# 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.

## 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 | Cup final | Cup final | Placings | Placings | Placings | Refs |
| | | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Plate | Bowl | Shield | |
| 1996 | Sébastien Charléty Paris | Fiji | 38–19 | France | Romania | Russia | n/a | |
| 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 | |
| 1999 | Sébastien Charléty Paris | New Zealand | 36–26 | France | French Barbarians | Australia | n/a | |

### World Rugby Sevens Series

| Year | Venue | Cup final | Cup final | Cup final | Placings | Placings | Placings | Refs |
| | | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Plate | Bowl | Shield | |
| 2000 | Sébastien Charléty Paris | New Zealand | 69–10 | South Africa | Fiji | Samoa | n/a | |
| | No tournament in the World Series for men's teams played in France from 2001 to 2003 | No tournament in the World Series for men's teams played in France from 2001 to 2003 | No tournament in the World Series for men's teams played in France from 2001 to 2003 | No tournament in the World Series for men's teams played in France from 2001 to 2003 | No tournament in the World Series for men's teams played in France from 2001 to 2003 | No tournament in the World Series for men's teams played in France from 2001 to 2003 | No tournament in the World Series for men's teams played in France from 2001 to 2003 | 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 | |
| 2005 | Stade Jean-Bouin Paris | France | 28–19 | Fiji | South Africa | Argentina | Canada | |
| 2006 | Sébastien Charléty Paris | South Africa | 33–12 | Samoa | Fiji | Kenya | Scotland | |
| | No tournament in the World Series for men's teams played in France from 2007 to 2015 | No tournament in the World Series for men's teams played in France from 2007 to 2015 | No tournament in the World Series for men's teams played in France from 2007 to 2015 | No tournament in the World Series for men's teams played in France from 2007 to 2015 | No tournament in the World Series for men's teams played in France from 2007 to 2015 | No tournament in the World Series for men's teams played in France from 2007 to 2015 | No tournament in the World Series for men's teams played in France from 2007 to 2015 | 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 | |
| | | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third | Fourth | Fifth | |
| 2017 | Stade Jean-Bouin Paris | South Africa | 15–5 | Scotland | New Zealand | England | United States | |
| 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 | |
| World Series tournaments planned for Paris were cancelled in 2020  and 2021, due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2022 | Stade Ernest-Wallon Toulouse | Fiji | 29–17 | Ireland | France | Samoa | Argentina | |
| 2023 | Stade Ernest-Wallon, Toulouse | New Zealand | 24–19 | Argentina | France | Canada | Australia | |

## 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 | Cup final | Cup final | Placings | Placings | Placings |
| | Lyon Sevens | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third | Fourth | Fifth |
| 2011 | Matmut Stadium Lyon | England | 28–14 | Spain | France | Portugal | Russia |
| 2012 | Matmut Stadium Lyon | England | 26–14 | Portugal | Spain | Wales | Russia |
| 2013 | Matmut Stadium Lyon | England | 33–5 | Russia | France | Wales | Portugal |
| 2014 | Matmut Stadium Lyon | France | 40–10 | Belgium | Spain | Russia | n/a |
| 2015 | Matmut Stadium Lyon | France | 20–7 | Spain | Belgium | Germany | England |
| 2016 | No Grand Prix Series event hosted in France for 2016 | No Grand Prix Series event hosted in France for 2016 | No Grand Prix Series event hosted in France for 2016 | No Grand Prix Series event hosted in France for 2016 | No Grand Prix Series event hosted in France for 2016 | No Grand Prix Series event hosted in France for 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 |