Nickname(s) | Les Bleus (The Blues) |
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Association | French Ice Hockey Federation |
Head coach | Grégory Tarlé |
Assistants | Sébastien Roujon |
Captain | Lore Baudrit |
Most games | Marion Allemoz (78) |
Top scorer | Marion Allemoz (43) |
Most points | Marion Allemoz (77) |
Team colors | |
IIHF code | FRA |
Ranking | |
Current IIHF | 12 (28 August 2023)[1] |
Highest IIHF | 10 (first in 2018) |
Lowest IIHF | 16 (first in 2011) |
First international | |
France 1–1 Czechoslovakia (Plzeň, Czechoslovakia; 18 March 1989) | |
Biggest win | |
France 17–0 Hungary (Tilburg, Netherlands; 9 February 2002) | |
Biggest defeat | |
Finland 28–0 France (Havířov, Czechoslovakia; 18 March 1991) | |
World Championships | |
Appearances | 21 (first in 1999) |
Best result | 10th (2016, 2018, 2019) |
International record (W–L–T) | |
168–247–19 |
The French women's national ice hockey team represents France at international ice hockey tournaments, including the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Women's World Championship. The women's national team is controlled by French Ice Hockey Federation (FFHG). France had 2,622 female ice hockey players registered with the IIHF in 2022, an increase of more than 250% over the 952 players recorded in 2011.[2][3] As of March 2022[update], the French women's national team is ranked twelfth in the world; they have ranked as high as tenth, first in 2018.