France women's national water polo team

France

FINA code	FRA
Association	Fédération Française de Natation
Confederation	LEN (Europe)
Head coach	Lucas Heurtier
Asst coach	Thibaut Simon
Captain	Lara Andres
FINA ranking (since 2008)
Current	12 (as of 9 August 2021)
Olympic Games
Appearances	1 (first in 2024 )
Best result	9th place (2024)
World Championship
Appearances	9 (first in 1991 )
Best result	8th place (2022)
European Championship
Appearances	15 (first in 1985 )
Best result	(1987, 1989)
Media
Website	ffnatation.fr

The France women's water polo team is a water polo team that represents France at water polo competitions.

Results

Olympic Games

• 2024 – 9th place

World Championship

• 1991 – 9th place ^[1]
• 1994 – 9th place
• 2003 – 15th place
• 2015 – 14th place
• 2017 – 11th place
• 2022 – 8th place
• 2023 – 9th place
• 2024 – 13th place
• 2025 – 12th place

European Championship

• 1985 – 7th place
• 1987 – 3rd place
• 1989 – 3rd place
• 1991 – 4th place
• 1993 – 5th place
• 1995 – 5th place
• 1997 – 8th place
• 1999 – 8th place
• 2001 – 8th place
• 2008 – 8th place
• 2014 – 7th place
• 2016 – 7th place
• 2018 – 7th place
• 2020 – 7th place
• 2022 – 7th place
• 2024 – 6th place
• 2026 – Qualified

Current squad

Roster for the 2025 World Championships. ^{[2] [3]}

Head coach: Lucas Heurtier

• 1 Pasiphaé Martineaud Peret GK
• 2 Lara Andres FP
• 3 Jade Boughrara FP
• 4 Elhyne Kilic-Pegourie FP
• 5 Erica Hardy FP
• 6 Lily Vernoux FP
• 7 Emma Duflos FP
• 8 Valentine Heurtaux FP
• 9 Ema Vernoux FP
• 10 Lou Jean-Michel FP
• 11 Tiziana Raspo FP
• 12 Camille Radosavljevic FP
• 13 Eszter Lefebvre GK
• 14 Arianna Banchi FP
• 15 Myriam Ouchache FP

Under-20 team

France lastly competed at the 2021 FINA Junior Water Polo World Championships. ^[4]

References

1. "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. pp. 56, 57, 67, 78, 83. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
2. "Women's Water Polo Team Roster FRA" (PDF). Omega Timing. 11 July 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
3. "Women's Water Polo Team Roster FRA (2)" (PDF). Omega Timing. 21 July 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
4. Russia after fourth title at FINA World Women's Junior Water Polo Championship Owen Lloyd (Inside the Games), 9 October 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.

External links

• Official website