The France men's national ice hockey team has participated in the

IIHF The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF; french: Fédération internationale de hockey sur glace; german: Internationale Eishockey-Föderation) is a worldwide governing body for ice hockey. It is based in Zurich, Switzerland, and has 83 m ...

European Championships, the IIHF World Hockey Championships and the

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...

. As of 2016, it is ranked 14th in the world in the

IIHF World Ranking The IIHF World Ranking is a ranking of the performance of the national ice hockey teams of member countries of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). It is based on a formula giving points for each team's placings at IIHF-sanctioned tour ...

s. The team is overseen by the

Fédération Française de Hockey sur Glace The French Ice Hockey Federation (french: Fédération française de hockey sur glace (FFHG)) is the governing body of ice hockey in France, as recognized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). It was founded in 2006 after separation w ...

. Notable recent wins include upsets against Russia at the 2013 IIHF World Championship, Canada at the

2014 IIHF World Championship The 2014 IIHF World Championship was hosted by Belarus in its capital, Minsk, held from 9–25 May 2014. Sixteen national teams were competing in two venues, the Minsk-Arena and Chizhovka-Arena. It was the first time Belarus hosted the tourname ...

, and a triumphant 5–1 over Finland as the tournament host of

2017 IIHF World Championship The 2017 IIHF World Championship, the 2017 edition of the annual Ice Hockey World Championships, was held from 5 to 21 May 2017 in Cologne, Germany and Paris, France. The official tournament mascots were Asterix and Obelix, the main characters f ...

Patrick Francheterre Patrick Francheterre (born 19 November 1948) is a French retired ice hockey player, coach, manager and international administrator. His playing career included time with CPM Croix and Dogues de Bordeaux as a player-coach and with the France m ...

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 The Paul Loicq Award is presented annually by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) to honour a person who has made "outstanding contributions to the IIHF and international ice hockey". Named after Paul Loicq Paul Loicq (11 August 1 ...

in 2017.

Tournament record

Olympic Games

World Championship

:''See:

Ice Hockey World Championships The Ice Hockey World Championships are an annual international men's ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). First officially held at the 1920 Summer Olympics, it is the sport's highest profile annua ...

and

List of IIHF World Championship medalists The Ice Hockey World Championships is an annual event held by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). It was preceded by the European Championship which was held from 1910 to 1932. The first World Championship tournament was decided at the ...

'' :''Note: Between 1920 and 1968, the Olympic hockey tournament was also considered the

World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

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

European Championship

Current roster

Roster for the

2022 IIHF World Championship The 2022 IIHF World Championship was hosted by Finland from 13 to 29 May 2022, as the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) announced on 19 May 2017 in Cologne, Germany. The host cities of the World Championships were Tampere and Helsinki, ...

. Head coach:

Philippe Bozon Philippe Bozon (born November 30, 1966) is a former French professional ice hockey player who played for the St. Louis Blues in the National Hockey League (NHL) between the 1991–92 and 1994-95 seasons. He is the first of only seven French-bor ...

Uniform evolution

File:France national ice hockey team jerseys 1994 (WOG).png, 1994 Olympic jersey File:France national ice hockey team jerseys 1998-2000.png, 1998-2001 IIHF jerseys File:France national hockey team jerseys 2014.png, 2014–2016 IIHF jerseys File:France national ice hockey team jerseys 2016.png, 2016–2019 IIHF jerseys File:France national ice hockey team jerseys 2019 IHWC.png, 2019– IIHF jerseys

References

External links

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