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The teams |
The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played all the others in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup quarter finals. The bottom two teams from each group advanced to the Challenge Trophy quarter finals. |
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==Teams== |
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The sixteen teams |
The sixteen participating teams for the tournament, being the core teams plus Papua New Guinea who qualified via the [[2016 Oceania Sevens Championship|2016 Oceania Sevens]],<ref>[http://www.worldrugby.org/news/203680 Olympic champions take Oceania Rugby honours]. World Rugby. 12 November 2017.</ref> were: |
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Revision as of 22:42, 15 May 2017
| 2017 Sydney Sevens | |
|---|---|
| Sevens World Series XVIII | |
| Host nation |  Australia |
| Date | 4–5 February 2017 |
| Cup | |
| Champion |  South Africa |
| Runner-up |  England |
| Third |  New Zealand |
| Challenge | |
| Winner |  Russia |
| Tournament details | |
| Matches played | 45 top point scorer = |
← 2016 2018 → | |
The 2017 Sydney Sevens was the fourteenth edition of the Australian Sevens tournament, the second of which to be held in Sydney, and the fourth tournament of the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 4–5 February 2017 at Allianz Stadium in Sydney, Australia.
Format
The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played all the others in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup quarter finals. The bottom two teams from each group advanced to the Challenge Trophy quarter finals.
Teams
The sixteen participating teams for the tournament, being the core teams plus Papua New Guinea who qualified via the 2016 Oceania Sevens,[1] were:
Pool Stage
| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal | |
Pool A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 27 | +39 | 9 |
| South Africa
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 28 | +33 | 7 |
 Kenya
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 5 |
 Japan
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 75 | −63 | 3 |
Pool B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Wales
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 34 | +15 | 8 |
 Fiji
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 35 | +51 | 7 |
 France
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 59 | −23 | 5 |
 Samoa
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 64 | −43 | 4 |
Pool C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 28 | +43 | 9 |
| Australia
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 47 | +36 | 7 |
 Scotland
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 69 | −22 | 5 |
 Papua New Guinea
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 83 | −57 | 3 |
Pool D
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 United States
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 55 | +12 | 7 |
 Argentina
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 57 | 53 | +4 | 6 |
 Canada
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 55 | −7 | 6 |
| Russia
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 5 |
Knockout Stage
13th Place
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 5 February 2017 – 10:30 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| Kenya | 0 | |||||||||
| 5 February 2017 – 13:41 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| Russia | 22 | |||||||||
| Kenya | 19 | |||||||||
| 5 February 2017 – 10:52 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| Scotland | 14 | |||||||||
| Scotland | 14 | |||||||||
| 5 February 2017 – 16:57 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| Samoa | 21 | |||||||||
| Kenya | 5 | |||||||||
| 5 February 2017 – 11:14 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| Canada | 10 | |||||||||
| Canada | 7 | |||||||||
| 5 February 2017 – 14:03 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| Japan | 19 | |||||||||
| Canada | 33 | |||||||||
| 5 February 2017 – 11:36 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | |||||||||
| France | 17 | |||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 0 | |||||||||
Challenge Trophy
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 5 February 2017 – 10:30 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| Kenya | 0 | |||||||||
| 5 February 2017 – 14:25 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| Russia | 22 | |||||||||
| Russia | 17 | |||||||||
| 5 February 2017 – 10:52 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| Samoa | 12 | |||||||||
| Scotland | 14 | |||||||||
| 5 February 2017 – 17:24 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| Samoa | 21 | |||||||||
| Russia | 26 | |||||||||
| 5 February 2017 – 11:14 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| France | 0 | |||||||||
| Canada | 7 | |||||||||
| 5 February 2017 – 14:47 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| Japan | 19 | |||||||||
| Japan | 12 | |||||||||
| 5 February 2017 – 11:36 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| France | 19 | |||||||||
| France | 17 | |||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 0 | |||||||||
5th Place
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 5 February 2017 – 11:58 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| England | 24 | |||||||||
| 5 February 2017 – 15:09 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 7 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 21 | |||||||||
| 5 February 2017 – 12:20 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| Fiji | 38 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 24 | |||||||||
| 5 February 2017 – 17:57 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| Fiji | 21 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 35 | |||||||||
| 5 February 2017 – 12:42 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| United States | 12 | |||||||||
| United States | 10 | |||||||||
| 5 February 2017 – 15:31 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| South Africa | 21 | |||||||||
| United States | 19 | |||||||||
| 5 February 2017 – 13:04 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| Wales | 10 | |||||||||
| Wales | 0 | |||||||||
| Australia | 26 | |||||||||
Cup
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 5 February 2017 – 11:58 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| England | 24 | |||||||||
| 5 February 2017 – 15:53 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 7 | |||||||||
| England | 12 | |||||||||
| 5 February 2017 – 12:20 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 5 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 24 | |||||||||
| 5 February 2017 – 18:51 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| Fiji | 21 | |||||||||
| England | 14 | |||||||||
| 5 February 2017 – 12:42 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| South Africa | 29 | |||||||||
| United States | 10 | |||||||||
| 5 February 2017 – 16:15 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| South Africa | 21 | |||||||||
| South Africa | 26 | |||||||||
| 5 February 2017 – 13:04 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| Australia | 12 | Third place | ||||||||
| Wales | 0 | |||||||||
| 5 February 2017 – 18:24 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| Australia | 26 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 29 | |||||||||
| Australia | 14 | |||||||||
Tournament placings
| Place | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
|
South Africa |
22 |
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England |
19 |
|
New Zealand |
17 |
| 4 | Australia |
15 |
| 5 | Fiji |
13 |
| 6 | United States |
12 |
| 7 | Argentina |
10 |
| Wales |
10 |
| Place | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Russia |
8 |
| 10 | France |
7 |
| 11 | Samoa |
5 |
| Japan |
5 | |
| 13 | Canada |
3 |
| 14 | Kenya |
2 |
| 15 | Papua New Guinea |
1 |
| Scotland |
1 |
Source: World Rugby (archived)
See also
References
- ^ Olympic champions take Oceania Rugby honours. World Rugby. 12 November 2017.