France men's national ice hockey team

The French men's national ice hockey team has participated in the IIHF European Championships, the IIHF World Hockey Championships and the Olympic Games. As of 2014, it is ranked 12th 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.
==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
===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 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 	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Ljubljana 	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022 Tampere/Helsinki 	Preliminary round 	12th
/ 2023 Tampere/Riga 	Preliminary round 	12th
2024 Prague/Ostrava 	Preliminary round 	14th
===European Championship===
Games 	GP 	W 	T 	L 	GF 	GA 	Finish 	Rank
1910–1922 	did not participate.	did not participate.	did not participate.	did not participate.	did not participate.	did not participate.	did not participate.	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.	did not participate.	did not participate.	did not participate.	did not participate.	did not participate.	did not participate.	did not participate.
1926 Davos 	4 	2 	0 	2 	5 	6 	Second round 	5th
1927 Wien 	did not participate.	did not participate.	did not participate.	did not participate.	did not participate.	did not participate.	did not participate.	did not participate.
1929 Budapest 	did not participate.	did not participate.	did not participate.	did not participate.	did not participate.	did not participate.	did not participate.	did not participate.
1932 Berlin 	4 	2 	2 	0 	10 	4 	Consolation round 	6th
==All-time record==
As of 22 April 2024.
Opponent	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF 	GA 	GD
 	3 	3 	0 	0 	32 	4 	+28
 	68 	23 	10 	35 	189 	257 	-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
 	55 	11 	5 	39 	100 	247 	-147
 	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
 	85 	43 	5 	37 	291 	242 	+49
 	11 	3 	0 	8 	26 	58 	-32
 	17 	12 	1 	4 	53 	28 	+25
 	4 	2 	1 	1 	19 	7 	+12
 	21 	1 	0 	20 	26 	116 	−90
 	44 	15 	4 	25 	86 	125 	-39
 	33 	15 	3 	15 	117 	130 	-13
 	52 	22 	4 	26 	203 	216 	-13
 	1 	1 	0 	0 	9 	0 	+9
 	92 	36 	6 	50 	257 	313 	-56
 	30 	17 	2 	11 	120 	101 	+19
 	18 	10 	1 	7 	53 	48 	+5
 	54 	16 	4 	34 	110 	183 	-73
 	4 	4 	0 	0 	24 	8 	+16
 	43 	26 	4 	13 	222 	159 	+63
 	4 	4 	0 	0 	65 	6 	+59
 	97 	25 	14 	58 	223 	337 	-114
 	53 	26 	6 	21 	150 	144 	+6
 	28 	12 	4 	12 	114 	139 	-25
 	15 	2 	0 	13 	14 	75 	−61
 	34 	5 	3 	26 	42 	149 	-107
 	33 	19 	1 	13 	96 	76 	+20
 	1 	1 	0 	0 	11 	2 	+9
 	4 	4 	0 	0 	49 	9 	+40
 	8 	8 	0 	0 	70 	15 	+55
 	21 	3 	0 	18 	30 	93 	−63
 	67 	18 	2 	47 	133 	274 	-141
 	16 	10 	0 	6 	41 	47 	-6
 	25 	1 	2 	22 	39 	137 	−98
 	24 	11 	0 	13 	105 	115 	-10
Total 	1 222 	486	92 	644 	3 792	4 337	-545
==References==
==External links==
*Official website
*IIHF profile
 
Category:National ice hockey teams in Europe