France Sevens

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:
2019 Paris Sevens
SportRugby sevens
Inaugural season1996
No. of teams16
Most recent
champion(s)
 Fiji
Most titles South Africa  (3 titles)
Paris Sevens venue Stade Jean-Bouin.

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.

International sevens

Invitational tournament

Year  Venue  Cup final Placings Refs
Winner Score Runner-up Plate Bowl Shield
1996 Sébastien Charléty Paris
Fiji
38–19
France

Romania

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

French Barbarians

Germany
n/a

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

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

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

French Barbarians

Australia
n/a [7]

World Rugby Sevens Series

Year Venue Cup final Placings Refs
Winner Score Runner-up Plate Bowl Shield
2000 Sébastien 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
2004 Chaban-Delmas
Bordeaux

New Zealand
28–19
England

Argentina

France

Spain
[9]
2005 Stade Jean-Bouin
Paris

France
28–19
Fiji

South Africa

Argentina

Canada
[10]
2006 Stade Jean-Bouin
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
2016 Stade Jean-Bouin
Paris

Samoa
29–26
Fiji

South Africa

Scotland

Portugal
[12]
Winner Score Runner-up Third Fourth Fifth
2017 Stade Jean-Bouin
Paris

South Africa
15–5
Scotland

New Zealand

England

United States
[13]
2018 Stade Jean-Bouin
Paris

South Africa
24–14
England

New Zealand

Canada

Fiji
2019 Stade Jean-Bouin
Paris

Fiji
35–24
New Zealand

South Africa

United States

France
2020 Tournament cancelled [14]

European Grand Prix

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 final Placings Refs
Lyon Sevens Winner Score Runner-up Third Fourth Fifth
2011 Matmut Stadium
Lyon

England
28–14
Spain

France

Portugal

Russia
[15]
2012 Matmut Stadium
Lyon

England
26–14
Portugal

Spain

Wales

Russia
[16]
2013 Matmut Stadium
Lyon

England
33–5
Russia

France

Wales

Portugal
[17]
2014 Matmut Stadium
Lyon

France
40–10
Belgium

Spain

Russia
n/a [18]
2015 Matmut Stadium
Lyon

France
20–7
Spain

Belgium

Germany

England
[19]
2016 No Grand Prix Series event hosted in France for 2016
2017 Gabriel Montpied
Clermont

Ireland
17–14
Russia

Spain

Germany

Wales
2018 Marcoussis
Ireland
49–7
Germany

England

Russia

Portugal

See also

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 3 March 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  3. "Les Fidjiens sortent vainqueurs de la mêlée". Concorde (in French) (5): 3. 10 June 1997. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018.
  4. "Deuxième édition de l'Air France Rugby Sevens". Concorde (in French) (5): 1. 10 June 1997. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018.
  5. "Sports Monday Paris: Results on the first day of the Paris Sevens event". The Age. Melbourne. p. 22, col. 1. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  6. "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.
  7. "Programme des Finales". Air France Rugby Sevens (in French). Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  8. IRB Sevens I – Paris, Rugby7.com.
  9. IRB Sevens V – Bordeaux, Rugby7.com.
  10. IRB Sevens VI – Paris, Rugby7.com.
  11. IRB Sevens VII – Paris, Rugby7.com.
  12. Sevens World Series - Leg 9 (Paris) 2015/16 Rugby Archive
  13. Sevens World Series - Leg 9 (Paris) 2016/17 Rugby Archive
  14. "New Zealand awarded titles as HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2020 concluded". World Rugby. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  15. 2011 Euro Sevens X – Lyon, France, Rugby7.com.
  16. 2012 Euro Grand Prix – Lyon, France, Rugby7.com.
  17. 2013 Euro Grand Prix – Lyon, France, Rugby7.com.
  18. 2014 Euro Grand Prix – Lyon, France, Rugby7.com.
  19. 2015 Euro Grand Prix – Lyon, France, Rugby7.com.
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