2017 Paris Sevens

2017 Paris Sevens
Sevens World Series XVIII
Host nation	France
Date	13–14 May 2017
Cup
Champion	South Africa
Runner-up	Scotland
Third	New Zealand
Challenge
Winner	Argentina
Tournament details
Matches played	45
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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[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Scotland	3	3	0	0	76	45	+31	9
South Africa	3	2	0	1	78	31	+47	7
Canada	3	1	0	2	47	64	–17	5
Japan	3	0	0	3	26	87	–61	3

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Pool B[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	74	35	+39	9
United States	3	2	0	1	78	60	+18	7
Wales	3	1	0	2	68	92	–24	5
Argentina	3	0	0	3	61	94	–33	3

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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

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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

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Knockout stage[]

13th place[]

	Semi-finals				13th Place Final
	14 May 2017 – 12:06 – Stade Jean-Bouin
	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
	Spain	19

Challenge Trophy[]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Challenge Trophy Final
	14 May 2017 – 9:00 – Stade Jean-Bouin
	Canada	33
					14 May 2017 – 12:50 – Stade Jean-Bouin
	Russia	0
					Canada	14
	14 May 2017 – 9:22 – Stade Jean-Bouin
					Argentina	15
	Kenya	7
									14 May 2017 – 15:59 – Stade Jean-Bouin
	Argentina	12
									Argentina	33
	14 May 2017 – 9:44 – Stade Jean-Bouin
									Australia	12
	Australia	28
					14 May 2017 – 13:12 – Stade Jean-Bouin
	Japan	19
					Australia	14
	14 May 2017 – 10:06 – Stade Jean-Bouin
					Wales	12
	Wales	26
	Spain	14

5th place[]

	Semi-finals				5th Place Final
	14 May 2017 – 13:34 – Stade Jean-Bouin
	Fiji	14
					14 May 2017 – 16:21 – Stade Jean-Bouin
	United States	24
					United States	24
	14 May 2017 – 13:56 – Stade Jean-Bouin
					Samoa	19
	Samoa	21
	France	19

Cup[]

	Quarter-finals				Cup Final				Final
	14 May 2017 – 10:28 – Stade Jean-Bouin
	Scotland	24
					14 May 2017 – 14:18 – Stade Jean-Bouin
	Fiji	0
					Scotland	19
	14 May 2017 – 10:50 – Stade Jean-Bouin
					England	17
	England	26
									14 May 2017 – 17:33 – Stade Jean-Bouin
	United States	12
									Scotland	5
	14 May 2017 – 11:12 – Stade Jean-Bouin
									South Africa	15
	Samoa	0
					14 May 2017 – 14:40 – Stade Jean-Bouin
	South Africa	12
					South Africa	26
	14 May 2017 – 11:34 – Stade Jean-Bouin
					New Zealand	5			Bronze Medal Match
	New Zealand	14
									14 May 2017 – 17:08 – Stade Jean-Bouin
	France	0
									England	5
									New Zealand	12

Tournament placings[]

Source: World Rugby (archived)

References[]

External links[]

• Official Site

World Sevens Series XVIII
Preceded by 2017 Singapore Sevens	2017 Paris Sevens	Succeeded by 2017 London Sevens
France Sevens
Preceded by 2016 Paris Sevens	2017 Paris Sevens	Succeeded by 2018 Paris Sevens