2016 France Women's Sevens Explained

Series:	Women's Sevens Series IV
Countries:	France
Date:	28 – 29 May 2016
Matches:	34
Nextseason:	2017

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

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.

Pool Stage

Pool A

width=175	Team	width=20 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=20 abbr="Won"	W	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	D	width=20 abbr="Lost"	L	width=20 abbr="Points for"	PF	width=20 abbr="Points against"	PA	width=25 abbr="Points difference"	PD	width=20 abbr="Points"	Pts
	3	3	0	0	74	14	+60	9
	3	2	0	1	56	41	+15	7
	3	1	0	2	48	38	+10	5
	3	0	0	3	5	90	-85	3

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Pool B

width=175	Team	width=20 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=20 abbr="Won"	W	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	D	width=20 abbr="Lost"	L	width=20 abbr="Points for"	PF	width=20 abbr="Points against"	PA	width=25 abbr="Points difference"	PD	width=20 abbr="Points"	Pts
	3	3	0	0	91	17	+74	9
	3	2	0	1	67	43	+24	7
	3	1	0	2	31	78	-47	5
	3	0	0	3	32	80	-48	3

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Pool C

width=175	Team	width=20 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=20 abbr="Won"	W	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	D	width=20 abbr="Lost"	L	width=20 abbr="Points for"	PF	width=20 abbr="Points against"	PA	width=25 abbr="Points difference"	PD	width=20 abbr="Points"	Pts
	3	3	0	0	93	17	+76	9
	3	2	0	1	33	58	-25	7
	3	1	0	2	62	33	+29	5
	3	0	0	3	19	99	-80	3

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Knockout stage

Cup

References

http://www.worldrugby.org/womens-sevens-series/stage/1640/fixtures 2015/16 HSBC World Rugby Women's Sevens Series - Clermont-Ferrand: 28 May - 29 May 2016

External links

Official website