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#3 France
FIFA World Ranking - 4th
Head Coach - Corinne Diacre
Player to watch - Eugenie Le Sommer
The French Women's National Team would be hoping to follow in the footsteps of their male counterparts by triumphing on the world stage. And with the current crop of players on display, there is no reason why they can't go all the way for the first time.
In recent years, Les Bleus have gained a steady reputation of having one of the fastest growing female National Teams, but they have not quite fulfilled their promise on the international scene.
They would be hoping that this is the year where they can finally cement their status as an elite team in the women's game and would be buoyed by the home support and the goalscoring abilities of Lyon talisman Eugenie Le Sommer.
The 30-year-old was once again the star of the show as Lyon continued their invincibility on the women's club scene, with Le Sommer scoring six goals from eight Champions League matches to help her club triumph on the continent.
They would be managed by 44-year-old Corinne Diacre who in 2014 had become the first ever woman to be appointed head coach of a men's professional football team in France. She would be hoping to take it one further by leading her country to world glory.
