| Most recent season or competition: 2019 France Women's Sevens | |
 | |
| Sport | Rugby sevens |
|---|---|
| Inaugural season | 2016 |
| No. of teams | 12 |
| Most recentchampion(s) |  United States |
| Most titles |  New Zealand (2 titles) |
The France Women's Sevens is an annual women's rugby sevens tournament, and one of the stops on the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. France joined in the fourth year of the Series. As of the current 2019–20 season, the tournament is held at Stade Jean-Bouin in Paris,[1] having returned to that venue after one edition at Parc des Sports Aguiléra in Biarritz.[2] It had originally been held in Clermont-Ferrand, and later moved to Stade Jean-Bouin.[3]
History[edit]
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 the Stade Français Paris club. The 2019 France Women's Sevens was therefore relocated to Parc des Sports Aguiléra in Biarritz.[6] The tournament would return to Paris for 2019–20 and beyond.[1]
Champions[edit]
| Year | Venue | Cup final | Placings | Refs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third | Plate | Bowl | |||
| 2016 | Stade Gabriel Montpied |  Canada | 29–19 |  Australia |  New Zealand |  France |  Russia | |
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third | Fourth | Challenge Trophy | |||
| 2017 | Stade Gabriel Montpied | New Zealand | 22–7 | Australia | Canada | France |  Spain | |
| 2018 | Stade Jean-Bouin | New Zealand | 33–7 | Australia | Canada | France |  Ireland | |
| 2019 | Parc des Sports Aguiléra |  United States | 26–10 | New Zealand | Canada | Spain |  Fiji | |
| 2020 | Stade Jean-Bouin | Tournament cancelled | [7] | |||||
See also[edit]
- France Sevens (men's tournament)
References[edit]
- ^ a b "World Rugby announces new-look men's and women's HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2019-23" (Press release). World Rugby. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ "Biarritz to host HSBC World Rugby Women's Sevens Series finale" (Press release). World Rugby. 19 December 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ 2015/16 HSBC World Rugby Women's Sevens Series - Clermont-Ferrand: 28 May - 29 May 2016. World Rugby.
- ^ "HSBC Clermont-Ferrand Sevens : Montpied en mode rugby". Fédération français de rugby (in French). 8 March 2016. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ Pavitt, Michael (2 October 2017). "Paris to host final event of 2018 World Rugby Sevens Series". Inside the Games.
- ^ "HSBC Women Sevens 2019 : La dernière étape à Biarritz". Fédération française de rugby (in French). 19 December 2018. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ "New Zealand awarded titles as HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2020 concluded". World Rugby. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
