France Sevens

France Sevens

Sport	Rugby sevens
Inaugural season	1996
No. of teams	16
Most recent champion(s)	Samoa
Most titles	New Zealand  (3 titles)

Paris Sevens venue Stade Jean-Bouin.

The France Sevens, currently hosted as the Paris Sevens, is an annual international rugby union sevens tournament. The event forms part of the Sevens World Series and was hosted in Bordeaux in 2004. France has also hosted tournaments within the Sevens Grand Prix Series, at Lyon.

History

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.

Results

  A blue box around the year indicates tournaments included in the World Rugby Sevens Series.

Paris 1990s

Year	Venue	Cup final			Bowl	Plate	Shield	Refs
	Air France Sevens	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Winner	Winner	Winner
1996 Details	Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris	Fiji	38–19	France	Romania	Russia	n/a	[1][2]
1997 Details	Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris	Fiji			French Barbarians	Germany	n/a	[2]
1998 Details	Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris	Australia	33–26	New Zealand	South American Barbarians	Japan	n/a	[2][3]
1999 Details	Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris	New Zealand	36–26	France	French Barbarians	Australia	n/a	[2]

Paris and Bordeaux

Year	Venue	Cup final			Bowl	Plate	Shield	Refs
	France Sevens	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Winner	Winner	Winner
2000 Details	Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris	New Zealand	69–10	South Africa	Fiji	Samoa	n/a	[4]
	No international tournament for men's teams played from 2001 to 2003
2004 Details	Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux	New Zealand	28–19	England	Argentina	France	Spain	[5]
2005 Details	Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris	France	28–19	Fiji	South Africa	Argentina	Canada	[6]
2006 Details	Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris	South Africa	33–12	Samoa	Fiji	Kenya	Scotland	[7]
	No international tournament for men's teams played from 2007 to 2010

Lyon Sevens

Year	Venue	Cup final			Third	Fourth	Fifth	Refs
	Lyon Sevens	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Place	Place	Place
2011 Details	Matmut Stadium Lyon	England	28–14	Spain	France	Portugal	Russia	[8]
2012 Details	Matmut Stadium Lyon	England	26–14	Portugal	Spain	Wales	Russia	[9]
2013 Details	Matmut Stadium Lyon	England	33–5	Russia	France	Wales	Portugal	[10]
2014 Details	Matmut Stadium Lyon	France	40–10	Belgium	Spain	Russia	n/a	[11]
2015 Details	Matmut Stadium Lyon	France	20–7	Spain	Belgium	Germany	England	[12]

Paris Sevens

Year	Venue	Cup final			Bowl	Plate	Shield	Refs
	France Sevens	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Winner	Winner	Winner
2016	Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris	Samoa	29–26	Fiji	South Africa	Scotland	Portugal	[13]
2017	Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris	Scheduled for 12–14 May 2017

See also

• France Women's Sevens

References

1. "In brief: Fiji wins Paris Sevens". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax. 13 October 1996. Archived from the original on 15 May 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
2. "Results in the 90s". Air France Rugby Sevens. Archived from the original on 4 July 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
3. "Campese sets up win over NZ". The Age. Melbourne: Fairfax. 18 May 1998. Archived from the original on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
4. IRB Sevens I – Paris, Rugby7.com.
5. IRB Sevens V – Bordeaux, Rugby7.com.
6. IRB Sevens VI – Paris, Rugby7.com.
7. IRB Sevens VII – Paris, Rugby7.com.
8. 2011 Euro Sevens X – Lyon, France, Rugby7.com.
9. 2012 Euro Grand Prix – Lyon, France, Rugby7.com.
10. 2013 Euro Grand Prix – Lyon, France, Rugby7.com.
11. 2014 Euro Grand Prix – Lyon, France, Rugby7.com.
12. 2015 Euro Grand Prix – Lyon, France, Rugby7.com.
13. Sevens World Series - Leg 9 (Paris) 2015/16 Rugby Archive