This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages) This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources.Find sources: "France national Australian rules football team" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2024) This article needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (January 2024) .mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in French. (November 2023) Click [show] for important translation instructions. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Consider adding a topic to this template: there are already 6,064 articles in the main category, and specifying|topic= will aid in categorization. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Wikipedia article at [[:fr:Équipe de France de football australien]]; see its history for attribution. You should also add the template ((Translated|fr|Équipe de France de football australien)) to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation. (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

France
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Coqs
Governing bodyAFL France
Rankings
CurrentIncrease 10th (as of October 2022[1])
First international
Sweden Sweden 81–42 France France
(9 October 2005)
International Cup
Appearances3 (first in 2011)
Best result10th (2017)

The France national Australian rules football team (French: équipe de France de football australien), nicknamed the Coqs, represents France in international Australian rules football.

The team wears the colours of the French flag: blue, white and red. The team's symbol is the Gallic rooster.

The Coqs have competed in the Australian Football International Cup three times, debuting in 2011 and returning to compete in the 2014 and 2017 editions of the tournament. France also participates in the EU Cup, and won the inaugural Footy 9s World Cup in 2008 without losing a single game.

Results

2008 World Cup 9s

2008 Footy 9s World Cup
Group B
13 September 2008 France France 65 def. Spain Spain 28 Valls, Catalonia, Spain


2008 Footy 9s World Cup
Group B
13 September 2008 France France 63 def. Andorra Andorra 24 Valls, Catalonia, Spain


2008 Footy 9s World Cup
Semi-Finals
14 September 2008 France France 78 def. Argentina Argentina 8 Valls, Catalonia, Spain


2008 Footy 9s World Cup
Grand Final
14 September 2008 Catalonia Catalonia 40 def. by France France 60 Valls, Catalonia, Spain


Women's team

France
Shirt badge/Association crest
Governing bodyAFL France
International Cup
Appearances0

In addition to a men's national team, France also has a women's national team. However, the women's team has never participated in the Women's International Cup.

See also

References

  1. ^ "World Footy News World Rankings post 2022 European Championships - World Footy News".