The 2017 Paris Sevens was the 15th edition of the France Sevens, and the ninth tournament of the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 13–14 May 2017 at Stade Jean-Bouin in Paris.
South Africa won the Cup final, defeating Scotland by 15–5 to clinch the overall series title for the season with an unassailable lead over the defending champions Fiji.[1] New Zealand finished third in the Paris tournament, and Argentina won the Challenge trophy for ninth place.[2]
Format
The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played all the others in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup quarter finals. The bottom two teams from each group advanced to the Challenge Trophy quarter finals.
Teams
The sixteen participating teams for the tournament were:
Pool stages
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 19 | +48 | 8 |
France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 38 | +24 | 7 |
Kenya | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 48 | +4 | 6 |
Spain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 90 | -76 | 3 |
Pool D
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
Samoa | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 50 | +9 | 8 |
Fiji | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 102 | 33 | +69 | 7 |
Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 64 | –17 | 5 |
Russia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 92 | –61 | 4 |
Knockout stage
13th place
| Semi-finals | | 13th Place Final |
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| 14 May 2017 – 12:06 – Stade Jean-Bouin | | |
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| Russia | 15 |
| 14 May – 15:37 – Stade Jean-Bouin |
| Kenya | 7 | |
| Russia | 5 |
| 14 May 2017 – 12:28 – Stade Jean-Bouin |
| | Japan | 12 |
| Japan | 26 |
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| Spain | 19 | |
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Challenge Trophy
5th place
Cup
Tournament placings
Source: World Rugby (archived)
References
- ^ "Scotland go down in Paris Sevens final". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Paris Sevens: South African 'Blitzboks' seal overall title". CNN. 14 May 2017. Archived from the original on 14 May 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
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