2016 France Women's Sevens

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2016 France Women's Sevens
Women's Sevens Series IV
Host nation	France
Date	28 – 29 May 2016
Cup
Champion	Canada
Runner-up	Australia
Third	New Zealand
Plate
Winner	France
Runner-up	United States
Bowl
Winner	Russia
Runner-up	Ireland
Tournament details
Matches played	34
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The 2016 France Sevens was the fifth tournament within the 2015–16 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. It was held over the weekend of 28–29 May 2016 at Stade Gabriel Montpied in Clermont-Ferrand, France.^[1]

Format

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The teams were drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team played everyone in their pool one time. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets while the top 2 third place teams will also compete in the Cup/Plate. The rest of the teams from each group went to the Bowl brackets.

Teams

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Pool Stage

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Key to colours in group tables
	Teams that advance to the Cup Quarterfinal

Pool A

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Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
England	3	3	0	74	14	+60	9
Spain	3	2	1	56	41	+15	7
United States	3	1	2	48	38	+10	5
Kenya	3	0	3	5	90	-85	3

28 May 2016

England	26–7	United States

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	93	17	+76	9
Fiji	3	2	1	33	58	-25	7
France	3	1	2	62	33	+29	5
Ireland	3	0	3	19	99	-80	3

Semi-finals		Final

29 May 2016 – Clermont-Ferrand

Russia	27
		29 May 2016 – Clermont-Ferrand
Kenya	12
		Russia	24
29 May 2016 – Clermont-Ferrand
		Ireland	5
Japan	0

Ireland	33
		Third place

		29 May 2016 – Clermont-Ferrand

		Kenya	12

		Japan	5

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

29 May 2016 – Clermont-Ferrand

England	21
		29 May 2016 – Clermont-Ferrand
United States	12
		United States	14
29 May 2016 – Clermont-Ferrand
		Fiji	12
Canada	12
				29 May 2016 – Clermont-Ferrand
Fiji	5
				United States	19
29 May 2016 – Clermont-Ferrand
				France	22
New Zealand	19
		29 May 2016 – Clermont-Ferrand
France	12
		France	17
29 May 2016 – Clermont-Ferrand
		Spain	0	Third place
Australia	35
				29 May 2016 – Clermont-Ferrand
Spain	0
				Fiji	10

				Spain	13

v t e France Sevens
Men's events	2000 2001–03 2004 2005 2006 2007–10 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2022
Women's events	2016 2017 2018 2019 2022

v t e 2015–16 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
2015–16 events	Dubai São Paulo USA Canada France
Core teams	Australia Canada England Fiji France Ireland Japan New Zealand Russia Spain United States
Other teams	Brazil Colombia Kenya
World Rugby Women's Sevens Series

Format

Teams

Pool Stage

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Knockout stage

Bowl

Plate

Cup

References

External links