France’s last qualifier was in 1993 when they lost to Bulgaria at the Parc des Princes which denied them a place in the USA finals the following year.
Ironically, in their previous qualifier, it had been Israel who had beaten them, also at the Parc des Princes, when a point would have earned France their ticket to the USA.
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