Decimated, the Blues provide the essential against Croatia for their first match of the preliminary round of the European championships (27-22).
Hugo Descat (7 goals) ends the game as top scorer.
A difficult first period for the France team, which only had a two-goal lead at the break.
But, on returning from the locker room, the Blues showed a good face to immediately create a gap with the Croats who never managed to come back to score and hope to be able to win.
Thanks to this success, the France team is second in group C just behind Serbia.
Saturday, the Blues will be opposed to Ukraine (6 p.m.).