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Association
Fédération Française de Hockey sur Glace
Nickname
Les Blues (The Blues)
Current national team coach
Dave Henderson
Most Games
Denis Perez: 297
Most Points
Philippe Bozon: 170
First Game
England 3 - 1 France  (Chamonix, France; January 25, 1909)
Largest victory
France 24 - 1 North Korea  (Budapest, Hungary; March 15, 1983)
Largest defeat
United States 22 - 0 France  (Chamonix, France; January 30, 1924)
International Competition
Current record: (W-L-T) 248-432-69

The French national ice hockey team has participated in the IIHF European Championships, the IIHF World Hockey Championships and the Olympic Games. They are currently ranked 19th in the world by the IIHF. It is controlled by the Fédération Française de Hockey sur Glace. The only French player currently in the NHL is goalie Cristobal Huet, although Philippe Bozon formerly played for the St. Louis Blues.

2008 World Championship team

Pos.	No.	Player	Team
GK	1	Eddy Ferhi	Grenoble Bruleurs de Loups
GK	39	Cristobal Huet	Chicago Blackhawks
GK	42	Fabrice Lhenry	Esbjerg IK
GK	92	Henri Corentin Buysse	Amiens Gothiques
D	2	Benjamin Dieude Fauvel	Amiens Gothiques
D	3	Vincent Bachet	Amiens Gothiques
D	16	Benoît Quessandier	Rouen Dragons
D	27	Baptiste Amar	Grenoble Bruleurs de Loups
D	29	Mathieu Mille	HC Morzine-Avoriaz
D	44	Antonin Manavian	Grenoble Bruleurs de Loups
D	55	Jean-Francois Bonnard	Grenoble Bruleurs de Loups
D	72	Simon Lacroix	Angers Ducs
D	74	Nicolas Besch	Sport
D	87	Teddy Trabichet	Grenoble Bruleurs de Loups
F	7	Yorick Treille	ERC Ingolstadt
F	10	Laurent Meunier	Genève-Servette HC
F	13	Jonathan Zwikel	HC Morzine-Avoriaz
F	18	Luc Tardif	HC Morzine-Avoriaz
F	19	Oliver Coqueux	Esbjerg IK
F	20	Damien Raux	Briancon Diables Rouges
F	24	Julien Desrosiers	Rouen Dragons
F	26	Antoine Lussier	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
F	28	Laurent Gras	Amiens Gothiques
F	38	Cyril Papa	Villard de Lans
F	41	Pierre-Édouard Bellemare	Leksands IF
F	77	Sacha Treille	Grenoble Bruleurs de Loups
F	84	Kévin Hecquefeuille	Grenoble Bruleurs de Loups
F	91	Nicolas Antonoff	HC Mont Blanc

^[1] the french teams current head coach is Dave Henderson. With assistant coach Pierre Pousse.

Olympic record

• 1920 - Finished in 5th place
• 1924 - Finished tied in 5th place
• 1928 - Finished in 6th place
• 1932 - Did not participate
• 1936 - Finished tied in 9th place
• 1948 - 1964 - Did not qualify
• 1968 - Finished in 14th place
• 1972 - 1984 - Did not qualify
• 1988 - Finished in 11th place
• 1992 - Finished in 8th place
• 1994 - Finished in 10th place
• 1998 - Finished in 11th place
• 2002 - Finished in 14th place
• 2006 - Did not qualify

European Championship record

• 1910 - 1922 - Did not participate
• 1923 - Won silver medal
• 1924 - Won gold medal
• 1925 - Did not participate
• 1926 - Finished in 5th place
• 1927-1929 - Did not participate
• 1932 - Finished in 6th place

World Championship record

• 1930 - Finished tied for 6th place
• 1931 - Finished in 9th place
• 1933 - Did not participate
• 1934 - Finished in 11th place
• 1935 - Finished in 7th place
• 1937 - Finished in 7th place
• 1938-1949 - Did not participate
• 1950 - Finished in 9th place
• 1951 - Finished in 9th place (2nd in the "B" Pool)
• 1952 - Finished in 15th place (6th in the "B" Pool)
• 1953 - Finished in 8th place (5th in the "B" Pool)
• 1955-1959 - Did not participate
• 1961 - Finished in 16th place (2nd in the "C" Pool)
• 1962 - Finished in 11th place (3rd in the "B" Pool)
• 1963 - Finished in 14th place (6th in the "B" Pool)
• 1964 - Did not participate
• 1965 - Finished in 17th place (9th in the "B" Pool)
• 1966 - Finished in 20th place (4th in the "C" Pool)
• 1967 - Finished in 20th place (4th in the "C" Pool)
• 1968 - Finished in 14th place (6th in the "B" Pool)
• 1969 - Did not participate
• 1970 - Finished in 18th place (4th in the "C" Pool)
• 1971 - Finished in 16th place (2nd in the "C" Pool)
• 1972 - Did not participate
• 1973 - Finished in 20th place (6th in the "C" Pool)
• 1974 - Finished in 19th place (5th in the "C" Pool)
• 1975 - Finished in 19th place (5th in the "C" Pool)
• 1976 - Finished in 19th place (3rd in the "C" Pool)
• 1977 - Finished in 21st place (4th in the "C" Pool)
• 1978 - Finished in 22nd place (6th in the "C" Pool)
• 1979 - Finished in 21st place (3rd in the "C" Pool)
• 1981 - Finished in 21st place (5th in the "C" Pool)
• 1982 - Finished in 20th place (4th in the "C" Pool)
• 1983 - Finished in 21st place (5th in the "C" Pool)
• 1985 - Finished in 17th place (1st in the "C" Pool)
• 1986 - Finished in 12th place (4th in the "B" Pool)
• 1987 - Finished in 12th place (4th in the "B" Pool)
• 1989 - Finished in 11th place (3rd in the "B" Pool)
• 1990 - Finished in 12th place (4th in the "B" Pool)
• 1991 - Finished in 11th place (3rd in the "B" Pool)
• 1992 - Finished in 11th place
• 1993 - Finished in 12th place
• 1994 - Finished in 10th place
• 1995 - Finished in 8th place
• 1996 - Finished in 11th place
• 1997 - Finished in 11th place
• 1998 - Finished in 13th place
• 1999 - Finished in 15th place
• 2000 - Finished in 15th place
• 2001 - Finished in 20th place (2nd in Division I, Group A)
• 2002 - Finished in 19th place (2nd in Division I, Group A)
• 2003 - Finished in 18th place (1st in Division I, Group B)
• 2004 - Finished in 16th place
• 2005 - Finished in 20th place (2nd in Division I, Group B)
• 2006 - Finished in 20th place (2nd in Division I, Group A)
• 2007 - Finished in 18th place (1st in Division I, Group A)
• 2008 - Finished in 14th place

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