The French 7s team will compete in the Los Angeles tournament starting Friday.
The draw has been made and Antoine Dupont and his partners will face in the group stage the best team in the world, Fiji, double reigning Olympic champions.
Canada and Great Britain are the other opponents in a very tough group.
The schedule for these first three meetings will be revealed in the coming hours.
Les Bleues, finalists of the Vancouver tournament last Sunday, will face Australia, Ireland and Japan.