France women's national field hockey team

France
Association	French Hockey Federation (Fédération Française de Hockey)
Confederation	EHF (Europe)
Head Coach	Gaël Foulard
Assistant coach(es)	Nicolas Jaquet
Manager	Carole Thibaut-Teffri
Captain	Emma Ponthieu
Home	Away
FIH ranking
Current	17 (5 November 2025)
Olympic Games
Appearances	1 (first in 2024)
Best result	12th (2024)
World Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 1974)
Best result	6th (1976)
EuroHockey Championship
Appearances	9 (first in 1984)
Best result	7th (1995, 2025)

France's women's national field hockey team represents France in women's international field hockey and is controlled by the French Hockey Federation.

Tournament record

Summer Olympics

2024 – 12th place

World Cup

1974 – 7th place
1976 – 6th place
1981 – 9th place

European championships

EuroHockey Championship

1984 – 10th place
1987 – 10th place
1991 – 10th place
1995 – 7th place
1999 – 10th place
2003 – 8th place
2005 – 8th place
2025 – 7th place
2027 – Qualified

EuroHockey Championship II

2007 – 5th place
2009 – 4th place
2011 – 4th place
2013 – 4th place
2015 – 6th place
2017 – 8th place
2021 –
2023 –

EuroHockey Championship III

2019 –

Hockey World League

2012–13 – Round 1
2014–15 – 20th place
2016–17 – Round 1

FIH Hockey Nations Cup 2

2024–25 –

FIH Hockey Series

2018–19 – Second round

Current squad

The squad for the 2025 Women's EuroHockey Championship.^[2]

Head coach: Gaël Foulard

Results

2024 Fixtures and Results

2024 Statistics
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
15	6	2	7	45	36	+9	20

South Africa Test Series

18 January 2024 Test Match	South Africa	2–0	France	Cape Town, South Africa
19:30	Bobbs 23' Mokoena 49'	Report		Stadium: SACS Boys' School

20 January 2024 Test Match	South Africa	2–1	France	Cape Town, South Africa
14:30	Boshoff 12' Louw 57'	Report	Garot 47'	Stadium: SACS Boys' School

22 January 2024 Test Match	South Africa	1–4	France	Cape Town, South Africa
17:30	Bobbs 45'	Report	Duffrène 6' Verrier 14' Le Nindre 40' Delemazure 59'	Stadium: SACS Boys' School

23 January 2024 Test Match	South Africa	2–2	France	Cape Town, South Africa
17:30	Bobbs 2', 38'	Report	Ponthieu 29' Duffrène 59'	Stadium: SACS Boys' School

26 January 2024 Test Match	South Africa	0–1	France	Cape Town, South Africa
15:45		Report	Lardeur 42'	Stadium: SACS Boys' School

28 January 2024 Test Match	South Africa	1–4	France	Cape Town, South Africa
15:00	Wood 19'	Report	Lardeur 15' Lhopital 22' Verzura 39' Schubert 50'	Stadium: SACS Boys' School

Scotland Test Match

15 June 2024 Test Match	France	2–2	Scotland	Paris, France
18:00	Verzura 31' Delemazure 32'	Report	Longeran 54' Jamieson 60'	Stadium: CREPS Île-de-France

XXXIII Summer Olympics

27 July 2024 Pool A	Netherlands	6–2	France	Paris, France
20:15	Matla 29' Jansen 32', 35', 45', 48' Burg 50'	Report	Lhopital 35' Le Nindre 46'	Stadium: Stade Yves-du-Manoir

29 July 2024 Pool A	France	0–5	Belgium	Paris, France
20:15		Report	Rasir 7' Ballenghien 12', 52' Gerniers 18' Vanden Borre 37'	Stadium: Stade Yves-du-Manoir

31 July 2024 Pool A	France	1–5	Germany	Paris, France
12:45	Lhopital 51'	Report	Lorenz 3', 52', 53' Stapenhorst 11' Wortmann 28'	Stadium: Stade Yves-du-Manoir

1 August 2024 Pool A	Japan	1–0	France	Paris, France
19:45	Toriyama 12'	Report		Stadium: Stade Yves-du-Manoir

2 August 2024 Pool A	China	7–1	France	Paris, France
17:00	Li 9', 25' Chen Ya. 16', 55' Zhong 33' Zhang 41' Dan 48'	Report	Delemazure 22'	Stadium: Stade Yves-du-Manoir

EuroHockey Championship Qualifiers

22 August 2024 QF	France	22–0	Luxembourg	Douai, France
17:30	Lardeur 2' Lhopital 5', 7', 47', 53' Le Nindre 9', 18', 31', 34', 41' Lahlah 12', 56' Delemazure 14', 15', 45' Verrier 21' Arnaud 36', 44', 51' Gaspari 39' Lesgourgues 50', 54'	Report		Stadium: Douai HC

24 August 2024 SF	France	3–2	Ukraine	Douai, France
12:00	Verrier 10' Duffrène 27' Gaspari 48'	Report	Voievoda	Stadium: Douai HC

25 August 2024 Final	Poland	0–2	France	Douai, France
14:00		Report	Duffrène 13' Lesgourgues 26'	Stadium: Douai HC

2025 Fixtures and Results

2025 Statistics
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	5	1	4	19	22	-3	16

FIH Nations Cup 2

16 June 2025 Pool B	France	3–0	Czechia	Wałcz, Poland
14:00	Le Nindre 34', 45' Duffrène 40'	Report

17 June 2025 Pool B	France	4–0	Italy	Wałcz, Poland
14:00	Duffrène 6' Lardeur 34' Varoqui 40', 56'	Report

19 June 2025 Pool B	Wales	1–2	France	Wałcz, Poland
14:00	Roberts 40'	Report	Lardeur 22' Lhopital 33'

21 June 2025 SF	France	4–1	Poland	Wałcz, Poland
18:45	Lhopital 4' Verzura 26', 46', 57'	Report	Katerla 56'

22 June 2025 Final	Uruguay	3–3 (1–3 p)	France	Wałcz, Poland
18:45	Quiñones 11' Vilar 56' Amadeo 59'	Report	Duffrène 15', 44' Lhopital 57'
	Penalties
	Curutchague Viana Quiñones Civetta		Schubert Verzura Verzura

EuroHockey Championship

9 August 2025 Pool A	Germany	4–1	France	Mönchengladbach, Germany
18:00	Strauss 13' Schwabe 15', 24' Micheel 22'	Report	Verzura 43'	Stadium: Warsteiner HockeyPark

11 August 2025 Pool A	Ireland	0–1	France	Mönchengladbach, Germany
15:45		Report	Duffrène 49'	Stadium: Warsteiner HockeyPark

13 August 2025 Pool A	Netherlands	6–0	France	Mönchengladbach, Germany
17:30	Veen 11' Jansen 16', 34' Matla 20', 25' Fokke 44'	Report		Stadium: Warsteiner HockeyPark

15 August 2025 Classification round	France	1–5	England	Mönchengladbach, Germany
14:45	Lhopital 32'	Report	Balsdon 7', 7' Rayer 19', 53' Owsley 49'	Stadium: Warsteiner HockeyPark

17 August 2025 Classification round	France	0–2	Scotland	Mönchengladbach, Germany
11:45		Report	Robertson 34' Costello 41'	Stadium: Warsteiner HockeyPark

2026 Fixtures and Results

2026 Statistics
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts

2026 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup Qualifiers

2 March 2026 Pool A	Australia	v	France	Santiago, Chile
17:30		Report		Stadium: Estadio Nacional del Hockey Césped Claudia Schüler

4 March 2026 Pool A	France	v	Switzerland	Santiago, Chile
13:30		Report		Stadium: Estadio Nacional del Hockey Césped Claudia Schüler

5 March 2026 Pool A	France	v	Chile	Santiago, Chile
19:45		Report		Stadium: Estadio Nacional del Hockey Césped Claudia Schüler

References

^ "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 5 November 2025. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
^ "Liste officielle EuroHockey Mönchengladbach 2025". ffhockey.org. 29 July 2025. Retrieved 29 July 2025.

External links

[FIH_Women's_World_Rankings-1] "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 5 November 2025. Retrieved 5 November 2025.

[2] "Liste officielle EuroHockey Mönchengladbach 2025". ffhockey.org. 29 July 2025. Retrieved 29 July 2025.

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Tournament record

Summer Olympics

World Cup

European championships

EuroHockey Championship

EuroHockey Championship II

EuroHockey Championship III

Hockey World League

FIH Hockey Nations Cup 2

FIH Hockey Series

Current squad

Results

2024 Fixtures and Results

South Africa Test Series

Scotland Test Match

XXXIII Summer Olympics

EuroHockey Championship Qualifiers

2025 Fixtures and Results

FIH Nations Cup 2

EuroHockey Championship

2026 Fixtures and Results

2026 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup Qualifiers

See also

References

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