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:France Sevens

{{short description|International rugby sevens tournament}}

{{distinguish|France national rugby sevens team}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}}

{{Infobox sports league

| title =

| last_season = 2023 France Sevens

| logo = Paris Sevens logo 2018.png

| pixels = 190px

| caption =

| sport = Rugby sevens

| inaugural = 1996

| teams = 16

| champion = {{Ru7|NZL}}

| most_champs = {{nowrap|{{Ru7|RSA}}{{spaces|2}}(3 titles)}}

{{nowrap|{{Ru7|NZL}}{{spaces|2}}(3 titles)}}

| website =

}}

File:Tribune présidentielle nouveau stade Jean Boin Paris.JPG

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.

History{{anchor|Bordeaux|Lyon}}

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=

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Year

!{{pad|2.4em}}Venue{{pad|2.4em}}

!colspan=3|Cup final

!colspan=3|Placings

!Refs

bgcolor=lightgrey style="line-height:9px; font-size:85%; padding:0px;"

|style="border-right:0px;"|

|style="border-left:0px; font-weight:bold;" |

|width=8% style="font-weight:bold;" | Score

|width=15% style="font-weight:bold;" | Runner-up

|width=15% style="font-weight:bold;" | Plate

|width=15% style="font-weight:bold;" | Bowl

|width=15% style="font-weight:bold;" | Shield

|

1996

|Sébastien Charléty Paris

|{{ru7-big|FIJ}}

|38–19

|{{ru7-big|FRA}}

|{{ru7-big|ROM}}

|{{ru7-big|RUS}}

|n/a

|{{cite news

|date = 13 October 1996

|title = In brief: Fiji wins Paris Sevens

|work = The Sydney Morning Herald

|publisher = Fairfax

|url = http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?&docID=news961013_0225_3024

|access-date = 15 May 2016

|url-status = live

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181226102821/http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=smh&kw=sevens+AND+rugby&pb=all_ffx&dt=enterRange&dr=1month&sd=01%2F01%2F1996&ed=01%2F01%2F1997&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=200&rm=200&sp=adv&clsPage=1&docID=news961013_0225_3024

|archive-date = 26 December 2018

|df = dmy-all

}}{{cite web

|title = Results in the 90s

|publisher = Air France Rugby Sevens

|access-date = 7 April 2015

|url = http://afsevens.free.fr/francais/previous.htm

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233818/http://afsevens.free.fr/francais/previous.htm

|archive-date = 3 March 2016

|df = dmy-all

}}

1997

|Sébastien Charléty Paris

|{{ru7-big|FIJ}}

|13–7

|{{ru7-big|NZL}}

|style="padding:0px 1px;"|32px
French Barbarians

|{{ru7-big|GER}}

|n/a

|

{{cite journal

|title=Les Fidjiens sortent vainqueurs de la mêlée

|journal=Concorde |date=10 June 1997 |issue=5 |page=3

|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9795810p/f3.highres |language=fr

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226073949/https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9795810p/f3.highres

|archive-date=26 December 2018

}}{{cite journal

|title=Deuxième édition de l'Air France Rugby Sevens

|journal=Concorde |date=10 June 1997 |issue=5 |page=1

|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9795810p/f1.highres |language=fr

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226073109/https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9795810p/f1.highres

|archive-date=26 December 2018

}}
{{cite news

|title=Sports Monday Paris: Results on the first day of the Paris Sevens event

|work=The Age |location=Melbourne |at=p. 22, col. 1

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/123500108/

|access-date=26 December 2018

}}

1998

|Sébastien Charléty Paris

|{{ru7-big|AUS}}

|33–26

|{{ru7-big|NZL}}

| South
American{{wbr}} Barbarians

|{{ru7-big|JPN}}

|n/a

|{{cite news

|date = 18 May 1998

|title = Campese sets up win over NZ

|work = The Age

|publisher = Fairfax

|location = Melbourne

|url = http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?&docID=news980519_0370_5150

|access-date = 10 April 2016

|url-status = live

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160420042416/http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?&docID=news980519_0370_5150

|archive-date = 20 April 2016

|df = dmy-all

}}

1999

|Sébastien Charléty Paris

|{{ru7-big|NZL}}

|36–26

|{{ru7-big|FRA}}

|32px
French Barbarians

|{{ru7-big|AUS}}

|n/a

|{{cite web

|title=Programme des Finales

|language=fr

|website=Air France Rugby Sevens |access-date=26 December 2018

|url=http://afsevens.free.fr/francais/schedule2.htm

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175755/http://afsevens.free.fr/francais/schedule2.htm

|archive-date=3 March 2016

}}

=World Rugby Sevens Series=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width: 100%; text-align: center;"
width=5% | Year

! Venue

!colspan=3|Cup final

!colspan=3|Placings

!Refs

bgcolor=lightgrey style="line-height:9px; font-size:85%; padding:0px;"

|style="border-right:0px;"|

|style="border-left:0px; font-weight:bold;" |

|width=15% style="font-weight:bold;" | Winner

|width=8% style="font-weight:bold;" | Score

|width=15% style="font-weight:bold;" | Runner-up

|width=15% style="font-weight:bold;" | Plate

|width=15% style="font-weight:bold;" | Bowl

|width=15% style="font-weight:bold;" | Shield

|

2000

| Sébastien Charléty Paris

|{{ru7-big|NZL}}

|69–10

|{{ru7-big|RSA}}

|{{ru7-big|FIJ}}

|{{ru7-big|SAM}}

|n/a

|[http://rugby7.com/st.asp?T=PAR-2000 IRB Sevens I – Paris], Rugby7.com.

|colspan=8 style="border-left:0px;"| No tournament in the World Series for men's teams played in France from 2001 to 2003
2004

|Chaban-Delmas
Bordeaux

|{{ru7-big|NZL}}

|28–19

|{{ru7-big|ENG}}

|{{ru7-big|ARG}}

|{{ru7-big|FRA}}

|{{ru7-big|ESP}}

|[http://rugby7.com/st.asp?T=BOR-2004 IRB Sevens V – Bordeaux], Rugby7.com.

2005

|Stade Jean-Bouin
Paris

|{{ru7-big|FRA}}

|28–19

|{{ru7-big|FIJ}}

|{{ru7-big|RSA}}

|{{ru7-big|ARG}}

|{{ru7-big|CAN}}

|[http://rugby7.com/st.asp?T=PAR-2005 IRB Sevens VI – Paris], Rugby7.com.

2006

|Sébastien Charléty
Paris

|{{ru7-big|RSA}}

|33–12

|{{ru7-big|SAM}}

|{{ru7-big|FIJ}}

|{{ru7-big|KEN}}

|{{ru7-big|SCO}}

|[http://rugby7.com/st.asp?T=PAR-2006 IRB Sevens VII – Paris], Rugby7.com.

|colspan=8 style="border-left:0px;"| No tournament in the World Series for men's teams played in France from 2007 to 2015
2016

|Stade Jean-Bouin
Paris

|{{ru7-big|SAM}}

|29–26

|{{ru7-big|FIJ}}

|{{ru7-big|RSA}}

|{{ru7-big|SCO}}

|{{ru7-big|POR}}

|[http://www.rugbyarchive.net/compseasons/2110?Stagione=2015%2F16 Sevens World Series - Leg 9 (Paris) 2015/16] Rugby Archive

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|style="border-left:0px;" |

|

|width=15% style="font-weight:bold;" | Winner

|width=8% style="font-weight:bold;" | Score

|width=15% style="font-weight:bold;" | Runner-up

|width=15% style="font-weight:bold;" | Third

|width=15% style="font-weight:bold;" | Fourth

|width=15% style="font-weight:bold;" | Fifth

|

2017

| Stade Jean-Bouin
Paris

|{{ru7-big|RSA}}

|15–5

|{{ru7-big|SCO}}

|{{ru7-big|NZL}}

|{{ru7-big|ENG}}

|{{ru7-big|USA}}

|[http://www.rugbyarchive.net/compseasons/2110?Stagione=2016%2F17 Sevens World Series - Leg 9 (Paris) 2016/17] Rugby Archive

2018

| Stade Jean-Bouin
Paris

| {{ru7-big|RSA}}

| 24–14

| {{ru7-big|ENG}}

| {{ru7-big|NZL}}

| {{ru7-big|CAN}}

| {{ru7-big|FIJ}}

|[http://rugby7.com/st.asp?T=PAR-2018 IRB Sevens XIX – Paris], Rugby7.com.

2019

| Stade Jean-Bouin
Paris

|{{ru7-big|FIJ}}

|35–24

|{{ru7-big|NZL}}

|{{ru7-big|RSA}}

|{{ru7-big|USA}}

|{{ru7-big|FRA}}

|[http://rugby7.com/st.asp?T=PAR-2019 IRB Sevens XX – Paris], Rugby7.com.

colspan=100%| World Series tournaments planned for Paris were cancelled in 2020{{hsp}}{{cite web|url=https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/news/572989|title=New Zealand awarded titles as HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2020 concluded|date=30 June 2020|website=World Rugby|access-date=30 June 2020}} and 2021,{{cite web|url=https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/news/658612?lang=en|title=HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2021 schedule update|date=4 August 2021|website=World Rugby|access-date=4 August 2021}} due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
2022

|Stade Ernest-Wallon
Toulouse

|{{ru7-big|FIJ}}

|29–17

|{{ru7-big|IRE}}

|{{ru7-big|FRA}}

|{{ru7-big|SAM}}

|{{ru7-big|ARG}}

|[http://rugby7.com/st.asp?T=FRA-2022 IRB Sevens XXXIII – Toulouse], Rugby7.com.

2023

|Stade Ernest-Wallon, Toulouse

|{{ru7-big|NZL}}

|24–19

|{{ru7-big|ARG}}

|{{ru7-big|FRA}}

|{{ru7-big|CAN}}

|{{ru7-big|AUS}}

|

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.

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width=5% | Year

!{{pad|2.4em}}Venue{{pad|2.4em}}

!colspan=3|Cup final

!colspan=3|Placings

!Refs

bgcolor=lightgrey style="line-height:9px; font-size:85%; padding:0px;"

|style="border-right:0px;"|

|style="border-left:0px; font-weight:bold;" |

|width=8% style="font-weight:bold;" | Score

|width=15% style="font-weight:bold;" | Runner-up

|width=15% style="font-weight:bold;" | Third

|width=15% style="font-weight:bold;" | Fourth

|width=15% style="font-weight:bold;" | Fifth

|

2011

|Matmut Stadium
Lyon

|{{ru7-big|ENG}}

|28–14

|{{ru7-big|ESP}}

|{{ru7-big|FRA}}

|{{ru7-big|POR}}

|{{ru7-big|RUS}}

|[http://rugby7.com/st.asp?T=FRA-2011 2011 Euro Sevens X – Lyon, France], Rugby7.com.

2012

| Matmut Stadium
Lyon

|{{ru7-big|ENG}}

|26–14

|{{ru7-big|POR}}

|{{ru7-big|ESP}}

|{{ru7-big|WAL}}

|{{ru7-big|RUS}}

|[http://rugby7.com/st.asp?T=LYO-2012 2012 Euro Grand Prix – Lyon, France], Rugby7.com.

2013

| Matmut Stadium
Lyon

|{{ru7-big|ENG}}

|33–5

|{{ru7-big|RUS}}

|{{ru7-big|FRA}}

|{{ru7-big|WAL}}

|{{ru7-big|POR}}

|[http://rugby7.com/st.asp?T=LYO-2013 2013 Euro Grand Prix – Lyon, France], Rugby7.com.

2014

| Matmut Stadium
Lyon

|{{ru7-big|FRA}}

|40–10

|{{ru7-big|BEL}}

|{{ru7-big|ESP}}

|{{ru7-big|RUS}}

|n/a

|[http://rugby7.com/st.asp?T=LYO-2014 2014 Euro Grand Prix – Lyon, France], Rugby7.com.

2015

| Matmut Stadium
Lyon

|{{ru7-big|FRA}}

|20–7

|{{ru7-big|ESP}}

|{{ru7-big|BEL}}

|{{ru7-big|GER}}

|{{ru7-big|ENG}}

|[http://rugby7.com/st.asp?T=LYO-2015 2015 Euro Grand Prix – Lyon, France], Rugby7.com.

2016

| colspan=7 align=center|No Grand Prix Series event hosted in France for 2016

|

2017

| Gabriel Montpied
Clermont

|{{ru7-big|IRE}}

|17–14

|{{ru7-big|RUS}}

|{{ru7-big|SPA}}

|{{ru7-big|GER}}

|{{ru7-big|WAL}}

|[http://rugby7.com/st.asp?T=CLE-2017 2017 Euro Grand Prix – Clermont, France], Rugby7.com.

2018

| Marcoussis

|{{ru7-big|IRE}}

|49–7

|{{ru7-big|GER}}

|{{ru7-big|ENG}}

|{{ru7-big|RUS}}

|{{ru7-big|POR}}

|[http://rugby7.com/st.asp?T=FRA-2018 2018 Euro Grand Prix – Marcoussis, France], Rugby7.com.

See also

References

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{{France Sevens}}

{{World sevens series}}

Category:World Rugby Sevens Series tournaments

Category:International rugby union competitions hosted by France

Category:Rugby sevens competitions in Europe

Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1996