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2017 Wellington Sevens

The 2017 Wellington Sevens was the eighteenth edition of the Wellington Sevens tournament, and the third tournament of the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 28–29 January 2017 at Westpac Stadium in Wellington, New Zealand.

2017 Wellington Sevens
Sevens World Series XVIII
Host nationNew Zealand New Zealand
Date28–29 January 2017
Cup
Champion South Africa
Runner-up Fiji
Third Scotland
Challenge
Winner Kenya
Tournament details
Matches played45
← 2016

Format edit

Sixteen teams are drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team plays everyone in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup quarterfinals. The bottom two teams from each group go to the Challenge Trophy quarterfinals.

Teams edit

The fifteen core teams were joined by Papua New Guinea, who qualified via the 2016 Oceania Sevens,[1] for this tournament.

Pool Stage edit

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

Pool A edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  England 3 3 0 0 97 19 +78 9
  Argentina 3 2 0 1 65 52 +13 7
  Kenya 3 1 0 2 71 53 +18 5
  Papua New Guinea 3 0 0 3 19 128 −109 3
28 January 2017
12:32
Kenya  12–17  Argentina
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
28 January 2017
12:55
England  40–0  Papua New Guinea
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
28 January 2017
15:56
Kenya  47–5  Papua New Guinea
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
28 January 2017
16:19
England  26–7  Argentina
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
28 January 2017
19:44
Argentina  41–14  Papua New Guinea
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
28 January 2017
20:10
England  31–12  Kenya
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

Pool B edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  South Africa 3 3 0 0 92 12 +80 9
  Fiji 3 2 0 1 94 43 +51 7
  Australia 3 1 0 2 45 66 −21 5
  Japan 3 0 0 3 12 122 −110 3
28 January 2017
11:46
Fiji  26–12  Australia
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
28 January 2017
12:09
South Africa  33–0  Japan
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
28 January 2017
15:10
Fiji  56–0  Japan
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
28 January 2017
15:33
South Africa  28–0  Australia
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
28 January 2017
18:52
Australia  33–12  Japan
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
28 January 2017
19:18
South Africa  31–12  Fiji
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

Pool C edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 78 33 +45 9
  France 3 1 1 1 63 47 +16 6
  United States 3 1 1 1 57 57 0 6
  Samoa 3 0 0 3 24 85 −61 3
28 January 2017
13:18
United States  21–21  France
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
28 January 2017
13:41
New Zealand  33–7  Samoa
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
28 January 2017
16:42
United States  24–12  Samoa
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
28 January 2017
17:05
New Zealand  21–14  France
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
28 January 2017
20:36
France  28–5  Samoa
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
28 January 2017
21:02
New Zealand  24–12  United States
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

Pool D edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Canada 3 3 0 0 85 24 +61 9
  Scotland 3 2 0 1 62 40 +22 7
  Wales 3 1 0 2 45 59 −14 5
  Russia 3 0 0 3 5 74 −69 3
28 January 2017
11:00
Wales  33–0  Russia
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
28 January 2017
11:23
Scotland  19–28  Canada
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
28 January 2017
14:24
Wales  5–28  Canada
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
28 January 2017
14:47
Scotland  12–5  Russia
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
28 January 2017
18:00
Russia  0–29  Canada
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
28 January 2017
18:26
Scotland  31–7  Wales
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

Knockout stage edit

13th place edit

 
Semi-finals13th Place Final
 
      
 
29 January 2017 – 14:16 – Westpac Stadium
 
 
  Russia15
 
29 January 2017 – 18:30 – Westpac Stadium
 
  Japan5
 
  Russia12
 
29 January 2017 – 14:38 – Westpac Stadium
 
  Samoa19
 
  Papua New Guinea7
 
 
  Samoa35
 

Challenge Trophy edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsChallenge Trophy Final
 
          
 
29 January 2017 – 11:00 – Westpac Stadium
 
 
  Kenya24
 
29 January 2017 – 15:00 – Westpac Stadium
 
  Russia5
 
  Kenya19
 
29 January 2017 – 11:22 – Westpac Stadium
 
  United States12
 
  United States19
 
29 January 2017 – 19:00 – Westpac Stadium
 
  Japan14
 
  Kenya19
 
29 January 2017 – 11:44 – Westpac Stadium
 
  Australia17
 
  Wales29
 
29 January 2017 – 15:22 – Westpac Stadium
 
  Papua New Guinea7
 
  Wales10
 
29 January 2017 – 12:06 – Westpac Stadium
 
  Australia24
 
  Australia17
 
 
  Samoa14
 

5th Place edit

 
Semi-finals5th Place Final
 
      
 
29 January 2017 – 16:32 – Westpac Stadium
 
 
  England0
 
29 January 2017 – 19:30 – Westpac Stadium
 
  New Zealand24
 
  New Zealand12
 
29 January 2017 – 16:54 – Westpac Stadium
 
  Argentina17
 
  Argentina19
 
 
  France14
 

Cup edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsCup Final
 
          
 
29 January 2017 – 12:38 – Westpac Stadium
 
 
  England12
 
29 January 2017 – 17:16 – Westpac Stadium
 
  Scotland14
 
  Scotland12
 
29 January 2017 – 13:00 – Westpac Stadium
 
  Fiji19
 
  New Zealand10
 
29 January 2017 – 20:30 – Westpac Stadium
 
  Fiji26
 
  Fiji5
 
29 January 2017 – 13:22 – Westpac Stadium
 
  South Africa26
 
  Canada17
 
29 January 2017 – 17:38 – Westpac Stadium
 
  Argentina12
 
  Canada5
 
29 January 2017 – 13:44 – Westpac Stadium
 
  South Africa21 Bronze Medal Match
 
  South Africa45
 
29 January 2017 – 20:00 – Westpac Stadium
 
  France0
 
  Scotland28
 
 
  Canada22
 

Tournament placings edit

Place  Team Points
    South Africa 22
    Fiji 19
    Scotland 17
4   Canada 15
5   Argentina 13
6   New Zealand 12
7   France 10
  England 10
Place  Team Points
9   Kenya 8
10   Australia 7
11   United States 5
  Wales 5
13   Samoa 3
14   Russia 2
15   Papua New Guinea 1
  Japan 1

Source: World Rugby (archived)

References edit

  1. ^ Olympic champions take Oceania Rugby honours. World Rugby. 12 November 2017.

External links edit

World Sevens Series XVIII
Preceded by 2017 Wellington Sevens Succeeded by
New Zealand Sevens
Preceded by 2017 Wellington Sevens Succeeded by
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