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 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)
2015
2017

Format

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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

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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

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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
  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

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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

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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

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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

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13th place

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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

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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

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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
 
 
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

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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

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  1. ^ http://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/news/194340, Uganda set for Dubai after African win
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World Sevens Series XVIII
Preceded by 2016 South Africa Sevens Succeeded by
South Africa Sevens
Preceded by 2016 South Africa Sevens Succeeded by