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	René Matte; Yorick Treille
Captain	Damien Fleury
Most games	Denis Perez (297)
Most points	Philippe Bozon (170)
Team colors
IIHF code	FRA
Ranking
Current IIHF	15 1 (6 June 2021)
Highest IIHF	12 (first in 2014)
Lowest IIHF	19 (first in 2006)
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)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	57 (first in 1930)
Best result	6th (1930)
European Championships
Appearances	4 (first in 1923)
Best result	(1924)
Olympics
Appearances	10 (first in 1920)
International record (W–L–T)
	368–487–92

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[]

The French team at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Games	Finish
1920 Palais de Glace d'Anvers	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

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
1963 Stockholm	6th in the Pool B	14th
1965 Tampere	9th in the Pool B	17th
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	15th
2020 Ljubljana	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[5]
2021 Ljubljana	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[6]

European Championship[]

Games	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Coach	Captain	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 2019 IIHF World Championship.^[7]^[8]

Head coach: Philippe Bozon

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
3	D	Jonathan Janil	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	(1987-09-24) 24 September 1987 (age 33)	Boxers de Bordeaux
4	D	Antonin Manavian	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	(1987-04-26) 26 April 1987 (age 34)	Brûleurs de Loups
8	D	Hugo Gallet	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	(1997-06-20) 20 June 1997 (age 24)	Boxers de Bordeaux
9	F	Damien Fleury – C	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	(1986-02-01) 1 February 1986 (age 35)	Brûleurs de Loups
12	F	Valentin Claireaux – A	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	(1991-04-05) 5 April 1991 (age 30)	Vaasan Sport
13	F	Peter Valier	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	(1992-07-27) 27 July 1992 (age 29)	Boxers de Bordeaux
20	F	Eliot Berthon	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	(1992-04-27) 27 April 1992 (age 29)	Genève-Servette HC
22	F	Guillaume Leclerc	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	(1996-02-20) 20 February 1996 (age 25)	Brûleurs de Loups
25	F	Nicolas Ritz	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	(1992-02-26) 26 February 1992 (age 29)	Dragons de Rouen
35	G	Henri-Corentin Buysse	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	(1988-03-18) 18 March 1988 (age 33)	Gothiques d'Amiens
37	G	Sebastian Ylönen	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	(1991-07-03) 3 July 1991 (age 30)	Anglet Hormadi Élite
38	D	Pierre Crinon	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	99 kg (218 lb)	(1995-08-02) 2 August 1995 (age 26)	Rapaces de Gap
44	D	Olivier Dame-Malka	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	(1990-05-30) 30 May 1990 (age 31)	Nice hockey Côte d'Azur
49	G	Florian Hardy	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	(1985-02-08) 8 February 1985 (age 36)	Ducs d'Angers
61	F	Cédric Di Dio Balsamo	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	(1994-03-27) 27 March 1994 (age 27)	LHC Les Lions
62	D	Florian Chakiachvili	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	(1992-03-18) 18 March 1992 (age 29)	Dragons de Rouen
63	F	Alexandre Texier	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	(1999-09-13) 13 September 1999 (age 21)	Columbus Blue Jackets
71	F	Anthony Guttig	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	(1988-10-30) 30 October 1988 (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 26)	HC Dynamo Pardubice
74	D	Thomas Thiry	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	101 kg (223 lb)	(1997-09-09) 9 September 1997 (age 24)	EV Zug
77	F	Sacha Treille	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	(1987-11-06) 6 November 1987 (age 33)	Brûleurs de Loups
81	F	Anthony Rech	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	(1992-07-09) 9 July 1992 (age 29)	Schwenninger Wild Wings
82	F	Charles Bertrand	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	(1991-02-05) 5 February 1991 (age 30)	HC Fribourg-Gottéron
84	D	Kévin Hecquefeuille – A	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	(1984-11-20) 20 November 1984 (age 36)	Scorpions de Mulhouse
94	F	Tim Bozon	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	(1994-03-24) 24 March 1994 (age 27)	Genève-Servette HC

References[]

^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
^ "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 - CM 2019. La liste des 25 Bleus pour Kosice". hockeyfrance.com. 6 May 2019.
^ 2019 IIHF World Championship roster

External links[]

[IIHF_Men's_World_Ranking-1] "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.

[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 - CM 2019. La liste des 25 Bleus pour Kosice". hockeyfrance.com. 6 May 2019.

[8] 2019 IIHF World Championship roster

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