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

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

The 16 participating teams for the tournament:

Pool stages

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
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

Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

13 May 2016 19:22

New Zealand	35–10	Russia

Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

14 May 2016 10:30

Kenya	22–7	Russia

Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

14 May 2016 10:52

New Zealand	31–0	Portugal

Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

14 May 2016 13:41

Portugal	10–17	Russia

Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

14 May 2016 14:03

Kenya	17–19	New Zealand

Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
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

Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

13 May 2016 20:06

Samoa	52–10	Wales

Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

14 May 2016 11:14

Fiji	33–14	Wales

Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

14 May 2016 11:36

Samoa	17–12	Scotland

Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

14 May 2016 14:25

Scotland	35–7	Wales

Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

14 May 2016 14:47

Fiji	42–5	Samoa

Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
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

Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

13 May 2016 21:34

Australia	38–0	Brazil

Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

14 May 2016 12:42

South Africa	30–7	Brazil

Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

14 May 2016 13:04

Australia	24–19	England

Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

14 May 2016 15:53

England	38–12	Brazil

Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

14 May 2016 16:15

South Africa	31–0	Australia

Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

Pool D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
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

Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

13 May 2016 20:50

France	42–5	Canada

Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

14 May 2016 11:58

Argentina	28–7	Canada

Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

14 May 2016 12:20

France	24–12	United States

Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

14 May 2016 15:09

United States	33–12	Canada

Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

14 May 2016 15:31

Argentina	14–26	France

Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

Knockout stage

Shield

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
	Russia	33
					15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
	Canada	0
					Canada	12
	15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
					Wales	17
	England	17
									15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
	Wales	12
									Wales	19
	15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
									Portugal	24
	United States	19
					15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
	Portugal	17
					Portugal	24
	15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
					Brazil	5
	Scotland	38
	Brazil	14

Bowl

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
	Russia	33
					15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
	Canada	0
					Russia	7
	15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
					England	19
	England	17
									15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
	Wales	12
									England	10
	15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
									Scotland	28
	United States	19
					15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
	Portugal	17
					United States	12
	15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
					Scotland	14
	Scotland	38
	Brazil	14

Plate

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
	New Zealand	17
					15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
	Argentina	19
					New Zealand	19
	15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
					South Africa	29
	South Africa	10
									15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
	Samoa	21
									South Africa	17
	15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
									Australia	7
	France	24
					15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
	Kenya	5
					Kenya	7
	15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
					Australia	26
	Fiji	17
	Australia	15

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
	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
	15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
									Fiji	26
	France	24
					15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
	Kenya	5
					France	5
	15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
					Fiji	22			Third place
	Fiji	17
									15 May 2016 – – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
	Australia	15
									Argentina	10
									France	26