2016 South Africa Sevens

2016 South Africa Sevens
Sevens World Series XVIII
Host nationSouth Africa South Africa
Date10–11 December 2016
Cup
Champion England
Runner-up South Africa
Third New Zealand
Challenge
Winner France
Tournament details
Matches played24
Tries scored151 (average 6.29 per match)
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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

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:[1]

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
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
10 December 2016
12:49
South Africa 41 – 0 Russia
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
10 December 2016
15:48
Australia 36 – 0 Russia
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
10 December 2016
16:10
South Africa 28 – 10 United States
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
10 December 2016
19:34
United States 26 – 17 Russia
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
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
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
10 December 2016
12:05
Fiji 33 – 7 Japan
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
10 December 2016
15:04
France 50 – 7 Japan
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
10 December 2016
15:26
Fiji 28 – 22 Kenya
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
10 December 2016
18:50
Kenya 24 – 5 Japan
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
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
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
10 December 2016
11:21
England 33 – 10 Canada
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
10 December 2016
14:20
New Zealand 19 – 19 Canada
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
10 December 2016
14:42
England 19 – 14 Argentina
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
10 December 2016
17:41
Argentina 43 – 14 Canada
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
10 December 2016
18:03
England 7 – 33 New Zealand
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

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
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
10 December 2016
10:37
Wales 29 – 7 Uganda
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
10 December 2016
13:36
Scotland 38 – 7 Uganda
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
10 December 2016
13:58
Wales 17 – 0 Samoa
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
10 December 2016
16:57
Samoa 29 – 5 Uganda
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
10 December 2016
17:19
Wales 21 – 24 Scotland
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

Knockout stage

13th place

 
Semi-finals5th Place Final
 
      
 
11 December 2016 - 10:36 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 
 Australia42
 
11 December 2016 - 11:20 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Uganda12
 
 Samoa14
 
11 December 2016 - 10:58 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Russia17
 
 Argentina33
 
 
 Japan12
 

Challenge trophy

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsChallenge Trophy Final
 
          
 
11 December 2016 - 10:36 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 
 Australia42
 
11 December 2016 - 14:41 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Uganda12
 
 Australia17
 
11 December 2016 - 10:58 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Argentina21
 
 Argentina33
 
11 December 2016 - 18:05 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Japan12
 
 Argentina7
 
11 December 2016 - 11:20 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 France19
 
 Samoa14
 
11 December 2016 - 15:03 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Russia17
 
 Russia12
 
11 December 2015 - 11:42 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 France17
 
 France42
 
 
 Canada14
 

5th place

 
Semi-finals5th Place Final
 
      
 
11 December 2016 - 15:50 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 
 Wales14
 
11 December 2016 - 18:36 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Kenya19
 
 Kenya21
 
11 December 2016 - 16:12 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Fiji33
 
 United States12
 
 
 Fiji28
 

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsCup Final
 
          
 
11 December 2016 - 12:04 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 
 South Africa33
 
11 December 2016 - 16:34 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Wales0
 
 South Africa14
 
11 December 2016 - 12:26 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 New Zealand7
 
 New Zealand28
 
11 December 2016 - 19:44 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Kenya7
 
 South Africa17
 
11 December 2016 - 12:48 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 England19
 
 Scotland24
 
11 December 2016 - 16:56 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 United States19
 
 Scotland14
 
11 December 2016 - 13:10 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 England33 Bronze Medal Match
 
 Fiji26
 
11 December 2016 – 19:18 - Cape Town Stadium
 
 England31
 
 New Zealand24
 
 
 Scotland19
 

Tournament placings

Place  Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  England 22
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  South Africa 19
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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

  1. ^ http://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/news/194340, Uganda set for Dubai after African win
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