France men's national ice hockey team

France
Nickname(s)	Les Bleus (The Blues)
Association	Fédération Française de Hockey sur Glace
Head coach	Philippe Bozon
Assistants	Yorick Treille; Ivano Zanatta
Captain	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare
Most games	Denis Perez (297)
Most points	Philippe Bozon (170)
Team colors
IIHF code	FRA
Ranking
Current IIHF	14 1 (27 May 2024)
Highest IIHF	12 (2014–15, 2018)
Lowest IIHF	19 (2006–07)
First international
	Belgium 3–0 France; (Brussels, Belgium; 4 March 1905)
Biggest win
	France 24–1 North Korea; (Budapest, Hungary; 15 March 1983)
Biggest defeat
	United States 22–0 France; (Chamonix, France; 30 January 1924)
Olympics
Appearances	10 (first in 1920)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	60 (first in 1930)
Best result	6th (1930)
European Championships
Appearances	4 (first in 1923)
Best result	(1924)
International record (W–L–T)
	486–644–92

The France men's national ice hockey team has participated in the IIHF European Championships, the IIHF World Hockey Championships and the Olympic Games.^[2] 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.

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.^[3]

Tournament record

Olympic Games

Games	Finish
1920 Antwerp	5th place
1924 Chamonix	5th place
1928 St. Moritz	6th place
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	9th place
1968 Grenoble	14th place
1988 Calgary	11th place
1992 Albertville	8th place
1994 Lillehammer	10th place
1998 Nagano	11th place
2002 Salt Lake	14th place
2026	could replace Russia
2030 French Alps

World Championship

See: Ice Hockey World Championships and List of IIHF World Championship medalists

Note: Between 1920 and 1968, the Olympic hockey tournament was also considered the World Championship for that year.^{[citation needed]} World Championship tournaments were not held in the Olympic years of 1980, 1984, and 1988.^[4]

Championship	Finish	Rank
// 1930 Chamonix/Vienna/Berlin	First round	6th
1931 Krynica-Zdrój	Consolation round	9th
1934 Milan	Consolation round	11th
1935 Davos	Consolation round	7th
1937 London	Consolation round	7th
1950 London	Consolation round	9th
1951 Paris	2nd in the Pool B	9th
1952 Liege	6th in the Pool B	15th
1953 Zürich/Basel	5th in the Pool B	8th
1961 Geneva/Lausanne	2nd in the Pool C	16th
1962 Denver/Colorado Springs	3rd in the Pool B	11th
1963 Stockholm	6th in the Pool B	14th
1965 Tampere	9th in the Pool B	17th
1966 Bucharest	Qualifying round Group B/C	—
1967 Vienna	4th in the Pool C	20th
1970 Galaţi	3rd in the Pool C	17th
1971 Eindhoven	2nd in the Pool C	16th
1973 Geleen/Rotterdam/Nijmegen/Utrecht/Tilburg/The Hague	6th in the Pool C	20th
1974 Grenoble/Gap/Lyon	5th in the Pool C	19th
1975 Sofia	5th in the Pool C	19th
1976 Gdańsk	3rd in the Pool C	19th
1977 Copenhagen/Hørsholm	4th in the Pool C	21st
1978 Canary Islands	6th in the Pool B	22nd
1979 Barcelona	3rd in the Pool C	21st
1981 Beijing	5th in the Pool C	21st
1982 Jaca	4th in the Pool C	20th
1983 Budapest	5th in the Pool C	21st
1985 Megève/Chamonix/Saint-Gervais	1st in the Pool B	17th
1986 Eindhoven	4th in the Pool B	12th
1987 Canazei	4th in the Pool B	12th
1989 Oslo/Lillehammer	3rd in the Pool B	11th
1990 Lyon/Megève	4th in the Pool B	12th
1991 Ljubljana/Bled/Jesenice	3rd in the Pool B	11th
1992 Prague/Bratislava	Consolation round	11th
1993 Munich/Dortmund	Consolation round	10th
1994 Bolzano/Canazei/Milan	First round	10th
1995 Stockholm	Quarterfinals	8th
1996 Vienna	Consolation round	11th
1997 Helsinki/Tampere/Turku	Consolation round	10th
1998 Zürich/Basel	First round	13th
1999 Hamar/Lillehammer	Qualifying Round	15th
2000 Saint Petersburg	Consolation round	15th
2001 Grenoble	2nd in Division I, Group A	20th
2002 Eindhoven	2nd in Division I, Group A	19th
2003 Zagreb	1st in Division I, Group B	18st
2004 Prague/Ostrava	Relegation round	16th
2005 Eindhoven	2nd in Division I, Group B	19th
2006 Amiens	2nd in Division I, Group A	20th
2007 Qiqihar	1st in Division I, Group A	18th
2008 Halifax/Quebec	Relegation round	14th
2009 Bern/Schluefweg/Kloten	Qualifying round	12th
2010 Cologne/Mannheim/Gelsenkirchen	Relegation round	14th
2011 Bratislava/Košice	Qualifying round	12th
/ 2012 Helsinki/Stockholm	Preliminary round	9th
/ 2013 Stockholm/Helsinki	Preliminary round	13th
2014 Minsk	Quarterfinals	8th
2015 Prague/Ostrava	Preliminary round	12th
2016 Moscow/Saint Petersburg	Preliminary round	14th
/ 2017 Cologne/Paris	Preliminary round	9th
2018 Copenhagen/Herning	Preliminary round	12th
2019 Bratislava/Košice	Relegation (but was later on promoted back after Russia and Belarus were disqualified due to the invasion of Ukraine)	15th
2020 Ljubljana	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[5]
2021 Ljubljana	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[6]
2022 Tampere/Helsinki	Preliminary round	12th
/ 2023 Tampere/Riga	Preliminary round	12th
2024 Prague/Ostrava	Preliminary round	14th
/ 2025 Stockholm/Herning

European Championship

Games	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Finish	Rank
1910–1922	did not participate.
1923 Antwerp	4	3	0	1	13	8	Round-robin
1924 Milan	3	3	0	0	17	1	Final
1925 Štrbské Pleso, Starý Smokovec	did not participate.
1926 Davos	4	2	0	2	5	6	Second round	5th
1927 Wien	did not participate.
1929 Budapest	did not participate.
1932 Berlin	4	2	2	0	10	4	Consolation round	6th

Current roster

Roster for the 2024 IIHF World Championship.^[7]

Head coach: Philippe Bozon^[8]

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
3	F	Charles Bertrand	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	(1991-02-05) 5 February 1991 (age 33)	ERC Ingolstadt
5	D	Enzo Guebey	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	(1999-05-06) 6 May 1999 (age 25)	HC Davos
6	D	Vincent Llorca	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	(1992-01-16) 16 January 1992 (age 32)	Ducs d'Angers
7	D	Pierre Crinon	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	(1995-08-02) 2 August 1995 (age 29)	Brûleurs de Loups
8	D	Hugo Gallet	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	(1997-06-20) 20 June 1997 (age 27)	KalPa
11	F	Robin Colomban	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	(1997-11-18) 18 November 1997 (age 26)	Diables Rouges de Briançon
12	F	Valentin Claireaux	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	(1994-04-05) 5 April 1994 (age 30)	Vítkovice Ridera
14	F	Stéphane Da Costa – A	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	(1989-07-11) 11 July 1989 (age 35)	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
18	D	Yohann Auvitu	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	(1989-07-27) 27 July 1989 (age 35)	Vítkovice Ridera
24	F	Justin Addamo	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	112 kg (247 lb)	(1998-05-27) 27 May 1998 (age 26)	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
25	D	Nicolas Ritz	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	(1992-02-26) 26 February 1992 (age 32)	Ducs d'Angers
27	D	Enzo Cantagallo	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	(1998-10-19) 19 October 1998 (age 26)	Dragons de Rouen
29	F	Louis Boudon	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	(1998-10-04) 4 October 1998 (age 26)	Iowa Heartlanders
32	G	Quentin Papillon	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	(1997-04-07) 7 April 1997 (age 27)	Boxers de Bordeaux
33	G	Julian Junca	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	97 kg (214 lb)	(1998-02-15) 15 February 1998 (age 26)	Chicago Wolves
37	G	Sebastian Ylönen	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	(1991-07-03) 3 July 1991 (age 33)	Jokers de Cergy-Pontoise
41	F	Pierre-Édouard Bellemare – A	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	(1985-03-06) 6 March 1985 (age 39)	Seattle Kraken
44	F	Tomas Simonsen	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	(2002-10-20) 20 October 2002 (age 22)	Gothiques d'Amiens
62	D	Florian Chakiachvili	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	(1992-03-18) 18 March 1992 (age 32)	Dragons de Rouen
72	F	Jordann Perret	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	(1994-10-15) 15 October 1994 (age 30)	Mountfield HK
74	D	Thomas Thiry	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	105 kg (231 lb)	(1997-09-09) 9 September 1997 (age 27)	HC Ajoie
77	F	Sacha Treille – C	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	97 kg (214 lb)	(1987-11-06) 6 November 1987 (age 37)	Brûleurs de Loups
81	F	Anthony Rech	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	(1992-07-09) 9 July 1992 (age 32)	Dragons de Rouen
90	G	Aurélien Dair	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	(1999-09-10) 10 September 1999 (age 25)	Brûleurs de Loups
91	G	Baptiste Bruche	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	(2000-01-27) 27 January 2000 (age 24)	Boxers de Bordeaux
94	F	Tim Bozon	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	(1994-03-24) 24 March 1994 (age 30)	Lausanne HC
95	F	Kévin Bozon	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	(1995-12-30) 30 December 1995 (age 28)	HC Ajoie

All-time record

As of September 1st 2024.

Opponent	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Australia	3	3	0	0	32	4	+28
Austria	68	23	10	35	189	257	-68
Belarus	32	9	1	22	59	101	-42
Belgium	53	37	2	14	303	115	+188
Bohemia	1	1	0	0	8	1	+7
Bulgaria	29	18	2	9	156	89	+67
Canada	55	11	5	39	100	247	-147
China	11	6	2	3	67	41	-26
Croatia	4	4	0	0	29	3	+26
Czech Republic	15	1	0	14	29	84	−55
Czechoslovakia	12	1	3	8	22	43	−21
Denmark	85	43	5	37	291	242	+49
East Germany	11	3	0	8	26	58	-32
England	17	12	1	4	53	28	+25
Estonia	4	2	1	1	19	7	+12
Finland	21	1	0	20	26	116	−90
Germany	45	15	4	26	89	131	-42
Great Britain	33	15	3	15	117	130	-13
Hungary	52	22	4	26	203	216	-13
Israel	1	1	0	0	9	0	+9
Italy	92	36	6	50	257	313	-56
Japan	30	17	2	11	120	101	+19
Kazakhstan	19	10	1	8	54	51	+3
Latvia	55	16	4	36	114	191	-77
Lithuania	4	4	0	0	24	8	+16
Netherlands	43	26	4	13	222	159	+63
North Korea	4	4	0	0	65	6	+59
Norway	97	25	14	58	223	337	-114
Poland	54	27	6	21	154	146	+8
Romania	28	12	4	12	114	139	-25
Russia	15	2	0	13	14	75	−61
Slovakia	35	5	3	27	44	153	-109
Slovenia	34	20	1	13	101	77	+24
South Africa	1	1	0	0	11	2	+9
South Korea	4	4	0	0	49	9	+40
Spain	8	8	0	0	70	15	+55
Sweden	22	3	0	19	31	96	−65
Switzerland	67	18	2	47	133	274	-141
Ukraine	17	11	0	6	48	49	-1
United States	26	1	2	23	39	142	−103
Yugoslavia	24	11	0	13	105	115	-10
Total	1 222	486	92	644	3 792	4 337	-545

Uniform evolution

National team jerseys
1988 Olympic jersey
1992 Olympic jersey
1994 Olympic jersey
1998-2001 IIHF jerseys
2014–2016 IIHF jerseys
2016–2019 IIHF jerseys
2019–2022 IIHF jerseys
2022– IIHF jerseys

References

^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
^ "France making more miracles – 2014 WM – International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF". iihfworlds2014.com. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
^ "IIHF Hall of Fame names 20th induction class". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2017. Archived from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
^ "All Medalists: Men: IIHF World Championships". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
^ Steiss, Adam. "2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship cancelled". iihf.com. IIHF. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
^ "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
^ "EDF. La liste pour le Mondial d'Ostrava" (in French). hockeyfrance.com. 7 May 2024.
^ "Team roster: France" (PDF). iihf.com. 10 May 2024.

External links

[IIHF_Men's_World_Ranking-1] "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.

[2] "France making more miracles – 2014 WM – International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF". iihfworlds2014.com. Retrieved 24 May 2017.

[2017-IIHF-3] "IIHF Hall of Fame names 20th induction class". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2017. Archived from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.

[4] "All Medalists: Men: IIHF World Championships". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2 March 2010.

[5] Steiss, Adam. "2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship cancelled". iihf.com. IIHF. Retrieved 21 March 2020.

[6] "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.

[7] "EDF. La liste pour le Mondial d'Ostrava" (in French). hockeyfrance.com. 7 May 2024.

[8] "Team roster: France" (PDF). iihf.com. 10 May 2024.

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