2017 Sudamérica Rugby Sevens

The 2017 Sudamérica Rugby Sevens was the eleventh edition of the Sudamérica Rugby Sevens, the continental championship for rugby sevens in South America. One team qualified for the tournament through the SAR North Sevens.[1]

2017 Sudamérica Rugby Sevens
Hosts Colombia
 Uruguay
 Chile
Date6–15 January 2017
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Chile and Uruguay — as the top two finishing teams that are not already core teams on the Sevens World Series — qualified to the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens for a chance to earn core team status. Chile — as the top finishing non core team — qualified for the 2017 USA Sevens.

Qualifying edit

Lower-ranked teams qualified through the Sudamérica Rugby North Sevens tournament, held in Guarne-Antioquia, Colombia from 8–9 July 2016[2]

Group stage edit

Group A

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
  Colombia 2 2 0 0 103 0 +103 6
  Guatemala 2 1 0 1 26 50 -24 4
  Costa Rica 2 0 0 2 7 86 -79 2

Colombia  60-0  Costa Rica

Colombia  43-0  Guatemala

Group B

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
  Ecuador 2 2 0 0 80 12 +68 6
  Paraguay 2 1 0 1 68 17 +51 4
  El Salvador 2 0 0 2 0 119 -119 2
Ecuador  17-12  Paraguay

Ecuador  63-0  El Salvador

Group C

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
  Peru 2 2 0 0 66 7 +59 6
  Venezuela 2 1 0 1 43 20 +23 4
  Panama 2 0 0 2 0 82 -82 2
Peru  46-0  Panama

Venezuela  36-0  Panama

Peru  20-7  Venezuela

Knockout round edit

Semi-Finals

Colombia  28-5  Paraguay

Peru  20-19  Ecuador

Seventh Place Playoff

Costa Rica  20-12  Panama

Fifth Place Playoff

Venezuela  48-5  Guatemala

Third Place Playoff

Paraguay  57-5  Ecuador

Final

Colombia  35-5  Peru

Final standings edit

Legend
Qualified for Main Tournament.
Rank Team
    Colombia
    Peru
    Paraguay
4   Ecuador
5   Venezuela
6   Guatemala
7   Costa Rica
8   Panama
9   El Salvador

Main Tournament edit

The main South America Sevens series will take place over two legs, one in Punta del Este, Uruguay, and one in Viña del Mar, Chile.

Unlike the other continental sevens championships, the South American Sevens invites countries from outside South America to participate. Fiji, United States, and Canada sent developmental teams.[3][4]

Punta del Este Sevens edit

The Punta del Este Sevens was held at Campus de Maldonado, 6–7 January 2017

Group A

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
  Fiji 3 3 0 0 107 7 +107 9
  Chile 3 2 0 1 54 46 +8 7
  Colombia 3 1 0 2 24 73 -55 5
  Canada Maple Leafs 3 0 0 3 29 88 -59 3
Chile  19-17  Canada Maple Leafs

Fiji  33-0  Colombia

Colombia  19-12  Canada Maple Leafs

Fiji  24-7  Chile

Chile  28-5  Colombia

Fiji  50-0  Canada Maple Leafs

Group B

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
  Argentina 3 3 0 0 93 14 +79 9
  United States Falcons 3 2 0 1 43 53 -10 7
  Uruguay 3 1 0 2 38 64 -26 5
  Brazil 3 0 0 3 24 67 -43 3
United States   Falcons26-5  Uruguay

Argentina  24-7  Brazil

United States   Falcons17-10  Brazil

Argentina  31-7  Uruguay

Uruguay  26-7  Brazil

Argentina  50-0  United States Falcons

Knockout Stage

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
17:30 Jan 7
 
 
  Chile 19
 
 
  Uruguay 12
 
  Chile 0
 
17:50 Jan 7
 
  Argentina 29
 
  Argentina 26
 
 
  Canada Maple Leafs 5
 
  Argentina 22
 
18:10 Jan 7
 
  Fiji 21
 
  United States Falcons 14
 
 
  Colombia 12
 
  United States Falcons 0
 
18:30 Jan 7
 
  Fiji 43 Third place
 
  Fiji 31
 
 
  Brazil 0
 
  Chile 19
 
 
  United States Falcons 7
 

Plate

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
  Uruguay 17
 
 
  Canada Maple Leafs 14
 
  Uruguay 24
 
 
  Colombia 5
 
  Colombia 19
 
 
  Brazil 5
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
  Canada Maple Leafs 14
 
 
  Brazil 12

Viña del Mar Sevens edit

Group A

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
  Argentina 3 3 0 0 79 12 67 9
  Uruguay 3 2 0 1 43 44 -1 7
  United States Falcons 3 1 0 2 24 45 -21 5
  Brazil 3 0 0 3 19 64 -45 3
14 January 2017
13:20
Argentina  28-7  Brazil

14 January 2017
13:40
United States   Falcons12-14  Uruguay

14 January 2017
16:00
Argentina  25-5  Uruguay

14 January 2017
16:20
United States   Falcons12-5  Brazil

14 January 2017
19:10
Argentina  26-0  United States Falcons

14 January 2017
19:30
Uruguay  24-7  Brazil

Group B

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
  Fiji 3 3 0 0 100 17 83 9
  Chile 3 2 0 1 67 45 22 7
  Canada Maple Leafs 3 1 0 2 50 72 -22 5
  Colombia 3 0 0 3 17 100 -83 3
14 January 2017
14:00
Fiji  33-0  Canada Maple Leafs

14 January 2017
14:20
Chile  28-0  Colombia

14 January 2017
16:40
Fiji  36-5  Colombia

14 January 2017
17:00
Chile  27-14  Canada Maple Leafs

14 January 2017
19:50
Colombia  12-36  Canada Maple Leafs

14 January 2017
20:!0
Fiji  31-12  Chile

Knockout Stage

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
11:00 Jan 15
 
 
  Argentina 19
 
14:20 Jan 15
 
  Colombia 7
 
  Argentina 19
 
11:20 Jan 15
 
  Chile 17
 
  United States Falcons 10
 
18:10 Jan 15
 
  Chile 26
 
  Argentina 12
 
11:40 Jan 15
 
  Fiji 19
 
  Uruguay 5
 
14:40 Jan 15
 
  Canada Maple Leafs 24
 
  Fiji 29
 
12:00 Jan 15
 
  Canada Maple Leafs 10 Third place
 
  Brazil 0
 
17:20 Jan 15
 
  Fiji 54
 
  Chile 28
 
 
  Canada Maple Leafs 14
 

Plate

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
13:40 Jan 15
 
 
  Colombia 26
 
17:00 Jan 15
 
  United States Falcons 14
 
  Colombia 5
 
14:00 Jan 15
 
  Uruguay 21
 
  Brazil 0
 
 
  Uruguay 26
 
Third place
 
 
16:40 Jan 15
 
 
  United States 14
 
 
  Brazil 7

Final standings edit

Legend
Winner
Qualified to 2017 Hong Kong Sevens
Rank Team Punta del Este Viña del Mar Points[5]
    Fiji 19 22 41
    Argentina 22 19 41
    Chile 17 17 34
4   Uruguay 12 12 24
5   Canada Maple Leafs 8 15 23
6   United States Falcons 15 8 23
7   Colombia 10 10 20
8   Brazil 7 7 14

References edit

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  2. ^ "Fecorugby.co" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-06.
  3. ^ "2017 Punta del Este 7's". 27 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Argentina y Fiji, los mejores en el arranque del #SudaméricaRugby7s | Sudamérica Rugby". Archived from the original on 2017-01-07. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.sudamericarugby.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 January 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)