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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 nation	South Africa
Date	12–13 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 played	45
Tries scored	273 (average 6.07 per match)
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Format

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

The 16 participating teams for the tournament:^[1]

Pool Stage

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

Pool A

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

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

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

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

Shield

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

	13 December 2015 - 10:36 – Cape Town Stadium

	Scotland	26
					13 December 2015 - 13:57 – Cape Town Stadium
	Samoa	14
					Samoa	33
	13 December 2015 - 10:58 – Cape Town Stadium
					Zimbabwe	0
	Wales	21
									13 December 2015 - 17:43 – Cape Town Stadium
	Zimbabwe	12
									Samoa	40
	13 December 2015 - 11:20 – Cape Town Stadium
									Russia	5
	Canada	55
					13 December 2015 - 14:19 – Cape Town Stadium
	Russia	0
					Russia	38
	13 December 2015 - 11:42 – Cape Town Stadium
					Portugal	5
	England	49

	Portugal	7

Bowl

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

	13 December 2015 - 10:36 – Cape Town Stadium

	Scotland	26
					13 December 2015 - 14:41 – Cape Town Stadium
	Samoa	14
					Scotland	29
	13 December 2015 - 10:58 – Cape Town Stadium
					Wales	14
	Wales	21
									13 December 2015 - 18:08 – Cape Town Stadium
	Zimbabwe	12
									Scotland	19
	13 December 2015 - 11:20 – Cape Town Stadium
									England	0
	Canada	55
					13 December 2015 - 15:03 – Cape Town Stadium
	Russia	0
					Canada	14
	13 December 2015 - 11:42 – Cape Town Stadium
					England	21
	England	49

	Portugal	7

Plate

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

	13 December 2015 - 12:04 – Cape Town Stadium

	Fiji	14
					13 December 2015 - 15:50 – Cape Town Stadium
	France	17
					Fiji	38
	13 December 2015 - 12:26 – Cape Town Stadium
					Australia	19
	Australia	5
									13 December 2015 - 18:33 – Cape Town Stadium
	South Africa	25
									Fiji	29
	13 December 2015 - 12:48 – Cape Town Stadium
									United States	19
	New Zealand	19
					13 December 2015 - 16:12 – Cape Town Stadium
	Argentina	22
					New Zealand	14
	13 December 2015 - 13:10 – Cape Town Stadium
					United States	28
	Kenya	26

	United States	10

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

	13 December 2015 - 12:04 – Cape Town Stadium

	Fiji	14
					13 December 2015 - 16:34 – Cape Town Stadium
	France	17
					France	12
	13 December 2015 - 12:26 – Cape Town Stadium
					South Africa	21
	Australia	5
									13 December 2015 - 19:30 – Cape Town Stadium
	South Africa	25
									South Africa	29
	13 December 2015 - 12:48 – Cape Town Stadium
									Argentina	14
	New Zealand	19
					13 December 2015 - 16:56 – Cape Town Stadium
	Argentina	22
					Argentina	24
	13 December 2015 - 13:10 – Cape Town Stadium
					Kenya	22			Third place
	Kenya	26
									13 December 2015 – 18:58 - Cape Town Stadium
	United States	10
									France	28

									Kenya	26

References

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

External links

World Rugby Sevens Series website

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