2017 Clermont-Ferrand Sevens

2017 Clermont-Ferrand Sevens
Sevens Grand Prix Series VII
Host nation	France
Date	1–2 July 2017
Cup
Champion	Ireland
Runner-up	Russia
Third	Spain

The 2017 Clermont-Ferrand Sevens is the penultimate tournament of the 2017 Rugby Europe Grand Prix Series, hosted by Stade Gabriel Montpied at Clermont-Ferrand.^[1] It was held over the weekend of 1–2 July 2017. Ireland won the tournament, defeating Russia 17-14 in the final. With the tournament's conclusion, the two countries, as well as Spain, remain in the mix for qualification at the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens.^[2]

Teams[]

Pool Stage[]

Key to colours in group tables
	Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal

Pool A[]

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Russia	3	3	0	0	97	21	+76	9
France	3	2	0	1	93	24	+69	7
England	3	1	0	2	33	99	–66	5
Poland	3	0	0	3	24	103	–79	3

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Pool B[]

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	0	47	19	+28	9
Germany	3	1	0	2	51	42	+9	5
Georgia	3	1	0	2	21	31	–10	5
Portugal	3	1	0	2	33	60	–27	5

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Pool C[]

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Ireland	2	3	0	0	84	10	+74	9
Wales	2	2	0	1	41	49	–8	7
Belgium	2	1	0	2	41	66	–25	5
Italy	2	0	0	3	21	62	–41	3

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Knockout stage[]

Challenge Trophy[]

	Semi-finals				Final
	2 July 2017 – 11:28 – Stade Gabriel Montpied
	England	17
					2 July 2017 – 15:05 – Stade Gabriel Montpied
	Poland	15
					England	12
	2 July 2017 – 11:50 – Stade Gabriel Montpied
					Italy	26
	Portugal	10
	Italy	12
					Third place
					2 July 2017 – 14:43 – Stade Gabriel Montpied
					Poland	26
					Portugal	17

5th Place[]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	2 July 2017 – 10:00 – Stade Gabriel Montpied
	Russia	12
					2 July 2017 – 13:15 – Stade Gabriel Montpied
	Belgium	7
					Belgium	7
	2 July 2017 – 11:06 – Stade Gabriel Montpied
					Wales	19
	Germany	26
									2 July 2017 – 16:24 – Stade Gabriel Montpied
	Wales	7
									Wales	24
	2 July 2017 – 10:22 – Stade Gabriel Montpied
									France	15
	Spain	10
					2 July 2017 – 13:37 – Stade Gabriel Montpied
	Georgia	7
					Georgia	14
	2 July 2017 – 10:44 – Stade Gabriel Montpied
					France	19			Third place
	Ireland	7
									2 July 2017 – 16:02 – Stade Gabriel Montpied
	France	5
									Belgium	22
									Georgia	19

Cup[]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	2 July 2017 – 10:00 – Stade Gabriel Montpied
	Russia	12
					2 July 2017 – 13:59 – Stade Gabriel Montpied
	Belgium	7
					Russia	31
	2 July 2017 – 11:06 – Stade Gabriel Montpied
					Germany	17
	Germany	26
									2 July 2017 – 17:14 – Stade Gabriel Montpied
	Wales	7
									Russia	14
	2 July 2017 – 10:22 – Stade Gabriel Montpied
									Ireland	17
	Spain	10
					2 July 2017 – 14:21 – Stade Gabriel Montpied
	Georgia	7
					Spain	5
	2 July 2017 – 10:44 – Stade Gabriel Montpied
					Ireland	17			Third place
	Ireland	7
									2 July 2017 – 16:52 – Stade Gabriel Montpied
	France	5
									Germany	7
									Spain	31

Overall[]

Pos	Team	Wn/Ls	Pts Dif	Pool
1	Ireland	6–0	+91	C
2	Russia	5–1	+92	A
3	Spain	5–1	+41	B
4	Germany	2–4	0	B
5	Wales	4–2	–6	C
6	France	3–3	+63	A
7	Belgium	2–4	–39	C
8	Georgia	1–5	–21	B

References[]

External links[]

• Official page Archived 2020-12-30 at the Wayback Machine