France women's national field hockey team

France
AssociationFrench Hockey Federation (Fédération Française de Hockey)
ConfederationEHF (Europe)
Head CoachGaël Foulard
Assistant coach(es)Nicolas Jaquet
ManagerCarole Thibaut-Teffri
CaptainEmma Ponthieu
Home
Away
FIH ranking
Current 17 (5 November 2025)[1]
Olympic Games
Appearances1 (first in 2024)
Best result12th (2024)
World Cup
Appearances3 (first in 1974)
Best result6th (1976)
EuroHockey Championship
Appearances9 (first in 1984)
Best result7th (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

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

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

Head coach: Gaël Foulard

  1. Violette Ferront (GK)
  2. Noémie Mekki
  3. Catherine Clot
  4. Emma Ponthieu (C)
  5. Mickaela Lahlah
  6. Marie-Alice Pelletier
  7. Paola Le Nindre
  8. Yohanna Lhopital
  9. Gabrielle Verrier
  10. Emma van der Zanden
  11. Mathilde Duffrène
  12. Pauline Varoqui
  13. Ève Verzura
  14. Inès Lardeur
  15. Lucie Ehrmann (GK)
  16. Albane Garot
  17. Delfina Gaspari
  18. 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
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'

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

See also

References

  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.