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.

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

Games Finish 1920 Antwerp 5th place (tied) 1924 Chamonix 6th place 1928 St. Moritz 5th place 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 9th place 1968 Grenoble 14th place 1980 Lake Placiddid not qualify, took part in Thayer Tutt Trophy 1984 Sarajevodid not qualify, took part in Thayer Tutt Trophy 1988 Calgary 11th place 1992 Albertville 8th place 1994 Lillehammer 10th place 1998 Nagano 11th place 2002 Salt Lake City 14th place 2026 Milan / Cortina d'Ampezzo 11th place 2030 French Alps Qualified as hosts

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. World Championship tournaments were not held in the Olympic years of 1980, 1984, and 1988.

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 C 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 promoted back after Russia and Belarus were disqualified due to the invasion of Ukraine) 15th 2020 LjubljanaCancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021 LjubljanaCancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2022 Tampere/Helsinki Preliminary round 12th/ 2023 Tampere/Riga Preliminary round 12th 2024 Prague/Ostrava Preliminary round 14th/ 2025 Stockholm/Herning Preliminary round 16th 2026 Sosnowiec 3rd in Division I, Group A 19th 2027 Tallinn Division I, Group A

European Championship

Games GP W T L GF GA Finish Rank1910–1922 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 Smokovecdid not participate 1926 Davos 4 2 0 2 5 6 Second round 5th 1927 Wiendid not participate 1929 Budapestdid not participate 1932 Berlin 4 2 2 0 10 4 Consolation round 6th

2026 Olympics roster

All-time record .

Opponent Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD 3 3 0 0 32 4 +28 70 24 10 36 196 264 -68 32 9 1 22 59 101 -42 53 37 2 14 303 115 +188 1 1 0 0 8 1 +7 29 18 2 9 156 89 +67 56 11 5 40 100 252 -152 11 6 2 3 67 41 +26 4 4 0 0 29 3 +26 15 1 0 14 29 84 −55 12 1 3 8 22 43 −21 86 44 5 37 294 243 +51 11 3 0 8 26 58 -32 17 12 1 4 53 28 +25 4 2 1 1 19 7 +12 22 1 0 22 29 120 −91 45 15 4 26 89 131 -42 33 15 3 15 117 130 -13 53 22 4 27 207 222 -15 1 1 0 0 9 0 +9 92 36 6 50 257 313 -56 30 17 2 11 120 101 +19 19 10 1 8 54 51 +3 56 16 4 37 115 195 -80 4 4 0 0 24 8 +16 43 26 4 13 222 159 +63 4 4 0 0 65 6 +59 101 27 14 60 232 343 -111 54 27 6 21 154 146 +8 28 12 4 12 114 139 -25 15 2 0 13 14 75 −61 38 5 3 30 48 167 -119 35 20 1 14 102 80 +22 1 1 0 0 11 2 +9 4 4 0 0 49 9 +40 8 8 0 0 70 15 +55 23 3 0 20 31 100 −69 69 18 2 49 138 283 -145 17 11 0 6 48 49 -1 26 1 2 23 39 142 −103 24 11 0 13 105 115 -10Total 1 240 490 92 658 3 829 4 400 -571

Uniform evolution

References

External links

IIHF profile National Teams of Ice Hockey