Upcoming season or competition: 2023 France Women's Sevens | |
| Sport | Rugby sevens |
|---|---|
| First season | 2016 |
| No. of teams | 12 |
| Country |  France |
| Most recent champion |  New Zealand(2023) |
| Most titles | New Zealand(4 titles) |
| Official website | francesevens.fr |
TheFrance Women's Sevens is an annual women'srugby sevens tournament, and was one of the stops on theWorld Rugby Women's Sevens Series. France joined in the fourth year of the Series. As of the current2019–20 season, the tournament is held atStade Jean-Bouin inParis,[1] having returned to that venue after one edition atParc des Sports Aguiléra inBiarritz.[2] It had originally been held inClermont-Ferrand, and later moved to Stade Jean-Bouin.[3]
The tournament was launched in 2016 as the last stage of the annual World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, with first two editions played at the Gabriel-Montpied stadium in Clermont-Ferrand.[4]
In 2018 the event moved to Jean-Bouin stadium in Paris, bringing together the men's and women's France Sevens at the same venue in a combined tournament.[5]
However, for the 2019 edition, the French Rugby Federation and World Rugby chose to host separate men's and women's events again. This was done to improve the visibility of the women's competition as well as to avoid the possible unavailability of the Jean-Bouin stadium due to home matches hosted by theStade Français Paris club. The 2019 France Women's Sevens was therefore relocated toParc des Sports Aguiléra in Biarritz.[6] The tournament would return to Paris for 2019–20 and beyond.[1]
| Year | Venue | Cup final | Placings | Refs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third | Fourth | Fifth | |||
| 2016 | Stade Gabriel Montpied |  Canada | 29–19 |  Australia | New Zealand |  England | France | |
| 2017 | Stade Gabriel Montpied | New Zealand | 22–7 | Australia | Canada | France |  Fiji | |
| 2018 | Stade Jean-Bouin | New Zealand | 33–7 | Australia | Canada | France |  United States | |
| 2019 | Parc des Sports Aguiléra | United States | 26–10 | New Zealand | Canada |  Spain | Australia | |
| World Series tournaments in Paris for women's teams were cancelled in 2020[7] and 2021[8] due to impacts of theCOVID-19 pandemic. | ||||||||
| 2022 | Stade Ernest-Wallon | New Zealand | 21–14 | Australia | Fiji |  Ireland | France | [9] |
| 2023 | Stade Ernest-Wallon | New Zealand | 19–14 | United States | Australia | France |  Japan | |
| Team |  Gold |  Silver |  Bronze | Fourth | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 6 |
| United States | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| Canada | 1 | — | 3 | — | 4 |
| Australia | — | 4 | 1 | — | 5 |
| Fiji | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| France | — | — | — | 3 | 3 |
| Ireland | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| England | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Spain | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
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