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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. New Zealand finished third in the Paris tournament, and Argentina won the Challenge trophy for ninth place.

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:

•  Argentina
•  Australia
•  Canada
•  England
•  Fiji
•  France
•  Japan
•  Kenya
•  New Zealand
•  Russia
•  Samoa
•  Scotland
•  Spain
•  South Africa
•  United States
•  Wales

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

South Africa	12 – 19	Scotland

Canada	21 – 7	Japan

South Africa	35 – 5	Japan

Canada	19 – 26	Scotland

Scotland	31 – 14	Japan

Canada	7 – 31	South Africa

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

New Zealand	26 – 7	Wales

United States	26 – 19	Argentina

New Zealand	21 – 14	Argentina

United States	38 – 14	Wales

Wales	47 – 28	Argentina

United States	14 – 27	New Zealand

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

Kenya	14 – 22	France

England	31 – 0	Spain

Kenya	26 – 14	Spain

England	24 – 7	France

France	33 – 0	Spain

England	12 – 12	Kenya

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

Fiji	17 – 19	Samoa

Australia	19 – 12	Russia

Fiji	54 – 0	Russia

Australia	14 – 21	Samoa

Samoa	19 – 19	Russia

Australia	14 – 31	Fiji

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

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

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.

External links

• Official Site

• France Sevens
• 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series
• 2016–17 in French rugby union
• May 2017 sports events in France
• International sports competitions in Paris
• Rugby union in Paris
• 2017 in Paris