It will be necessary to get up early this Thursday morning to follow the opening match of the Women's Tournament of the Military Games taking place in Mungyeong in South Korea.

France meets the host selection, South Korea, at 4am (Paris time), 11am at Gimcheon where this first game is played. The selection includes Group A with South Korea and the United States, while Group B is made up of Germany, the Netherlands and Brazil.

The history of this competition

The Military Games are in their 6th edition, but they only enter the women's football tournament since 2007, so this will be the 3rd edition for women.

In 2007 in Hyderabad, India, North Korea won the tournament by beating Germany 5-0, while France beat the Netherlands 1-0 for the bronze medal.

In 2011 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, we take almost the same and we start again! The winner is unpublished, it is Brazil, who wins on the score of 5-0 against Germany, while the Dutch won this time the bronze medal by beating the French on the score of 2 -0.

This edition of 2015 will be the opportunity for France to try to climb for the first time in the final and win the tournament.

In any case the French selection is ready! Here are the players who are present in South Korea:

Guardians: Delphine Saez (Nîmes / Gendarme - RG Midi-Pyrénées) and Julie Zarate (FA Marseille / Army Corporal Army - UIISC 7 Brignoles).

Defenders: Sarah Nahim (FC Rouen / Army Soldier - CNDS Fontainebleau), Elodie Lizzano (Nimes / Gendarme - BTP Auterive), Adeline Bansard (Condé / Gendarme - BT ORBEC), Claudie Rouania (FC Tours / Master Corporal Army of Air - ETAA Orleans), Justine Gourvil (US St Malo / Master Corporal Army - 2nd RMAT Bruz), Aurélie Panchèvre (CBOS Angers / Army Soldier - CNDS Fontainebleau), Aline Espolet (FA Marseille / Gendarme - RG Rhône Alpes) and Jessica Lernon (Lille CSO / Army Field Tracking - CNSD Fontainebleau).

Backgrounds: Léa Le Garrec (St Malo / Army Field Tracking - CNSD Fontainebleau), Marie Schepers (Hénin-Beaumont / Gendarme - CNSD Fontainebleau), Laëtitia Mariani (Val d'Orge / Gendarme - DGGN Issy les Moulineaux), Maëli Roux (Nîmes / Gendarme - RG Languedoc-Roussillon), Charlotte Roy (O. Saumur FC / Second Lieutenant Army - 2nd RD Fontevraud), Cynthia Gueheo-Djetou (FF Yzeure / Chief of Staff - CNSD Fontainebleau) and Ludivine Diguelman (Nîmes / Gendarme - CNSD Fontainebleau).

Attackers: Bernard Marjolaine (US Orleans / Air Force Aviator - BA 123 Orleans), Elodie Ramos (Nîmes / Army Soldier - CNDS Fontainebleau), Gwenaëlle Migot (Orvault / Army Soldier - CNDS Fontainebleau) and Claire Guillard (La Roche / Army Field Tracking - CNSD Fontainebleau).

Coach: Elisabeth Loisel.

Recall that the France Military team played on September 19 against VGA Saint-Maur and lost 4-2. It was also an opportunity for Hearts of Football to speak Christophe Horta, coordinator of the teams of France.

These Military Games will also allow France to prepare the Women's Military World Cup to be held in France, in several cities in Brittany, from May 26 to June 5.

Photo credit: Nelson Fatagraf