France men's national ice hockey team


The France men's national ice hockey team has participated in the IIHF European Championships, the IIHF World Hockey Championships and the Olympic Games. As of 2016, it is ranked 14th in the world in the IIHF World Rankings. The team is overseen by the Fédération Française de Hockey sur Glace. Notable recent wins include upsets against Russia at the 2013 IIHF World Championship, Canada at the 2014 IIHF World Championship, and a triumphant 5–1 over Finland as the tournament host of 2017 IIHF World Championship. However in 2019 France was relegated to Division I after a dramatic overtime loss to Great Britain.
Patrick Francheterre coached the national team in 1985 and 1986, then managed the team from 1993 to 1997 and from 2004 to 2014, and received the Paul Loicq Award in 2017.

Tournament record

Olympic Games

GamesFinish
1920 Palais de Glace d'Anvers5th place
1924 Chamonix5th place
1928 St. Moritz6th place
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen9th place
1968 Grenoble14th place
1988 Calgary11th place
1992 Albertville8th place
1994 Lillehammer10th place
1998 Nagano11th place
2002 Salt Lake14th place
2022 Beijing

World Championship

ChampionshipFinishRank
// 1930 Chamonix/Vienna/BerlinFirst round6th
1931 Krynica-ZdrójConsolation round9th
1934 MilanConsolation round11th
1935 DavosConsolation round7th
1937 LondonConsolation round7th
1950 LondonConsolation round9th
1951 Paris2nd in the Pool B9th
1952 Liege6th in the Pool B15th
1953 Zürich/Basel5th in the Pool B8th
1961 Geneva/Lausanne2nd in the Pool C16th
1963 Stockholm6th in the Pool B14th
1965 Tampere9th in the Pool B17th
1967 Vienna4th in the Pool C20th
1970 Galaţi3rd in the Pool C17th
1971 Eindhoven2nd in the Pool C16th
1973 Geleen/Rotterdam/Nijmegen/Utrecht/Tilburg/The Hague6th in the Pool C20th
1974 Grenoble/Gap/Lyon5th in the Pool C19th
1975 Sofia5th in the Pool C19th
1976 Gdańsk3rd in the Pool C19th
1977 Copenhagen/Hørsholm4th in the Pool C21th
1978 Canary Islands6th in the Pool B22th
1979 Barcelona3rd in the Pool C21th
1981 Beijing5th in the Pool C21th
1982 Jaca4th in the Pool C20th
1983 Budapest5th in the Pool C21th
1985 Megève/Chamonix/Saint-Gervais1st in the Pool B17th
1986 Eindhoven4th in the Pool B12th
1987 Canazei4th in the Pool B12th
1989 Oslo/Lillehammer3rd in the Pool B11th
1990 Lyon/Megève4th in the Pool B12th
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.png" /> 1991 Ljubljana/Bled/Jesenice3rd in the Pool B11th
1992 Prague/BratislavaConsolation Round11th
1993 Munich/DortmundConsolation Round10th
1994 Bolzano/Canazei/MilanFirst round10th
1995 StockholmQuarterfinals8th
1996 ViennaConsolation Round11th
1997 Helsinki/Tampere/TurkuConsolation round10th
1998 Zürich/BaselFirst round13th
1999 Hamar/LillehammerQualifying Round15th
2000 Saint PetersburgConsolation Round15th
2001 Grenoble2nd in Division I, Group A20th
2002 Eindhoven2nd in Division I, Group A19th
2003 Zagreb1st in Division I, Group B18st
2004 Prague/OstravaRelegation round16th
2005 Eindhoven2nd in Division I, Group B19th
2006 Amiens2nd in Division I, Group A20th
2007 Qiqihar1st in Division I, Group A18th
2008 Halifax/QuebecRelegation round14th
2009 Bern/Schluefweg/KlotenQualifying round12th
2010 Cologne/Mannheim/GelsenkirchenRelegation round14th
2011 Bratislava/KošiceQualifying round12th
/ 2012 Helsinki/StockholmPreliminary round9th
/ 2013 Stockholm/HelsinkiPreliminary round13th
2014 MinskQuarterfinals8th
2015 Prague/OstravaPreliminary round12th
2016 Moscow/Saint PetersburgPreliminary round14th
/ 2017 Cologne/ParisPreliminary round9th
2018 Copenhagen/HerningPreliminary round18th
2019 Bratislava/KošiceRelegation15th
2020 LjubljanaCancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic-
2021 Ljubljana

European Championship

Current roster

Roster for the 2019 IIHF World Championship.
Head coach: Philippe Bozon
No.Pos.NameHeightWeightBirthdateTeam
3DJonathan Janil Boxers de Bordeaux
4DAntonin Manavian Brûleurs de Loups
8DHugo Gallet Boxers de Bordeaux
9FDamien FleuryC Brûleurs de Loups
12FValentin ClaireauxA Vaasan Sport
13FPeter Valier Boxers de Bordeaux
20FEliot Berthon Genève-Servette HC
22FGuillaume Leclerc Brûleurs de Loups
25FNicolas Ritz Dragons de Rouen
35GHenri-Corentin Buysse Gothiques d'Amiens
37GSebastian Ylönen Anglet Hormadi Élite
38DPierre Crinon Rapaces de Gap
44DOlivier Dame-Malka Nice hockey Côte d'Azur
49GFlorian Hardy Ducs d'Angers
61FCédric Di Dio Balsamo LHC Les Lions
62DFlorian Chakiachvili Dragons de Rouen
63FAlexandre Texier Columbus Blue Jackets
71FAnthony Guttig Dragons de Rouen
72FJordann Perret HC Dynamo Pardubice
74DThomas Thiry EV Zug
77FSacha Treille Brûleurs de Loups
81FAnthony Rech Schwenninger Wild Wings
82FCharles Bertrand HC Fribourg-Gottéron
84DKévin HecquefeuilleA Scorpions de Mulhouse
94FTim Bozon Genève-Servette HC