2017 Hong Kong Sevens

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2017 Hong Kong Sevens
Sevens World Series XVIII
Host nationHong Kong Hong Kong
Date7–9 April 2017
Cup
Champion Fiji
Runner-up South Africa
Third Australia
Challenge
Winner Scotland
Tournament details
Matches played45+25
Most triesUnited States Perry Baker (9)
← 2016
2018 →

The 2017 Hong Kong Sevens was the 42nd edition of the Hong Kong Sevens tournament, and the seventh tournament of the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 7–9 April 2017 at Hong Kong Stadium in Hong Kong.

England's Dan Norton scored his 245th career try during the tournament, breaking Kenya's Collins Injera's record of 244 career tries in the World Rugby Sevens Series.[1]

Format[edit]

As in the last tournament, there will be a main draw with the fifteen World Series core teams and one invited team, and a qualifying tournament featuring twelve teams, the winner of which will be given core status in the next series.

The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team plays all the others in their pool once. 3, 2 or 1 points for a win, draw or loss. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup brackets. The bottom two teams go into the Challenge trophy brackets.

Teams[edit]

The main tournament will consist of the fifteen core teams and one invited team

Main draw[edit]

World Series Qualifier[edit]

Teams will qualify for the World Series Qualifier tournament based on continental championships. The top two teams from each continent that are not already core teams will qualify.

Continental Sevens Championship Dates Venue(s) Berths Qualified
2016 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series[2][3] 4 June-17 July 2016 Russia Moscow,
England Exeter,
Poland Gdynia		 2  Spain
 Germany
2016 Asia Rugby Sevens Series[4] 3 September-
16 October 2016		 Hong Kong Hong Kong,
South Korea Incheon,
Sri Lanka Colombo		 2  Hong Kong
 Sri Lanka
2016 Africa Cup Sevens[5] 24–25 September 2016 Kenya Nairobi 2  Namibia
 Uganda
2016 Oceania Sevens Championship[6] 11–12 November 2016 Fiji Suva 2  Papua New Guinea
 Tonga
2016 RAN Sevens[7] 12–13 November 2016 Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain 2  Guyana
 Jamaica
2017 Sudamérica Rugby Sevens[8] 6–15 January 2017 Uruguay Punta Del Este,
Chile Viña del Mar		 2  Chile
 Uruguay
Total 12

Main draw[edit]

Pool stage[edit]

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

Pool A[edit]

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Australia 3 3 0 0 85 29 +56 9
 England 3 2 0 1 74 22 +52 7
 Samoa 3 1 0 2 51 45 +6 5
 South Korea 3 0 0 3 12 126 −114 3
7 April 2017
18:00
Australia 21–19 Samoa
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
7 April 2017
18:22
England 52–0 South Korea
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
8 April 2017
11:18
Australia 52–0 South Korea
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
8 April 2017
11:40
England 12–10 Samoa
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
8 April 2017
15:18
Samoa 22–12 South Korea
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
8 April 2017
15:40
England 10–12 Australia
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Pool B[edit]

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 South Africa 3 3 0 0 78 27 +51 9
 Canada 3 2 0 1 52 54 −2 7
 Kenya 3 1 0 2 53 64 −11 5
 France 3 0 0 3 36 74 −38 3
7 April 2017
20:18
Canada 17–14 Kenya
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
7 April 2017
20:40
South Africa 17–10 France
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
8 April 2017
13:34
Canada 28–14 France
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
8 April 2017
13:56
South Africa 35–10 Kenya
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
8 April 2017
17:34
Kenya 29–12 France
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
8 April 2017
17:56
South Africa 26–7 Canada
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Pool C[edit]

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Fiji 3 2 1 0 70 31 +39 8
 New Zealand 3 2 0 1 73 38 +35 7
 Wales 3 1 1 1 58 57 +1 6
 Japan 3 0 0 3 35 110 −75 3
7 April 2017
19:32
New Zealand 19–7 Wales
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
7 April 2017
19:54
Fiji 36–0 Japan
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
8 April 2017
12:50
New Zealand 40–14 Japan
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
8 April 2017
13:12
Fiji 17–17 Wales
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
8 April 2017
16:48
Wales 34–21 Japan
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
8 April 2017
17:12
Fiji 17–14 New Zealand
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Pool D[edit]

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 United States 3 3 0 0 66 26 +40 9
 Argentina 3 2 0 1 44 59 −15 7
 Russia 3 1 0 2 33 36 −3 5
 Scotland 3 0 0 3 33 55 −22 3
7 April 2017
18:44
Argentina 22–14 Scotland
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
7 April 2017
19:08
United States 14–7 Russia
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
8 April 2017
12:02
Argentina 17–12 Russia
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
8 April 2017
12:26
United States 19–14 Scotland
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
8 April 2017
16:02
Scotland 5–14 Russia
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
8 April 2017
16:24
United States 33–5 Argentina
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Knockout stage[edit]

13th Place[edit]

 
Semi-finals13th Place Final
 
      
 
9 April 2017 – 13:14 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
 Samoa12
 
9 April 2017 – 17:00 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Wales26
 
 Wales21
 
9 April 2017 – 13:36 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Japan28
 
 South Korea7
 
 
 Japan36
 

Challenge Trophy[edit]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsChallenge Trophy Final
 
          
 
9 April 2017 – 09:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
 Samoa21
 
9 April 2017 – 13:58 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Scotland26
 
 Scotland21
 

9 April 2017 – 09:52 – Hong Kong Stadium

 
 France19
 
 Wales21
 
9 April 2017 – 17:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 France28
 
 Scotland21
 
9 April 2017 – 10:14 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Kenya19
 
 Russia43
 
9 April 2017 – 14:22 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 South Korea0
 
 Russia5
 
9 April 2017 – 10:36 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Kenya24
 
 Kenya24
 
 
 Japan17
 

5th Place[edit]

 
Semi-finals5th Place Final
 
      
 
9 April 2017 – 14:47 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
 Argentina20
 
9 April 2017 – 18:00 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Canada19
 
 Argentina7
 
9 April 2017 – 15:09 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 New Zealand10
 
 England7
 
 
 New Zealand21
 

Cup[edit]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsCup Final
 
          
 
9 April 2017 – 10:58 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
 Australia21
 
9 April 2017 – 15:31 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Argentina12
 
 Australia12
 
9 April 2017 – 11:20 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Fiji33
 
 Fiji29
 
9 April 2017 – 19:00 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Canada12
 
 Fiji22
 
9 April 2017 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 South Africa0
 
 United States27
 
9 April 2017 – 15:53 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 England7
 
 United States24
 
9 April 2017 – 12:06 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 South Africa29 Bronze Medal Match
 
 South Africa21
 
9 April 2017 – 18:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 New Zealand19
 
 Australia26
 
 
 United States19
 

Player scoring[edit]

Most tries:

  1. Perry Baker (9)
  2. Joe Ravouvou (6)
  3. (Several players tied) (5)

Tournament placings[edit]

Place  Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Fiji 22
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  South Africa 19
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Australia 17
4  United States 15
5  New Zealand 13
6  Argentina 12
7  England 10
 Canada 10
Place  Team Points
9  Scotland 8
10  Kenya 7
11  France 5
 Russia 5
13  Japan 3
14  Wales 2
15  Samoa 1
 South Korea 1

Source: World Rugby (archived)

World Series Qualifier[edit]

Pool stage[edit]

Pool E[edit]

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Germany 3 3 0 0 79 33 +46 9
 Uganda 3 2 0 1 55 29 +26 7
 Tonga 3 1 0 2 35 58 −23 5
 Jamaica 3 0 0 3 22 71 −49 3
7 April 2017
12:44
Uganda 29–0 Tonga
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
7 April 2017
13:06
Germany 31–12 Jamaica
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
7 April 2017
15:40
Tonga 14–5 Jamaica
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
7 April 2017
16:04
Germany 24–0 Uganda
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
8 April 2017
09:44
Uganda 26–5 Jamaica
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
8 April 2017
10:06
Germany 24–21 Tonga
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Pool F[edit]

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Chile 3 3 0 0 95 14 +81 9
 Hong Kong 3 2 0 1 53 43 +10 7
 Namibia 3 1 0 2 47 62 −15 5
 Sri Lanka 3 0 0 3 19 95 −76 3
7 April 2017
13:28
Chile 38–0 Sri Lanka
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
7 April 2017
13:50
Hong Kong 22–7 Namibia
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
7 April 2017
16:28
Chile 26–14 Namibia
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
7 April 2017
16:50
Hong Kong 31–5 Sri Lanka
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
8 April 2017
10:28
Sri Lanka 14–26 Namibia
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
8 April 2017
10:50
Hong Kong 0–31 Chile
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Pool G[edit]

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Spain 3 3 0 0 98 5 +93 9
 Papua New Guinea 3 2 0 1 57 41 +16 7
 Uruguay 3 1 0 2 71 76 −5 5
 Guyana 3 0 0 3 24 128 −104 3
7 April 2017
12:00
Papua New Guinea 26–21 Uruguay
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
7 April 2017
12:22
Spain 47–5 Guyana
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
7 April 2017
14:56
Papua New Guinea 31–5 Guyana
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
7 April 2017
15:34
Spain 36–0 Uruguay
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
8 April 2017
09:00
Uruguay 50–14 Guyana
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
8 April 2017
09:22
Spain 15–0 Papua New Guinea
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Knockout stage[edit]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsWorld Series Qualifier Final
 
          
 
8 April 2017 – 18:20 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
 Chile21
 
9 April 2017 – 12:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Uruguay12
 
 Chile7
 
8 April 2017 – 18:44 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Germany19
 
 Germany14
 
9 April 2017 – 16:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Hong Kong7
 
 Germany7
 
8 April 2017 – 19:06 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Spain12
 
 Uganda10
 
9 April 2017 – 12:52 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Papua New Guinea14
 
 Papua New Guinea12
 
8 April 2017 – 19:28 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Spain21
 
 Spain33
 
 
 Namibia0
 

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hong Kong Sevens: England's Dan Norton breaks all-time try-scoring record
  2. ^ "Rugby Europe official website". www.rugbyeurope.eu. Archived from the original on 24 January 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  3. ^ "GB Sevens fixtures unveiled | Scottish Rugby Union". Scottishrugby.org. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Asia Rugby Calendar 2016 | Asia Rugby". Archived from the original on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Rugby Africa 2016 Fixtures" (PDF). Rugbyafrique.com. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Oceania: 2016 Oceania Rugby Sevens Championships". Oceaniarugby.com. 12 November 2016. Archived from the original on 10 November 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Calendar – Rugby Americas North". www.rugbyamericasnorth.com. Archived from the original on 11 July 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  8. ^ Frankie Deges. "Argentina, primer campeón del #SudaméricaRugby7s | Sudamérica Rugby". Sudamericarugby.org. Archived from the original on 8 January 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.

External links[edit]

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