The 2016 France Sevens was the fifth tournament within the 2015–16 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. It was held over the weekend of 28–29 May 2016 at Stade Gabriel Montpied in Clermont-Ferrand, France.[1]
| 2016 France Women's Sevens | |
|---|---|
| Women's Sevens Series IV | |
| Host nation |  France |
| Date | 28 – 29 May 2016 |
| Cup | |
| Champion |  Canada |
| Runner-up |  Australia |
| Third |  New Zealand |
| Plate | |
| Winner | France |
| Runner-up |  United States |
| Bowl | |
| Winner |  Russia |
| Runner-up |  Ireland |
| Tournament details | |
| Matches played | 34 |
2017 → | |
Format edit
The teams were drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team played everyone in their pool one time. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets while the top 2 third place teams will also compete in the Cup/Plate. The rest of the teams from each group went to the Bowl brackets.
Teams edit
Pool Stage edit
| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Teams that advance to the Cup Quarterfinal | |
Pool A edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 England
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 14 | +60 | 9 |
 Spain
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 41 | +15 | 7 |
| United States
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 5 |
 Kenya
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 90 | -85 | 3 |
Pool B edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 17 | +74 | 9 |
| Canada
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 43 | +24 | 7 |
| Russia
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 78 | -47 | 5 |
 Japan
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 80 | -48 | 3 |
Pool C edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 17 | +76 | 9 |
 Fiji
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 58 | -25 | 7 |
| France
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 33 | +29 | 5 |
| Ireland
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 99 | -80 | 3 |
Knockout stage edit
Bowl edit
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 29 May 2016 – Clermont-Ferrand | ||||||
| Russia | 27 | |||||
| 29 May 2016 – Clermont-Ferrand | ||||||
| Kenya | 12 | |||||
| Russia | 24 | |||||
| 29 May 2016 – Clermont-Ferrand | ||||||
| Ireland | 5 | |||||
| Japan | 0 | |||||
| Ireland | 33 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 29 May 2016 – Clermont-Ferrand | ||||||
| Kenya | 12 | |||||
| Japan | 5 | |||||
Plate edit
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 29 May 2016 – Clermont-Ferrand | ||||||||||
| England | 21 | |||||||||
| 29 May 2016 – Clermont-Ferrand | ||||||||||
| United States | 12 | |||||||||
| United States | 14 | |||||||||
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| Fiji | 12 | |||||||||
| Canada | 12 | |||||||||
| 29 May 2016 – Clermont-Ferrand | ||||||||||
| Fiji | 5 | |||||||||
| United States | 19 | |||||||||
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| France | 22 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 19 | |||||||||
| 29 May 2016 – Clermont-Ferrand | ||||||||||
| France | 12 | |||||||||
| France | 17 | |||||||||
| 29 May 2016 – Clermont-Ferrand | ||||||||||
| Spain | 0 | Third place | ||||||||
| Australia | 35 | |||||||||
| 29 May 2016 – Clermont-Ferrand | ||||||||||
| Spain | 0 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 10 | |||||||||
| Spain | 13 | |||||||||
Cup edit
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 29 May 2016 – Clermont-Ferrand | ||||||||||
| England | 21 | |||||||||
| 29 May 2016 – Clermont-Ferrand | ||||||||||
| United States | 12 | |||||||||
| England | 10 | |||||||||
| 29 May 2016 – Clermont-Ferrand | ||||||||||
| Canada | 31 | |||||||||
| Canada | 12 | |||||||||
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| Fiji | 5 | |||||||||
| Canada | 29 | |||||||||
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| Australia | 19 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 19 | |||||||||
| 29 May 2016 – Clermont-Ferrand | ||||||||||
| France | 12 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 5 | |||||||||
| 29 May 2016 – Clermont-Ferrand | ||||||||||
| Australia | 14 | Third place | ||||||||
| Australia | 35 | |||||||||
| 29 May 2016 – Clermont-Ferrand | ||||||||||
| Spain | 0 | |||||||||
| England | 5 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 22 | |||||||||