2015 South Africa Sevens

The 2015 South Africa Sevens was the second tournament within the 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series and the seventeenth edition of the South Africa Sevens. It was held over the weekend of 12-13 December 2015 at Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa.

2015 South Africa Sevens
Sevens World Series XVII
Host nationSouth Africa South Africa
Date12–13 December 2015
Cup
Champion South Africa
Runner-up Argentina
Third France
Plate
Winner Fiji
Runner-up United States
Bowl
Winner Scotland
Runner-up England
Shield
Winner Samoa
Runner-up Russia
Tournament details
Matches played45
Tries scored273 (average 6.07 per match)
2014
2016

Format

edit

The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each, with each team playing every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went to the Bowl/Shield brackets.

Teams

edit

The 16 participating teams for the tournament:[1]

Pool Stage

edit
Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the Cup quarter-final

Pool A

edit
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Fiji 3 3 0 0 129 19 +110 9
  Argentina 3 2 0 1 52 62 –10 7
  Scotland 3 1 0 2 66 63 +3 5
  Russia 3 0 0 3 15 118 –103 3
12 December 2015
10:59
Fiji  34–19  Scotland
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

12 December 2015
11:21
Argentina  33–5  Russia
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

12 December 2015
14:20
Fiji  52–0  Russia
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

12 December 2015
14:42
Argentina  19–14  Scotland
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

12 December 2015
17:41
Scotland  33–10  Russia
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

12 December 2015
18:03
Fiji  43–0  Argentina
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

Pool B

edit
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Kenya 3 2 1 0 69 31 +38 8
  South Africa 3 2 0 1 48 19 +29 7
  England 3 1 1 1 62 29 +33 6
  Zimbabwe 3 0 0 3 5 105 –100 3
12 December 2015
12:27
England  19–19  Kenya
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

12 December 2015
12:49
South Africa  26–5  Zimbabwe
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

12 December 2015
15:48
England  43–0  Zimbabwe
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

12 December 2015
16:10
South Africa  12–14  Kenya
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

12 December 2015
19:34
Kenya  36–0  Zimbabwe
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

12 December 2015
19:56
England  0–10  South Africa
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

Pool C

edit
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Australia 3 3 0 0 92 35 +57 9
  United States 3 2 0 1 99 52 +47 7
  Wales 3 1 0 2 73 52 +21 5
  Portugal 3 0 0 3 12 137 –125 3
12 December 2015
10:15
United States  26–19  Wales
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

12 December 2015
10:37
Australia  45–0  Portugal
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

12 December 2015
13:36
United States  52–7  Portugal
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

12 December 2015
13:58
Australia  21–14  Wales
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

12 December 2015
16:57
Wales  40–5  Portugal
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

12 December 2015
17:19
United States  21–26  Australia
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

Pool D

edit
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  New Zealand 3 2 0 1 50 48 +2 7
  France 3 1 1 1 62 64 –2 6
  Canada 3 1 1 1 60 62 –2 6
  Samoa 3 1 0 2 53 51 +2 5
12 December 2015
11:43
New Zealand  19–14  France
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

12 December 2015
12:05
Samoa  24–10  Canada
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

12 December 2015
15:04
New Zealand  12–24  Canada
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

12 December 2015
15:26
Samoa  19–22  France
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

12 December 2015
18:50
France  26–26  Canada
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

12 December 2015
19:12
New Zealand  19–10  Samoa
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

Knockout stage

edit

Shield

edit
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
13 December 2015 - 10:36 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 
  Scotland26
 
13 December 2015 - 13:57 – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Samoa14
 
  Samoa33
 
13 December 2015 - 10:58 – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Zimbabwe0
 
  Wales21
 
13 December 2015 - 17:43 – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Zimbabwe12
 
  Samoa40
 
13 December 2015 - 11:20 – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Russia5
 
  Canada55
 
13 December 2015 - 14:19 – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Russia0
 
  Russia38
 
13 December 2015 - 11:42 – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Portugal5
 
  England49
 
 
  Portugal7
 

Bowl

edit
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
13 December 2015 - 10:36 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 
  Scotland26
 
13 December 2015 - 14:41 – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Samoa14
 
  Scotland29
 
13 December 2015 - 10:58 – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Wales14
 
  Wales21
 
13 December 2015 - 18:08 – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Zimbabwe12
 
  Scotland19
 
13 December 2015 - 11:20 – Cape Town Stadium
 
  England0
 
  Canada55
 
13 December 2015 - 15:03 – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Russia0
 
  Canada14
 
13 December 2015 - 11:42 – Cape Town Stadium
 
  England21
 
  England49
 
 
  Portugal7
 

Plate

edit
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
13 December 2015 - 12:04 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 
  Fiji14
 
13 December 2015 - 15:50 – Cape Town Stadium
 
  France17
 
  Fiji38
 
13 December 2015 - 12:26 – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Australia19
 
  Australia5
 
13 December 2015 - 18:33 – Cape Town Stadium
 
  South Africa25
 
  Fiji29
 
13 December 2015 - 12:48 – Cape Town Stadium
 
  United States19
 
  New Zealand19
 
13 December 2015 - 16:12 – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Argentina22
 
  New Zealand14
 
13 December 2015 - 13:10 – Cape Town Stadium
 
  United States28
 
  Kenya26
 
 
  United States10
 
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
13 December 2015 - 12:04 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 
  Fiji14
 
13 December 2015 - 16:34 – Cape Town Stadium
 
  France17
 
  France12
 
13 December 2015 - 12:26 – Cape Town Stadium
 
  South Africa21
 
  Australia5
 
13 December 2015 - 19:30 – Cape Town Stadium
 
  South Africa25
 
  South Africa29
 
13 December 2015 - 12:48 – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Argentina14
 
  New Zealand19
 
13 December 2015 - 16:56 – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Argentina22
 
  Argentina24
 
13 December 2015 - 13:10 – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Kenya22 Third place
 
  Kenya26
 
13 December 2015 – 18:58 - Cape Town Stadium
 
  United States10
 
  France28
 
 
  Kenya26
 

References

edit
  1. ^ "Pools drawn for HSBC Cape Town Sevens". World Rugby. 5 December 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
edit