The 2017 Japan Women's Sevens is the fourth tournament of the 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and the inaugural edition of the Japan Women's Sevens. It is scheduled for the 22–23 April 2017 at the Honjo Athletic Stadium in Kitakyushu.[1]
| 2017 Japan Women's Sevens | |
|---|---|
| Women's Sevens Series V | |
| Host nation |  Japan |
| Date | 22–23 April 2017 |
| Cup | |
| Champion |  New Zealand |
| Runner-up |  Canada |
| Third |  Australia |
| Challenge | |
| Winner |  Ireland |
| Tournament details | |
| Matches played | 34 |
2018 → | |
Format edit
The teams are drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup/Plate brackets while the top 2 third place teams also compete in the Cup/Plate. The other teams from each group play-off for the Challenge Trophy.
Teams edit
The participating teams include:[2]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 21 | +51 | 9 |
 Russia
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 32 | +30 | 7 |
 France
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 50 | +2 | 5 |
| Japan
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 93 | –83 | 3 |
Pool B edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 12 | +79 | 9 |
 Fiji
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 91 | 24 | +67 | 7 |
 Brazil
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 82 | –48 | 5 |
| Ireland
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 108 | –98 | 3 |
Pool C edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 29 | +72 | 9 |
 United States
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 44 | +14 | 7 |
 England
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 56 | –18 | 5 |
 Spain
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 83 | –68 | 3 |
Knockout stage edit
Challenge Trophy edit
| Semi-finals | Challenge Trophy Final | |||||
| 23 April 2017 – 11:58 – Honjo Athletic Stadium, Kitakyushu | ||||||
| Brazil | 5 | |||||
| 23 April 2017 – 15:04 – Honjo Athletic Stadium, Kitakyushu | ||||||
| Ireland | 24 | |||||
| Ireland | 26 | |||||
| 23 April 2017 – 12:20 – Honjo Athletic Stadium, Kitakyushu | ||||||
| Spain | 7 | |||||
| Spain | 14 | |||||
| Japan | 5 | |||||
| 11th Place | ||||||
| 23 April 2017 – 14:42 – Honjo Athletic Stadium, Kitakyushu | ||||||
| Brazil | 12 | |||||
| Japan | 10 | |||||
5th Place edit
| Semi-finals | 5th Place Final | |||||
| 23 April 2017 – 13:14 – Honjo Athletic Stadium, Kitakyushu | ||||||
| France | 5 | |||||
| 23 April 2017 – 16:20 – Honjo Athletic Stadium, Kitakyushu | ||||||
| Russia | 26 | |||||
| Russia | 31 | |||||
| 23 April 2017 – 13:36 – Honjo Athletic Stadium, Kitakyushu | ||||||
| England | 0 | |||||
| United States | 24 | |||||
| England | 26 | |||||
| 7th Place | ||||||
| 23 April 2017 – 15:58 – Honjo Athletic Stadium, Kitakyushu | ||||||
| France | 14 | |||||
| United States | 31 | |||||
Cup edit
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Cup Final | ||||||||
| 23 April 2017 – 10:30 – Honjo Athletic Stadium, Kitakyushu | ||||||||||
| Australia | 19 | |||||||||
| 23 April 2017 – 13:58 – Honjo Athletic Stadium, Kitakyushu | ||||||||||
| France | 12 | |||||||||
| Australia | 0 | |||||||||
| 23 April 2017 – 10:52 – Honjo Athletic Stadium, Kitakyushu | ||||||||||
| Canada | 33 | |||||||||
| Canada | 41 | |||||||||
| 23 April 2017 – 17:07 – Honjo Athletic Stadium, Kitakyushu | ||||||||||
| Russia | 0 | |||||||||
| Canada | 14 | |||||||||
| 23 April 2017 – 11:14 – Honjo Athletic Stadium, Kitakyushu | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 17 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 26 | |||||||||
| 23 April 2017 – 14:20 – Honjo Athletic Stadium, Kitakyushu | ||||||||||
| United States | 19 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 0 | |||||||||
| 23 April 2017 – 11:36 – Honjo Athletic Stadium, Kitakyushu | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 21 | Bronze Medal Match | ||||||||
| New Zealand | 21 | |||||||||
| 23 April 2017 – 16:42 – Honjo Athletic Stadium, Kitakyushu | ||||||||||
| England | 5 | |||||||||
| Australia | 19 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 17 | |||||||||
Tournament placings edit
Source: [1]