France women's national field hockey team
| 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 | ||
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| FIH ranking | |||
| Current | 17 (5 November 2025)[1] | ||
| 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
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
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
- Violette Ferront (GK)
- Noémie Mekki
- Catherine Clot
- Emma Ponthieu (C)
- Mickaela Lahlah
- Marie-Alice Pelletier
- Paola Le Nindre
- Yohanna Lhopital
- Gabrielle Verrier
- Emma van der Zanden
- Mathilde Duffrène
- Pauline Varoqui
- Ève Verzura
- Inès Lardeur
- Lucie Ehrmann (GK)
- Albane Garot
- Delfina Gaspari
- Tessa-Margot Schubert
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
| 17 June 2025 Pool B | France | 4–0 | Italy | Wałcz, Poland |
| 14:00 | Duffrène 6' Lardeur 34' Varoqui 40', 56' |
Report |
| 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' |
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| Penalties | ||||
| Curutchague Viana Quiñones Civetta |
Schubert Verzura Verzura |
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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 |
See also
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.