The 2023 France Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament that took place at Stade Ernest-Wallon in Toulouse on 12, 13 and 14 May 2023. It was the 22nd edition of the France Sevens, and the tenth tournament of the 2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series. Sixteen teams competed in the tournament.

New Zealand were the champions after beating Argentina in the cup final.

Background The 2023 France Sevens is the tenth round of eleven in the 2022–23 season

Teams Sixteen teams competed in the tournament. Fifteen core teams and one invited team.

Format The teams were divided into pools of four teams, who played a round-robin within the pool. Points were awarded in each pool on the standard schedule for rugby sevens tournaments (though different from the standard in the 15-man game)—3 for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss. The draw consists of sixteen teams with fifteen of them being core teams that compete in each series event, plus an invitational team. These teams competed in Pools A, B, C, and D. The winners and runners-up from each pool in the main draw qualified for the Cup quarterfinals. The losers of these quarterfinals competed in the placement matches.

Pool stage

Pool A Team 1 3 3 0 0 74 29 +45 9 2 3 2 0 1 71 36 +35 7 3 3 1 0 2 31 45 5 4 3 0 0 3 17 83 3

Pool B Team 1 3 3 0 0 100 26 +74 9 2 3 2 0 1 28 50 7 3 3 1 0 2 48 35 +13 5 4 3 0 0 3 7 72 3

Pool C Team 1 3 3 0 0 74 40 +34 9 2 3 2 0 1 55 45 +10 7 3 3 0 1 2 47 69 4 4 3 0 1 2 42 64 4

Pool D Team 1 3 3 0 0 87 17 +70 9 2 3 2 0 1 85 24 +61 7 3 3 1 0 2 47 52 5 4 3 0 0 3 17 143 3

Knockout stage

Placement matches

Thirteenth place

Ninth place

Cup

Fifth place 5th to 8th place

Cup playoffs

Tournament placings

PlaceTeam Points 22 19 17 4 15 5 13 6 12 7 10 10

PlaceTeam Points 9 810 7 11 5 513 314 2 15 1 1

Source: World Rugby

Players

Dream team The following seven players were selected to the tournament dream team at the conclusion of the tournament

Marcos Moneta Roderick Solo Akuila Rokolisoa Rodrigo Isgró Pol Pla Manu Moreno Agustín Fraga

See also

References

External links Tournament page World Rugby page