Team facts: France

France

Tournament record
2021: quarter-finals
2019: semi-finals
2017: did not qualify
2015: did not qualify (play-offs)
2013: did not qualify (play-offs)
2011: did not qualify
2009: did not qualify (play-offs)
2007: did not qualify (play-offs)
2006: semi-finals
2004: did not qualify (play-offs)
2002: runners-up
2000: did not qualify (play-offs)
1998: did not qualify
1996: third place
1994: fourth place
1992: did not qualify
1990: did not qualify
1988: winners
1986: quarter-finals
1984: quarter-finals
1982: quarter-finals
1980: did not qualify
1978: did not qualify

Biggest wins
Final tournament 
1-4: Switzerland v France, 28/06/23
Group stage, Cluj-Napoca
3-0: France v Germany, 25/05/06
Group stage, Guimarães

Qualifying 
7-0 twice, most recently France v Armenia, 11/11/21
2023 qualifying group stage, Grenoble

Heaviest defeats
Final tournament 
4-1: Spain v France, 27/06/19
Semi-final, Reggio Emilia

Qualifying 
6-1: England v France, 28/02/84
Quarter-final first leg, Sheffield