The last two matches will see the French play against China on the 17th (at 2 p.m.), a team also dropped from the elite, and Austria on the 19th (at 10:30 a.m.), in Division 1A last season and which lost against the Blues (5-3). Beaten by Hungary (2-1) in its fifth and final match, the France team missed out on promotion last April. In its history, it took part in 2019 and 2023 in the Elite World Championship.