Handball Cercle Nîmes
| Handball Cercle Nîmes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Handball Cercle Nîmes | ||
| Short name | HBC Nîmes | ||
| Founded | November 23, 1971 | ||
| Dissolved | March 8, 2016 | ||
| Arena | Le Parnasse, Nîmes | ||
| Capacity | 4191 | ||
| President | Bertrand Roux (FRA) | ||
| Head coach | Christophe Chagnard (FRA) | ||
| League | Division 1 | ||
| 2014–15 | 4th | ||
| Club colours | |||
Handball Cercle Nimes was a French women's handball club from Nimes playing in the French Championship. It was established in 1971 and dissolved in 2016.
Nimes' was one of the leading teams in the Challenge Cup, having won the competition in 2001 and 2009. Its major success in other EHF competitions was reaching the 2012 EHF Cup quarterfinals. It reached the national cup's final in 1999, 2003 and 2011 and the League Cup's final in 2010, losing to ASPTT Metz, ES Besançon and Toulon Handball.