2016 South Africa Sevens
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| 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) |
← 2015 2017 → | |
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.
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/5th place brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went to the Challenge trophy/13th place brackets.
Teams[edit]
Fifteen core teams participated in the tournament along with one invited team, which was the winner of the 2016 Africa Cup Sevens, Uganda:[1]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Pool B[edit]
| 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 |
Pool C[edit]
| 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 |
Pool D[edit]
| 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 |
Knockout stage[edit]
13th place[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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)
References[edit]
- ^ http://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/news/194340, Uganda set for Dubai after African win