2017 Wellington Sevens

2017 Wellington Sevens
Sevens World Series XVIII
Host nationNew Zealand New Zealand
Date28–29 January 2017
Cup
Champion South Africa
Runner-up Fiji
Third Scotland
Challenge
Winner Kenya
Tournament details
Matches played45
2016

The 2017 Wellington Sevens was the eighteenth edition of the Wellington Sevens tournament, and the third tournament of the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 28–29 January 2017 at Westpac Stadium in Wellington, New Zealand.

Format

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Sixteen teams are drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team plays everyone in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup quarterfinals. The bottom two teams from each group go to the Challenge Trophy quarterfinals.

Teams

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The fifteen core teams were joined by Papua New Guinea, who qualified via the 2016 Oceania Sevens,[1] for this tournament.

Pool Stage

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

Pool A

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 England 3 3 0 0 97 19 +78 9
 Argentina 3 2 0 1 65 52 +13 7
 Kenya 3 1 0 2 71 53 +18 5
 Papua New Guinea 3 0 0 3 19 128 −109 3
28 January 2017
12:32
Kenya 12–17 Argentina
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

28 January 2017
12:55
England 40–0 Papua New Guinea
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

28 January 2017
15:56
Kenya 47–5 Papua New Guinea
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

28 January 2017
16:19
England 26–7 Argentina
Westpac Stadium, Wellington


28 January 2017
20:10
England 31–12 Kenya
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

Pool B

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 South Africa 3 3 0 0 92 12 +80 9
 Fiji 3 2 0 1 94 43 +51 7
 Australia 3 1 0 2 45 66 −21 5
 Japan 3 0 0 3 12 122 −110 3
28 January 2017
11:46
Fiji 26–12 Australia
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

28 January 2017
12:09
South Africa 33–0 Japan
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

28 January 2017
15:10
Fiji 56–0 Japan
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

28 January 2017
15:33
South Africa 28–0 Australia
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

28 January 2017
18:52
Australia 33–12 Japan
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

28 January 2017
19:18
South Africa 31–12 Fiji
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

Pool C

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 3 3 0 0 78 33 +45 9
 France 3 1 1 1 63 47 +16 6
 United States 3 1 1 1 57 57 0 6
 Samoa 3 0 0 3 24 85 −61 3
28 January 2017
13:18
United States 21–21 France
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

28 January 2017
13:41
New Zealand 33–7 Samoa
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

28 January 2017
16:42
United States 24–12 Samoa
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

28 January 2017
17:05
New Zealand 21–14 France
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

28 January 2017
20:36
France 28–5 Samoa
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

28 January 2017
21:02
New Zealand 24–12 United States
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

Pool D

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Canada 3 3 0 0 85 24 +61 9
 Scotland 3 2 0 1 62 40 +22 7
 Wales 3 1 0 2 45 59 −14 5
 Russia 3 0 0 3 5 74 −69 3
28 January 2017
11:00
Wales 33–0 Russia
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

28 January 2017
11:23
Scotland 19–28 Canada
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

28 January 2017
14:24
Wales 5–28 Canada
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

28 January 2017
14:47
Scotland 12–5 Russia
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

28 January 2017
18:00
Russia 0–29 Canada
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

28 January 2017
18:26
Scotland 31–7 Wales
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

Knockout stage

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13th place

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Semi-finals13th Place Final
 
      
 
29 January 2017 – 14:16 – Westpac Stadium
 
 
 Russia15
 
29 January 2017 – 18:30 – Westpac Stadium
 
 Japan5
 
 Russia12
 
29 January 2017 – 14:38 – Westpac Stadium
 
 Samoa19
 
 Papua New Guinea7
 
 
 Samoa35
 

Challenge Trophy

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsChallenge Trophy Final
 
          
 
29 January 2017 – 11:00 – Westpac Stadium
 
 
 Kenya24
 
29 January 2017 – 15:00 – Westpac Stadium
 
 Russia5
 
 Kenya19
 
29 January 2017 – 11:22 – Westpac Stadium
 
 United States12
 
 United States19
 
29 January 2017 – 19:00 – Westpac Stadium
 
 Japan14
 
 Kenya19
 
29 January 2017 – 11:44 – Westpac Stadium
 
 Australia17
 
 Wales29
 
29 January 2017 – 15:22 – Westpac Stadium
 
 Papua New Guinea7
 
 Wales10
 
29 January 2017 – 12:06 – Westpac Stadium
 
 Australia24
 
 Australia17
 
 
 Samoa14
 

5th Place

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Semi-finals5th Place Final
 
      
 
29 January 2017 – 16:32 – Westpac Stadium
 
 
 England0
 
29 January 2017 – 19:30 – Westpac Stadium
 
 New Zealand24
 
 New Zealand12
 
29 January 2017 – 16:54 – Westpac Stadium
 
 Argentina17
 
 Argentina19
 
 
 France14
 

Cup

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsCup Final
 
          
 
29 January 2017 – 12:38 – Westpac Stadium
 
 
 England12
 
29 January 2017 – 17:16 – Westpac Stadium
 
 Scotland14
 
 Scotland12
 
29 January 2017 – 13:00 – Westpac Stadium
 
 Fiji19
 
 New Zealand10
 
29 January 2017 – 20:30 – Westpac Stadium
 
 Fiji26
 
 Fiji5
 
29 January 2017 – 13:22 – Westpac Stadium
 
 South Africa26
 
 Canada17
 
29 January 2017 – 17:38 – Westpac Stadium
 
 Argentina12
 
 Canada5
 
29 January 2017 – 13:44 – Westpac Stadium
 
 South Africa21 Bronze Medal Match
 
 South Africa45
 
29 January 2017 – 20:00 – Westpac Stadium
 
 France0
 
 Scotland28
 
 
 Canada22
 

Tournament placings

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

Source: World Rugby (archived)

References

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  1. ^ Olympic champions take Oceania Rugby honours. World Rugby. 12 November 2017.
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World Sevens Series XVIII
Preceded by 2017 Wellington Sevens Succeeded by
New Zealand Sevens
Preceded by 2017 Wellington Sevens Succeeded by