2016 Paris Sevens

The 2016 Paris Sevens was the ninth tournament of the 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 13–15 May 2016 at Stade Jean Bouin in Paris, France. It was the first time that the France Sevens had been featured on the Sevens world circuit since 2006.

2016 Paris Sevens
Sevens World Series XVII
Host nation France
Date13–15 May 2016
Cup
Champion Samoa
Runner-up Fiji
Third France
Plate
Winner South Africa
Runner-up Australia
Bowl
Winner Scotland
Runner-up England
Shield
Winner Portugal
Runner-up Wales
Tournament details
Matches played45
2017

Format

Sixteen teams are drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team plays each of the other teams their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group go to the Bowl/Shield brackets.

Teams

The 16 participating teams for the tournament:

Pool stages

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 33008527+589
 Kenya 32016840+287
 Russia 31023467−335
 Portugal 30032477−533
13 May 2016
19:00
Kenya  29–14  Portugal

13 May 2016
19:22
New Zealand  35–10  Russia

14 May 2016
10:30
Kenya  22–7  Russia

14 May 2016
10:52
New Zealand  31–0  Portugal

14 May 2016
13:41
Portugal  10–17  Russia

14 May 2016
14:03
Kenya  17–19  New Zealand

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Fiji 330011331+829
 Samoa 32017464+107
 Scotland 31025962−35
 Wales 300331120−893
13 May 2016
19:44
Fiji  38–12  Scotland

13 May 2016
20:06
Samoa  52–10  Wales

14 May 2016
11:14
Fiji  33–14  Wales

14 May 2016
11:36
Samoa  17–12  Scotland

14 May 2016
14:25
Scotland  35–7  Wales

14 May 2016
14:47
Fiji  42–5  Samoa

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 South Africa 33008512+739
 Australia 32016250+127
 England 31026260+25
 Brazil 300319106−873
13 May 2016
21:12
South Africa  24–5  England

13 May 2016
21:34
Australia  38–0  Brazil

14 May 2016
12:42
South Africa  30–7  Brazil

14 May 2016
13:04
Australia  24–19  England

14 May 2016
15:53
England  38–12  Brazil

14 May 2016
16:15
South Africa  31–0  Australia

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 France 33009231+619
 Argentina 32017833+457
 United States 31024572−275
 Canada 300324103−793
13 May 2016
20:28
Argentina  36–0  United States

13 May 2016
20:50
France  42–5  Canada

14 May 2016
11:58
Argentina  28–7  Canada

14 May 2016
12:20
France  24–12  United States

14 May 2016
15:09
United States  33–12  Canada

14 May 2016
15:31
Argentina  14–26  France

Knockout stage

Shield

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 
 Russia33
 
15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 Canada0
 
 Canada12
 
15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 Wales17
 
 England17
 
15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 Wales12
 
 Wales19
 
15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 Portugal24
 
 United States19
 
15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 Portugal17
 
 Portugal24
 
15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 Brazil5
 
 Scotland38
 
 
 Brazil14
 

Bowl

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 
 Russia33
 
15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 Canada0
 
 Russia7
 
15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 England19
 
 England17
 
15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 Wales12
 
 England10
 
15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 Scotland28
 
 United States19
 
15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 Portugal17
 
 United States12
 
15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 Scotland14
 
 Scotland38
 
 
 Brazil14
 

Plate

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 
 New Zealand17
 
15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 Argentina19
 
 New Zealand19
 
15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 South Africa29
 
 South Africa10
 
15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 Samoa21
 
 South Africa17
 
15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 Australia7
 
 France24
 
15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 Kenya5
 
 Kenya7
 
15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 Australia26
 
 Fiji17
 
 
 Australia15
 

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 
 New Zealand17
 
15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 Argentina19
 
 Argentina12
 
15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 Samoa14
 
 South Africa10
 
15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 Samoa21
 
 Samoa29
 
15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 Fiji26
 
 France24
 
15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 Kenya5
 
 France5
 
15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 Fiji22 Third place
 
 Fiji17
 
15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 Australia15
 
 Argentina10
 
 
 France26
 
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