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.

2017 Paris Sevens
Sevens World Series XVIII
Host nationFrance France
Date13–14 May 2017
Cup
Champion South Africa
Runner-up Scotland
Third New Zealand
Challenge
Winner Argentina
Tournament details
Matches played45
2016
2018

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

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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

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The sixteen participating teams for the tournament were:

Pool stages

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Pool A

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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
13 May 2017
11:28
South Africa  12 – 19  Scotland
Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

13 May 2017
11:50
Canada  21 – 7  Japan
Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

13 May 2017
14:54
South Africa  35 – 5  Japan
Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

13 May 2017
15:16
Canada  19 – 26  Scotland
Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

13 May 2017
18:20
Scotland  31 – 14  Japan
Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

13 May 2017
18:42
Canada  7 – 31  South Africa
Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

Pool B

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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
13 May 2017
10:44
New Zealand  26 – 7  Wales
Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

13 May 2017
11:06
United States  26 – 19  Argentina
Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

13 May 2017
14:10
New Zealand  21 – 14  Argentina
Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

13 May 2017
14:32
United States  38 – 14  Wales
Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

13 May 2017
17:36
Wales  47 – 28  Argentina
Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

13 May 2017
17:58
United States  14 – 27  New Zealand
Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

Pool C

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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
13 May 2017
12:12
Kenya  14 – 22  France
Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

13 May 2017
12:34
England  31 – 0  Spain
Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

13 May 2017
15:38
Kenya  26 – 14  Spain
Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

13 May 2017
16:00
England  24 – 7  France
Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

13 May 2017
19:04
France  33 – 0  Spain
Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

13 May 2017
19:26
England  12 – 12  Kenya
Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

Pool D

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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
13 May 2017
10:00
Fiji  17 – 19  Samoa
Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

13 May 2017
10:22
Australia  19 – 12  Russia
Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

13 May 2017
13:26
Fiji  54 – 0  Russia
Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

13 May 2017
13:48
Australia  14 – 21  Samoa
Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

13 May 2017
16:52
Samoa  19 – 19  Russia
Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

13 May 2017
17:14
Australia  14 – 31  Fiji
Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

Knockout stage

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13th place

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Semi-finals13th Place Final
 
      
 
14 May 2017 – 12:06 – Stade Jean-Bouin
 
 
  Russia 15
 
14 May – 15:37 – Stade Jean-Bouin
 
  Kenya7
 
  Russia 5
 
14 May 2017 – 12:28 – Stade Jean-Bouin
 
  Japan12
 
  Japan 26
 
 
  Spain19
 

Challenge Trophy

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsChallenge Trophy Final
 
          
 
14 May 2017 – 9:00 – Stade Jean-Bouin
 
 
  Canada 33
 
14 May 2017 – 12:50 – Stade Jean-Bouin
 
  Russia0
 
  Canada 14
 
14 May 2017 – 9:22 – Stade Jean-Bouin
 
  Argentina15
 
  Kenya 7
 
14 May 2017 – 15:59 – Stade Jean-Bouin
 
  Argentina12
 
  Argentina 33
 
14 May 2017 – 9:44 – Stade Jean-Bouin
 
  Australia12
 
  Australia 28
 
14 May 2017 – 13:12 – Stade Jean-Bouin
 
  Japan19
 
  Australia 14
 
14 May 2017 – 10:06 – Stade Jean-Bouin
 
  Wales12
 
  Wales 26
 
 
  Spain14
 

5th place

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Semi-finals5th Place Final
 
      
 
14 May 2017 – 13:34 – Stade Jean-Bouin
 
 
  Fiji 14
 
14 May 2017 – 16:21 – Stade Jean-Bouin
 
  United States24
 
  United States24
 
14 May 2017 – 13:56 – Stade Jean-Bouin
 
  Samoa19
 
  Samoa 21
 
 
  France19
 
 
Quarter-finalsCup FinalFinal
 
          
 
14 May 2017 – 10:28 – Stade Jean-Bouin
 
 
  Scotland24
 
14 May 2017 – 14:18 – Stade Jean-Bouin
 
  Fiji0
 
  Scotland 19
 
14 May 2017 – 10:50 – Stade Jean-Bouin
 
  England17
 
  England26
 
14 May 2017 – 17:33 – Stade Jean-Bouin
 
  United States12
 
  Scotland5
 
14 May 2017 – 11:12 – Stade Jean-Bouin
 
  South Africa15
 
  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 Zealand5 Bronze Medal Match
 
  New Zealand 14
 
14 May 2017 – 17:08 – Stade Jean-Bouin
 
  France 0
 
  England 5
 
 
  New Zealand12
 

Tournament placings

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Place  Team Points
    South Africa 22
    Scotland 19
    New Zealand 17
4   England 15
5   United States 13
6   Samoa 12
7   Fiji 10
  France 10
Place  Team Points
9   Argentina 8
10   Australia 7
11   Canada 5
  Wales 5
13   Japan 3
14   Russia 2
15   Spain 1
  Kenya 1

Source: World Rugby (archived)

References

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  1. ^ "Scotland go down in Paris Sevens final". BBC Sport.
  2. ^ "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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World Sevens Series XVIII
Preceded by 2017 Paris Sevens Succeeded by
France Sevens
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