2016 Paris Sevens

Sevens World Series XVII
Host nation|  France
Date| 13–15 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 played| 45

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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.

## Format

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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

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The 16 participating teams for the tournament:

* Argentina
* Australia
* Brazil
* Canada
* England
* Fiji
* France
* Kenya
* New Zealand
* Portugal
* Samoa
* Scotland
* South Africa
* Russia
* United States
* Wales

## Pool stages

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### Pool A

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New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 27 | +58 | 9
Kenya | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 40 | +28 | 7
Russia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 67 | −33 | 5
Portugal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 77 | −53 | 3

13 May 2016
19:00

Kenya | 29–14|  Portugal

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13 May 2016
19:22

New Zealand | 35–10|  Russia

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14 May 2016
10:30

Kenya | 22–7|  Russia

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14 May 2016
10:52

New Zealand | 31–0|  Portugal

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14 May 2016
13:41

Portugal | 10–17|  Russia

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14 May 2016
14:03

Kenya | 17–19|  New Zealand

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### Pool B

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Fiji | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 31 | +82 | 9
Samoa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 64 | +10 | 7
Scotland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 62 | −3 | 5
Wales | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 120 | −89 | 3

13 May 2016
19:44

Fiji | 38–12|  Scotland

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13 May 2016
20:06

Samoa | 52–10|  Wales

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14 May 2016
11:14

Fiji | 33–14|  Wales

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14 May 2016
11:36

Samoa | 17–12|  Scotland

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14 May 2016
14:25

Scotland | 35–7|  Wales

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14 May 2016
14:47

Fiji | 42–5|  Samoa

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### Pool C

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South Africa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 12 | +73 | 9
Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 50 | +12 | 7
England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 60 | +2 | 5
Brazil | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 106 | −87 | 3

13 May 2016
21:12

South Africa | 24–5|  England

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13 May 2016
21:34

Australia | 38–0|  Brazil

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14 May 2016
12:42

South Africa | 30–7|  Brazil

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14 May 2016
13:04

Australia | 24–19|  England

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14 May 2016
15:53

England | 38–12|  Brazil

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14 May 2016
16:15

South Africa | 31–0|  Australia

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### Pool D

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Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | PF  | PA  | PD  | Pts

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France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 31 | +61 | 9
Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 33 | +45 | 7
United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 72 | −27 | 5
Canada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 103 | −79 | 3

13 May 2016
20:28

Argentina | 36–0|  United States

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13 May 2016
20:50

France | 42–5|  Canada

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14 May 2016
11:58

Argentina | 28–7|  Canada

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14 May 2016
12:20

France | 24–12|  United States

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14 May 2016
15:09

United States | 33–12|  Canada

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14 May 2016
15:31

Argentina | 14–26|  France

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## Knockout stage

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### Shield

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| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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|  Russia| 33

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|  Canada| 0 |

|  Canada| 12

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| |  Wales| 17 |

|  England| 17

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|  Wales| 12 |

|  Wales| 19

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| |  Portugal| 24

|  United States| 19

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|  Portugal| 17 |

|  Portugal| 24

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| |  Brazil| 5 |

|  Scotland| 38

|  Brazil| 14 |

### Bowl

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| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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|  Russia| 33

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|  Canada| 0 |

|  Russia| 7

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| |  England| 19 |

|  England| 17

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|  Wales| 12 |

|  England| 10

| 15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

| |  Scotland| 28

|  United States| 19

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|  Portugal| 17 |

|  United States| 12

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| |  Scotland| 14 |

|  Scotland| 38

|  Brazil| 14 |

### Plate

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| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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|  New Zealand| 17

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|  Argentina| 19 |

|  New Zealand| 19

| 15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

| |  South Africa| 29 |

|  South Africa| 10

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|  Samoa| 21 |

|  South Africa| 17

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| |  Australia| 7

|  France| 24

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|  Kenya| 5 |

|  Kenya| 7

| 15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

| |  Australia| 26 |

|  Fiji| 17

|  Australia| 15 |

### Cup

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| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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|  New Zealand| 17

| 15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

|  Argentina| 19 |

|  Argentina| 12

| 15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

| |  Samoa| 14 |

|  South Africa| 10

| | 15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

|  Samoa| 21 |

|  Samoa| 29

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| |  Fiji| 26

|  France| 24

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|  Kenya| 5 |

|  France| 5

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| |  Fiji| 22 | | Third place

|  Fiji| 17

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|  Australia| 15 |

|  Argentina| 10

|  France| 26

## External links

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