France national American football team
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| France | |
| Association | FFFA |
| Region | Europe Europe Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting... |
| Founded | 1985 |
| Nickname | Fighting Frogs |
| IFAF Affiliation | 1998 |
| Colors | White White White is a color, the perception of which is evoked by light that stimulates all three types of color sensitive cone cells in the human eye in nearly equal amounts and with high brightness compared to the surroundings. A white visual stimulation will be void of hue and grayness.White light can be... , Blue Blue Blue is a colour, the perception of which is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 440–490 nm. It is considered one of the additive primary colours. On the HSV Colour Wheel, the complement of blue is yellow; that is, a colour corresponding to an equal... |
| Head coach | Larry Legault |
The France national American football team is the official American football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
senior national team of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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It is controlled by the Fédération Française de Football Américain (FFFA) and competed for the first time in the American Football World Cup
American Football World Cup
The IFAF World Championship of American Football is an international American football competition held every four years and contested by teams representing member nations. The competition is run by the International Federation of American Football , the international governing body for the sport...
(IFAF World Cup) in 2003
2003 IFAF World Cup
The 2003 IFAF World Championship was the second instance of the IFAF World Championship, an American football world championship held by International Federation of American Football . The tournament was held in Germany at Herbert Dröse Stadion and Berliner Strasse Stadion...
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They get their players from teams of Ligue Élite de Football Américain
Ligue Élite de Football Américain
The Ligue Élite de Football Américain or LEFA is a semi professional league located in France.The Casque de Diamant is the name of the finale and the championship trophy- Active teams :...
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World Cup
- 19991999 IFAF World CupThe 1999 IFAF World Championship was the inaugural IFAF World Championship, an international American football championship run by the International Federation of American Football . It was played in Palermo, Italy from 24 June - 4 July 1999...
: Did not qualify - 20032003 IFAF World CupThe 2003 IFAF World Championship was the second instance of the IFAF World Championship, an American football world championship held by International Federation of American Football . The tournament was held in Germany at Herbert Dröse Stadion and Berliner Strasse Stadion...
: Semifinals - 20072007 IFAF World CupThe 2007 IFAF World Championship was the third instance of the IFAF World Championship, the quadrennial international American football world championship tournament...
: sixth-place
European Championships
- 1983 : Quarter-finals
- 1985 : Fourth Place
- 1987 : Quarter-finals
- 1989 : Quarter-finals
- 1991 : Fourth Place
- 1993 : Group Stage
- 1995 : Quarter-finals
- 1997 : Group Stage
- 2000 : Quarter-finals
- 2001 : Quarter-finals
- 2003 : Group Stage
- 2005 : Group Stage
- 2010 : Runner up