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 nation 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 6.292 per match)
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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 33009817+819
 United States 32015545+107
 Australia 31024348–55
 Russia 300317103–863
10 December 2016
12:27
Australia  0 – 19  United States
10 December 2016
12:49
South Africa  41 – 0  Russia
10 December 2016
15:48
Australia  36 – 0  Russia
10 December 2016
16:10
South Africa  28 – 10  United States
10 December 2016
19:34
United States  26 – 17  Russia
10 December 2016
19:56
South Africa  29 – 7  Australia

Pool B
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Fiji 33008948+419
 Kenya 32017947+327
 France 31028368+155
 Japan 300319107–883
10 December 2016
11:43
France  14 – 33  Kenya
10 December 2016
12:05
Fiji  33 – 7  Japan
10 December 2016
15:04
France  50 – 7  Japan
10 December 2016
15:26
Fiji  28 – 22  Kenya
10 December 2016
18:50
Kenya  24 – 5  Japan
10 December 2016
19:12
Fiji  28 – 19  France

Pool C
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 32107838+408
 England 32015957+27
 Argentina 31026959+105
 Canada 30124395–524
10 December 2016
10:59
New Zealand  26 – 12  Argentina
10 December 2016
11:21
England  33 – 10  Canada
10 December 2016
14:20
New Zealand  19 – 19  Canada
10 December 2016
14:42
England  19 – 14  Argentina
10 December 2016
17:41
Argentina  43 – 14  Canada
10 December 2016
18:03
England  7 – 33  New Zealand

Pool D
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Scotland 33008347+369
 Wales 32016731+366
 Samoa 31024843+55
 Uganda 30031996–773
10 December 2016
10:15
Scotland  21 – 19  Samoa
10 December 2016
10:37
Wales  29 – 7  Uganda
10 December 2016
13:36
Scotland  38 – 7  Uganda
10 December 2016
13:58
Wales  17 – 0  Samoa
10 December 2016
16:57
Samoa  29 – 5  Uganda
10 December 2016
17:19
Wales  21 – 24  Scotland

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
 England22
 South Africa19
 New Zealand17
4  Scotland15
5  Fiji13
6  Kenya12
7  Wales10
 United States10
Place  Team Points
9  France8
10  Argentina7
11  Australia5
 Russia5
13  Canada3
14  Uganda2
15  Samoa1
 Japan1

Source: World Rugby (archived)

References
  1. http://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/news/194340, Uganda set for Dubai after African win
World Sevens Series XVIII
Preceded by
2016 Dubai Sevens		 2016 South Africa Sevens Succeeded by
2017 Wellington Sevens
South Africa Sevens
Preceded by
2015 South Africa Sevens		 2016 South Africa Sevens Succeeded by
2017 South Africa Sevens
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