France Sevens

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The France Sevens, also called the Paris Sevens, is an annual international rugby sevens tournament that is one of ten competitions on the annual World Rugby Sevens Series. The France Sevens is generally held in May or June on the weekend following the London Sevens and is the last competition in the Sevens Series. France has also hosted tournaments within the European Sevens Grand Prix Series, often at Lyon.

France Sevens
Most recent season or competition:
2023 France Sevens
SportRugby sevens
First season1996
No. of teams16
Most recent
champion(s)
 New Zealand
Most titles South Africa  (3 titles) New Zealand  (3 titles)
Paris Sevens venue Stade Jean-Bouin.

History edit

From 1996 to 1999 the tournament was known as the Air France Sevens, and in the year 2000 it was part of the inaugural IRB Sevens World Series.

The IRB hosted the tournament at Bordeaux in 2004, before returning to Paris for 2005 and 2006. The event was effectively replaced in the World Sevens Series by the Scotland Sevens at Edinburgh for the 2006-07 season.

Between 2011 and 2015, Lyon hosted a leg of the European circuit, the Sevens Grand Prix Series.

The Sevens World Series returned to France for the 2015-16 season, with the revival of the Paris Sevens tournament in 2016.

International sevens edit

Invitational tournament edit

Year Venue Cup finalPlacingsRefs
WinnerScoreRunner-upPlateBowlShield
1996Sébastien Charléty Paris
Fiji
38–19
France

Romania

Russia
n/a[1][2]
1997Sébastien Charléty Paris
Fiji
13–7
New Zealand

French Barbarians

Germany
n/a

[3][4]
[5][2]

1998Sébastien Charléty Paris
Australia
33–26
New Zealand
South
American​ Barbarians

Japan
n/a[2][6]
1999Sébastien Charléty Paris
New Zealand
36–26
France

French Barbarians

Australia
n/a[7]

World Rugby Sevens Series edit

YearVenueCup finalPlacingsRefs
WinnerScoreRunner-upPlateBowlShield
2000Sébastien Charléty Paris
New Zealand
69–10
South Africa

Fiji

Samoa
n/a[8]
No tournament in the World Series for men's teams played in France from 2001 to 2003
2004Chaban-Delmas
Bordeaux

New Zealand
28–19
England

Argentina

France

Spain
[9]
2005Stade Jean-Bouin
Paris

France
28–19
Fiji

South Africa

Argentina

Canada
[10]
2006Sébastien Charléty
Paris

South Africa
33–12
Samoa

Fiji

Kenya

Scotland
[11]
No tournament in the World Series for men's teams played in France from 2007 to 2015
2016Stade Jean-Bouin
Paris

Samoa
29–26
Fiji

South Africa

Scotland

Portugal
[12]
WinnerScoreRunner-upThirdFourthFifth
2017Stade Jean-Bouin
Paris

South Africa
15–5
Scotland

New Zealand

England

United States
[13]
2018Stade Jean-Bouin
Paris

South Africa
24–14
England

New Zealand

Canada

Fiji
[14]
2019Stade Jean-Bouin
Paris

Fiji
35–24
New Zealand

South Africa

United States

France
[15]
World Series tournaments planned for Paris were cancelled in 2020 [16] and 2021,[17] due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
2022Stade Ernest-Wallon
Toulouse

Fiji
29–17
Ireland

France

Samoa

Argentina
[18]
2023Stade Ernest-Wallon, Toulouse
New Zealand
24–19
Argentina

France

Canada

Australia

European Grand Prix edit

In most years since 2011, France has hosted a leg of the Sevens Grand Prix Series, a multi-leg competition sponsored by Rugby Europe every summer involving teams from Europe.

Year Venue Cup finalPlacingsRefs
Lyon SevensWinnerScoreRunner-upThirdFourthFifth
2011Matmut Stadium
Lyon

England
28–14
Spain

France

Portugal

Russia
[19]
2012Matmut Stadium
Lyon

England
26–14
Portugal

Spain

Wales

Russia
[20]
2013Matmut Stadium
Lyon

England
33–5
Russia

France

Wales

Portugal
[21]
2014Matmut Stadium
Lyon

France
40–10
Belgium

Spain

Russia
n/a[22]
2015Matmut Stadium
Lyon

France
20–7
Spain

Belgium

Germany

England
[23]
2016No Grand Prix Series event hosted in France for 2016
2017Gabriel Montpied
Clermont

Ireland
17–14
Russia

Spain

Germany

Wales
[24]
2018Marcoussis
Ireland
49–7
Germany

England

Russia

Portugal
[25]

See also edit

References edit