baptiste Damatrin 07 Valero Rivera Right Wingers 09 Sebastian Augustinussen 19 David Balaguer Line player 10 Dragan Pechmalbec 11 Adrià Figueras 14 Mathieu Bataille

Left Backs 03 Thibaud Briet 06 Olivier Nyokas 08 Alexandre Cavalcanti 13 Rock Feliho Central Backs 04 Rok Ovniček 15 Aymeric Minne Right Backs 05 Milan Milić 17 Kiril Lazarov 18 Eduardo Gurbindo

Transfers

Transfers for the 2020–21 season

Joining Baptiste Damatrin (LW) (from own row) Junior Scott (LB) (back from loan at BM Logroño La Rioja) Thibaud Briet (LB) (from own row) Milan Milić (RB) (from RK Metaloplastika) Mathieu Bataille (P) (from US Ivry Handball) Adrià Figueras (P) (from BM Granollers)

Leaving Julian Emonet (LW) (to Limoges Hand 87) Antonio García Robledo (LB) (to BM Granollers) Junior Scott (LB) (to HBW Balingen-Weilstetten) Nicolas Tournat (P) (to PGE Vive Kielce) Senjamin Burić (P) (to RK Zagreb)

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
2016–17	EHF Champions League	Group Stage	HC Motor Zaporozhye	26–26	32–34	1st place
			Beşiktaş	33–19	33–28
			CS Dinamo București	26–24	27–26
			Team Tvis Holstebro	31–26	35–25
			ABC/UMinho	35–33	34–29
		PO	Logroño	31–25	37–31	68–56
		1/8	Paris Saint-Germain	26–26	27–35	53–61
2017–18	EHF Champions League	Group Stage	SC Pick Szeged	30–26	33–30	3rd place
			RK Vardar	23–27	27–26
			Rhein-Neckar Löwen	26–26	30–30
			FC Barcelona Handbol	25-31	29–25
			IFK Kristianstad	34–25	31–26
			Wisła Płock	32–30	32–30
			RK Zagreb	28–27	22–23
		1/8	HC Meshkov Brest	32–24	28–28	60–52
		QF	Skjern Håndbold	33–27	27–27	60–54
		SF	Paris Saint-Germain	32–28
		F	Montpellier	32–26
2018–19	EHF Champions League	Group Stage	Paris Saint-Germain	31–35	34–35	4th place
			MOL-Pick Szeged	29–26	28–30
			SG Flensburg-Handewitt	31–34	29–29
			Skjern Håndbold	35–27	34–32
			PPD Zagreb	23–20	27–27
			Celje Pivovarna Laško	38–27	29–29
			HC Motor Zaporozhye	23–27	30–30
		1/8	Rhein-Neckar Löwen	30–27	32–34	62–61
		1/4	Barcelona Lassa

External links

• Official website (in French)