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)
CoachJeroen Delmee
Assistant coach(es)Xavier de Greve
ManagerAntoine François
CaptainVictor Charlet
Home
Away
FIH ranking
Current 12 (1 March 2020)[1]
Highest12 (September 2019–present)
Lowest20 (July 2018)
Olympic Games
Appearances9 (first in 1908)
Best result4th (1920, 1936)
World Cup
Appearances3 (first in 1971)
Best result7th (1971, 1990)
EuroHockey Championship
Appearances14 (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

Champions Trophy

Champions Challenge I

Champions Challenge II

Players

Current squad

The following 18 players were named for the 2019 FIH Olympic Qualifier against Spain in Valencia, Spain.[3]

Head coach: Jeroen Delmee

Caps updated as of 26 October 2019, after the match against Spain.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 GK Artur Thieffry (1989-09-15) 15 September 1989 68 Orée
4 FW Pieter van Straaten (1992-10-23) 23 October 1992 88 Waterloo Ducks
6 Tom Genestet (1987-05-04) 4 May 1987 190 Saint Germain
7 Hugo Genestet (Co-Captain) (1992-03-02) 2 March 1992 167 Waterloo Ducks
8 Simon Martin Brisac (1992-11-20) 20 November 1992 114 Racing Club de France
9 FW Blaise Rogeau (1994-11-26) 26 November 1994 65 Gantoise
10 DF Viktor Lockwood (1992-03-29) 29 March 1992 117 Orée
11 Charles Masson (1992-04-13) 13 April 1992 93 Orée
12 Amaury Bellenger (1998-08-14) 14 August 1998 30 Racing Club de France
13 MF Nicolas Dumont (1991-12-13) 13 December 1991 64 Waterloo Ducks
14 Gaspard Baumgarten (1992-08-03) 3 August 1992 129 Léopold
16 MF François Goyet (1994-11-04) 4 November 1994 101 Gantoise
17 Cristoforo Peters-Deutz (1995-11-17) 17 November 1995 101 Racing Club de France
22 DF Victor Charlet (Co-Captain) (1993-11-19) 19 November 1993 116 Waterloo Ducks
24 Theophile Ponthieu (1994-04-19) 19 April 1994 22 Racing Club de Bruxelles
27 Maximilien Branicki (1997-12-16) 16 December 1997 40 Orée
28 FW Timothée Clément (2000-04-08) 8 April 2000 14 Montrogue
29 GK Corentin Saunier (1994-02-01) 1 February 1994 37 Stade Français

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 Jean-Bapiste Forgues (1992-05-18) 18 May 1992 143 Léopold v.  Belgium, 8 October 2019
FW Etienne Tynevez (1999-02-13) 13 February 1999 68 Gantoise v.  Belgium, 8 October 2019
Elliot Curty (1998-09-18) 18 September 1998 16 Montrogue v.  Belgium, 8 October 2019
Jean-Laurent Kieffer (1994-10-06) 6 October 1994 87 Racing Club de France v.  Ireland, 2 October 2019
GK Antoine Croutte (2000-05-07) 7 May 2000 0 Racing Club de France v.  Ireland, 2 October 2019
Antoine Ferec (1996-05-06) 6 May 1996 9 Orée v.  Ireland, 6 June 2019
Aristide Coisne (1993-09-27) 27 September 1993 64 Léopold 2018 World Cup

See also

France women's national field hockey team

References

  1. "FIH Men's and Women's World Ranking". FIH. 1 March 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  2. "France Hockey Federation". ffhockey.org. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  3. "Qualification Olympique - Les 18 Joueurs en Liste". www.ffhockey.org (in French). Fédération Française de Hockey. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
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