2016 South Africa Sevens

The 2016 South Africa Sevens was the second tournament within the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series and the eighteenth edition of the South Africa Sevens. It was held over the weekend of 10–11 December 2016 at Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa.

2016 South Africa Sevens
Sevens World Series XVIII
Host nation	South Africa
Date	10–11 December 2016
Cup
Champion	England
Runner-up	South Africa
Third	New Zealand
Challenge
Winner	France
Tournament details
Matches played	24
Tries scored	151 (average 6.29 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/5th place brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went to the Challenge trophy/13th place brackets.

Teams

Fifteen core teams participated in the tournament along with one invited team, which was the winner of the 2016 Africa Cup Sevens, Uganda:

• Argentina
• Australia
• Canada
• England
• Fiji
• France
• Japan
• Kenya
• New Zealand
• Samoa
• Scotland
• South Africa
• Russia
• Uganda
• United States
• Wales

Pool Stage

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

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Africa	3	3	0	0	98	17	+81	9
United States	3	2	0	1	55	45	+10	7
Australia	3	1	0	2	43	48	–5	5
Russia	3	0	0	3	17	103	–86	3

10 December 2016 12:27

Australia	0 – 19	United States

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10 December 2016 12:49

South Africa	41 – 0	Russia

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10 December 2016 15:48

Australia	36 – 0	Russia

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10 December 2016 16:10

South Africa	28 – 10	United States

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10 December 2016 19:34

United States	26 – 17	Russia

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10 December 2016 19:56

South Africa	29 – 7	Australia

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Fiji	3	3	0	0	89	48	+41	9
Kenya	3	2	0	1	79	47	+32	7
France	3	1	0	2	83	68	+15	5
Japan	3	0	0	3	19	107	–88	3

10 December 2016 11:43

France	14 – 33	Kenya

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10 December 2016 12:05

Fiji	33 – 7	Japan

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10 December 2016 15:04

France	50 – 7	Japan

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10 December 2016 15:26

Fiji	28 – 22	Kenya

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10 December 2016 18:50

Kenya	24 – 5	Japan

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10 December 2016 19:12

Fiji	28 – 19	France

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
New Zealand	3	2	1	0	78	38	+40	8
England	3	2	0	1	59	57	+2	7
Argentina	3	1	0	2	69	59	+10	5
Canada	3	0	1	2	43	95	–52	4

10 December 2016 10:59

New Zealand	26 – 12	Argentina

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10 December 2016 11:21

England	33 – 10	Canada

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10 December 2016 14:20

New Zealand	19 – 19	Canada

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10 December 2016 14:42

England	19 – 14	Argentina

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10 December 2016 17:41

Argentina	43 – 14	Canada

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10 December 2016 18:03

England	7 – 33	New Zealand

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Pool D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Scotland	3	3	0	0	83	47	+36	9
Wales	3	2	0	1	67	31	+36	6
Samoa	3	1	0	2	48	43	+5	5
Uganda	3	0	0	3	19	96	–77	3

10 December 2016 10:15

Scotland	21 – 19	Samoa

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10 December 2016 10:37

Wales	29 – 7	Uganda

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10 December 2016 13:36

Scotland	38 – 7	Uganda

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10 December 2016 13:58

Wales	17 – 0	Samoa

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10 December 2016 16:57

Samoa	29 – 5	Uganda

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10 December 2016 17:19

Wales	21 – 24	Scotland

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Knockout stage

13th place

	Semi-finals				5th Place Final
	11 December 2016 - 10:36 – Cape Town Stadium
	Australia	42
					11 December 2016 - 11:20 – Cape Town Stadium
	Uganda	12
					Samoa	14
	11 December 2016 - 10:58 – Cape Town Stadium
					Russia	17
	Argentina	33
	Japan	12

Challenge trophy

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Challenge Trophy Final
	11 December 2016 - 10:36 – Cape Town Stadium
	Australia	42
					11 December 2016 - 14:41 – Cape Town Stadium
	Uganda	12
					Australia	17
	11 December 2016 - 10:58 – Cape Town Stadium
					Argentina	21
	Argentina	33
									11 December 2016 - 18:05 – Cape Town Stadium
	Japan	12
									Argentina	7
	11 December 2016 - 11:20 – Cape Town Stadium
									France	19
	Samoa	14
					11 December 2016 - 15:03 – Cape Town Stadium
	Russia	17
					Russia	12
	11 December 2015 - 11:42 – Cape Town Stadium
					France	17
	France	42
	Canada	14

5th place

	Semi-finals				5th Place Final
	11 December 2016 - 15:50 – Cape Town Stadium
	Wales	14
					11 December 2016 - 18:36 – Cape Town Stadium
	Kenya	19
					Kenya	21
	11 December 2016 - 16:12 – Cape Town Stadium
					Fiji	33
	United States	12
	Fiji	28

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Cup Final
	11 December 2016 - 12:04 – Cape Town Stadium
	South Africa	33
					11 December 2016 - 16:34 – Cape Town Stadium
	Wales	0
					South Africa	14
	11 December 2016 - 12:26 – Cape Town Stadium
					New Zealand	7
	New Zealand	28
									11 December 2016 - 19:44 – Cape Town Stadium
	Kenya	7
									South Africa	17
	11 December 2016 - 12:48 – Cape Town Stadium
									England	19
	Scotland	24
					11 December 2016 - 16:56 – Cape Town Stadium
	United States	19
					Scotland	14
	11 December 2016 - 13:10 – Cape Town Stadium
					England	33			Bronze Medal Match
	Fiji	26
									11 December 2016 – 19:18 - Cape Town Stadium
	England	31
									New Zealand	24
									Scotland	19

Tournament placings

Place	Team	Points
	England	22
	South Africa	19
	New Zealand	17
4	Scotland	15
5	Fiji	13
6	Kenya	12
7	Wales	10
	United States	10

Place	Team	Points
9	France	8
10	Argentina	7
11	Australia	5
	Russia	5
13	Canada	3
14	Uganda	2
15	Samoa	1
	Japan	1

Source: World Rugby (archived)

External links

• World Rugby Sevens Series website