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| Union | French Rugby Federation | ||
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| Coach | Romain Huet | ||
| Captain | Carla Neisen | ||
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| Appearances | 3 (First in2009) | ||
| Best result | Runners-up (2018) | ||
France women's national rugby sevens team represents France in theRugby Europe Women's Sevens,World Rugby Sevens Series,Rugby World Cup Sevens and theSummer Olympic Games. They are currently the2023 European Champions; they were also champions in 2007 and 2015. France has competed in the Summer Olympics since its debut at the2016 Rio Olympics and were silver medalists at the2020 Games.
They have been a core team in the Women's Sevens Series since the2014–15 season. They have also competed in the Sevens World Cup since the inauguration of the women's tournament in 2009, and were silver medalists in2018.
France competed in the inaugural Women's Sevens World Cup inDubai in 2009. They finished at the top of their pool, despite losing to theNetherlands in their opening game. They were eliminated by theUnited States in the Cup quarter-finals, without having scored a single point. They finally finished in seventh place after losing toCanada in the Plate semi-finals.
As the first edition of the Women's Sevens World Series commenced in the2012–2013 season, France participated as an invitational team for two of the four tournaments.
In 2013, France took part in their second World Cup at theLuzhniki Stadium inMoscow,Russia. They finished third in their pool behindRussia andEngland, with Russia surprising England to win the last match of the group stage. In the Bowl finals, France dominatedTunisia in the quarter-finals, before being eliminated byFiji. They eventually finished in eleventh place overall.
In order to qualify for theRio Olympics, where rugby was making its return, France had to win the2015 Grand Prix with a best combined result of two tournaments. After failing in the first stage inKazan in the final against the Russians, the Les Bleues got their revenge inBrive in the final stage by beatingRussia in the semi-final. They then won the final againstSpain and qualified for the2016 Olympics.
Les Bleues started their first Olympic Games with victories againstSpain andKenya, but lost toNew Zealand and were placed second in their pool. They then lost in the quarter-finals of the medal play-offs againstCanada, they met Spain again in the semi-final for fifth place and beat them. However, they lost to theUnited States in the final and finished in sixth place.
They competed at the2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens, their qualification being determined by their placement in the2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.[1] They went undefeated on their way to the final, even beating Olympic championsAustralia by 19–12 in the semi-finals, before succumbing to defending championsNew Zealand in the finals, where they were defeated 29–0.[2]
France qualified for the2020 Summer Olympics inTokyo, after winning theFinal Olympic Qualification Tournament inMonaco.[3] They went undefeated until the gold medal final, where they lost toNew Zealand by 26–12.[4]
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D |
 2016 | Quarterfinals | 6th | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
 2020 | Gold medal final |  | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
 2024 | Quarterfinals | 5th | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 0 Titles | 3/3 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 |
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D |
 2009 | Plate Semifinalists | 7th | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
 2013 | Bowl Semifinalists | 11th | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
 2018 | Final | 2nd | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
 2022 | Bronze final | 3rd | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 0 Titles | 4/4 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 |
| Rugby X Tournament | |||||
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| Year | Position | Pld | W | L | D |
 2019 | 3rd | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Series | Season | Events | Position | Points |
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| I | 2012–13 | 2 / 4 | 12th | 9 |
| II | 2013–14 | 3 / 5 | 8th | 21 |
| III | 2014–15 | 6 | 6th | 72 |
| IV | 2015–16 | 5 | 5th | 60 |
| V | 2016–17 | 6 | 7th | 60 |
| VI | 2017–18 | 5 |  | 68 |
| VII | 2018–19 | 6 | 5th | 70 |
| VIII | 2019–20 | 5 | 4th | 70 |
| – | 2020–21 | Cancelled due toimpacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] | ||
| IX | 2021–22 | 6 | | 84 |
| X | 2022–23 | 7 | 4th | 92 |
| XI | 2023–24 | 8 | (League)
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Squad named for the 2023 World Rugby HSBC Sevens Series in Vancouver from the 3–5 March.
Caps updated to the latest date: 5 March 2023
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The following France Sevens players have been recognised at theWorld Rugby Awards since 2013:[6][7]
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