France men's national field hockey team

The France men's national field hockey team represents France in international field hockey competitions.[2]

France
AssociationFrance Hockey Federation (Fédération Française de Hockey)
ConfederationEHF (Europe)
Head CoachFred Soyez
Assistant coach(es)Jorge Lombi
Xavier de Greve
ManagerAntoine François
CaptainVictor Charlet
Home
Away
FIH ranking
Current 9 1 (2 May 2022)[1]
Olympic Games
Appearances9 (first in 1908)
Best result4th (1920, 1936)
World Cup
Appearances4 (first in 1971)
Best result7th (1971, 1990)
EuroHockey Championship
Appearances15 (first in 1970)
Best result4th (1970)

Tournament history

Summer Olympics

  • 1908 – 6th place
  • 1920 – 4th place
  • 1928 – 5th place
  • 1936 – 4th place
  • 1948 – 8th place
  • 1952 – 11th place
  • 1960 – 10th place
  • 1968 – 10th place
  • 1972 – 12th place
  • 2024Qualified (host country)

World Cup

EuroHockey Championship

EuroHockey Championship II

World League

FIH Pro League

Champions Trophy

Champions Challenge I

Champions Challenge II

Players

Current squad

The following 20 players were named on 8 April 2022 for the FIH Pro League matches against Argentina in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 16 and 17 April 2022.[3]

Head coach: Fred Soyez

Caps updated as of 17 April 2022, after the match against Argentina.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 GK Arthur Thieffry (1989-09-15) 15 September 1989 88 Orée
29 GK Corentin Saunier (1994-02-01) 1 February 1994 42 Lille

3 DF Mattéo Desgouillons (2000-01-21) 21 January 2000 21 Gantoise
6 DF Gaspard Xavier (2002-05-10) 10 May 2002 8 Racing Club de Bruxelles
12 DF Amaury Bellenger (1998-08-14) 14 August 1998 51 Orée
18 DF Jean-Bapiste Forgues (1992-05-18) 18 May 1992 160 Léopold
30 DF Brieuc Delemazure (2002-04-02) 2 April 2002 2 Lille

5 MF Stanislas Branicki (2002-04-09) 9 April 2002 11 Orée
10 MF Viktor Lockwood (1992-03-29) 29 March 1992 137 Lille
11 MF Charles Masson (1992-04-13) 13 April 1992 114 Gantoise
16 MF François Goyet (1994-11-04) 4 November 1994 121 Gantoise
17 MF Noé Jouin (2002-08-02) 2 August 2002 2 Saint Germain
20 MF Eliot Curty (1998-09-18) 18 September 1998 37 Orée

9 FW Blaise Rogeau (1994-11-26) 26 November 1994 83 Gantoise
14 FW Gaspard Baumgarten (1992-08-03) 3 August 1992 149 Léopold
21 FW Etienne Tynevez (1999-02-13) 13 February 1999 84 Gantoise
23 FW Benjamin Marqué (2000-08-11) 11 August 2000 12 Daring
26 FW Antonin Igau (2000-01-09) 9 January 2000 14 Antwerp
27 FW Maximilien Branicki (1997-12-16) 16 December 1997 48 Orée
28 FW Timothée Clément (2000-04-08) 8 April 2000 35 Orée

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the national team in the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club Latest call-up
DF Victor Charlet (Captain) (1993-11-19) 19 November 1993 134 Waterloo Ducks v.  South Africa, 20 February 2022
DF Nicolas Dumont (1991-12-13) 13 December 1991 79 Waterloo Ducks v.  Netherlands, 13 February 2022

MF Simon Martin-Brisac (1992-11-20) 20 November 1992 127 Racing Club de France v.  South Africa, 20 February 2022

FW Pieter van Straaten (1992-10-23) 23 October 1992 97 Antwerp 2021 European World Cup Qualifier
FW Corentin Sellier (2001-05-29) 29 May 2001 6 Montrouge 2021 EuroHockey Championship

See also

References

  1. "FIH Men's and Women's World Ranking". FIH. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  2. "France Hockey Federation". ffhockey.org. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  3. "Les 20 joueurs convoqués pour deux matchs de Pro League en Argentine !". ffhockey.org (in French). Fédération Française de Hockey. 8 April 2022.
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