France Sevens

France Sevens

Sport	Rugby sevens
Inaugural season	1996
No. of teams	16
Most recent champion(s)	South Africa
Most titles	New Zealand (3 titles)

The France Sevens is an annual international rugby union sevens tournament that has been held in Paris and Bordeaux in France. From 1996 to 1999 it was known as the Air France Sevens, and in 2000 the tournament was part of the inaugural World Sevens 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 (Edinburgh) Sevens for the 2006-07 season.

The tournament will return to the Sevens World Series for the 2015-16 season.

Results

  A blue box around the year indicates tournaments included in the World Rugby Sevens Series.

Year	Venue	Cup			Plate	Bowl	Shield	Refs
		Winner	Final Score	Runner-up	Winner	Winner	Winner
1996 Details	Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris	Fiji	38–19	France	Romania	Russia	n/a	[1]
1997 Details		Fiji			French Barbarians	Germany	n/a	[1]
1998 Details		Australia	33–26	New Zealand	South American Barbarians	Japan	n/a	[1][2]
1999 Details	Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris	New Zealand	36–26	France	French Barbarians	Australia	n/a	[1]
2000 Details	Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris	New Zealand	69–10	South Africa	Fiji	Samoa	n/a	[3]
	No international tournament for men's teams played from 2001 to 2003
2004 Details	Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux	New Zealand	28–19	England	Argentina	France	Spain	[4]
2005 Details	Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris	France	28–19	Fiji	South Africa	Argentina	Canada	[5]
2006 Details	Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris	South Africa	33–12	Samoa	Fiji	Kenya	Scotland	[6]
	No international tournament for men's teams played from 2007 to 2015
2016	Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris	14–15 May

References

1. "Results in the 90s". Air France Rugby Sevens. Archived from the original on 4 July 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
2. "Campese sets up win over NZ". The Age (Melbourne: Fairfax). 18 May 1998. Archived from the original on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
3. IRB Sevens I – Paris, Rugby7.com.
4. IRB Sevens V – Bordeaux, Rugby7.com.
5. IRB Sevens VI – Paris, Rugby7.com.
6. IRB Sevens VII – Paris, Rugby7.com.