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2017 Hong Kong Sevens
Sevens World Series XVIII
Host nation	Hong Kong
Date	7–9 April 2017
Cup
Champion	Fiji
Runner-up	South Africa
Third	Australia
Challenge
Winner	Scotland
Tournament details
Matches played	45+25
Most tries	Perry Baker (9)
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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.

Format

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

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

Main draw

•  Argentina
•  Australia
•  Canada
•  England
•  Fiji
•  France
•  Japan
•  Kenya
•  New Zealand
•  Russia
•  Samoa
•  Scotland
•  South Africa
•  United States
•  Wales
•  South Korea

World Series Qualifier

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	4 June-17 July 2016	Moscow, Exeter, Gdynia	2	Spain  Germany
2016 Asia Rugby Sevens Series	3 September- 16 October 2016	Hong Kong, Incheon, Colombo	2	Hong Kong  Sri Lanka
2016 Africa Cup Sevens	24–25 September 2016	Nairobi	2	Namibia  Uganda
2016 Oceania Sevens Championship	11–12 November 2016	Suva	2	Papua New Guinea  Tonga
2016 RAN Sevens	12–13 November 2016	Port of Spain	2	Guyana  Jamaica
2017 Sudamérica Rugby Sevens	6–15 January 2017	Punta Del Este, Viña del Mar	2	Chile  Uruguay
Total			12

Main draw

Pool stage

Pool A

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

Australia	21–19	Samoa

England	52–0	South Korea

Australia	52–0	South Korea

England	12–10	Samoa

Samoa	22–12	South Korea

England	10–12	Australia

Pool B

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

Canada	17–14	Kenya

South Africa	17–10	France

Canada	28–14	France

South Africa	35–10	Kenya

Kenya	29–12	France

South Africa	26–7	Canada

Pool C

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

New Zealand	19–7	Wales

Fiji	36–0	Japan

New Zealand	40–14	Japan

Fiji	17–17	Wales

Wales	34–21	Japan

Fiji	17–14	New Zealand

Pool D

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

Argentina	22–14	Scotland

United States	14–7	Russia

Argentina	17–12	Russia

United States	19–14	Scotland

Scotland	5–14	Russia

United States	33–5	Argentina

Knockout stage

13th Place

	Semi-finals				13th Place Final
	9 April 2017 – 13:14 – Hong Kong Stadium
	Samoa	12
					9 April 2017 – 17:00 – Hong Kong Stadium
	Wales	26
					Wales	21
	9 April 2017 – 13:36 – Hong Kong Stadium
					Japan	28
	South Korea	7
	Japan	36

Challenge Trophy

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Challenge Trophy Final
	9 April 2017 – 09:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
	Samoa	21
					9 April 2017 – 13:58 – Hong Kong Stadium
	Scotland	26
					Scotland	21
	9 April 2017 – 09:52 – Hong Kong Stadium
					France	19
	Wales	21
									9 April 2017 – 17:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
	France	28
									Scotland	21
	9 April 2017 – 10:14 – Hong Kong Stadium
									Kenya	19
	Russia	43
					9 April 2017 – 14:22 – Hong Kong Stadium
	South Korea	0
					Russia	5
	9 April 2017 – 10:36 – Hong Kong Stadium
					Kenya	24
	Kenya	24
	Japan	17

5th Place

	Semi-finals				5th Place Final
	9 April 2017 – 14:47 – Hong Kong Stadium
	Argentina	20
					9 April 2017 – 18:00 – Hong Kong Stadium
	Canada	19
					Argentina	7
	9 April 2017 – 15:09 – Hong Kong Stadium
					New Zealand	10
	England	7
	New Zealand	21

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Cup Final
	9 April 2017 – 10:58 – Hong Kong Stadium
	Australia	21
					9 April 2017 – 15:31 – Hong Kong Stadium
	Argentina	12
					Australia	12
	9 April 2017 – 11:20 – Hong Kong Stadium
					Fiji	33
	Fiji	29
									9 April 2017 – 19:00 – Hong Kong Stadium
	Canada	12
									Fiji	22
	9 April 2017 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium
									South Africa	0
	United States	27
					9 April 2017 – 15:53 – Hong Kong Stadium
	England	7
					United States	24
	9 April 2017 – 12:06 – Hong Kong Stadium
					South Africa	29			Bronze Medal Match
	South Africa	21
									9 April 2017 – 18:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
	New Zealand	19
									Australia	26
									United States	19

Player scoring

Most tries:

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

Tournament placings

Place	Team	Points
	Fiji	22
	South Africa	19
	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

Pool stage

Pool E

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

Uganda	29–0	Tonga

Germany	31–12	Jamaica

Tonga	14–5	Jamaica

Germany	24–0	Uganda

Uganda	26–5	Jamaica

Germany	24–21	Tonga

Pool F

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

Chile	38–0	Sri Lanka

Hong Kong	22–7	Namibia

Chile	26–14	Namibia

Hong Kong	31–5	Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka	14–26	Namibia

Hong Kong	0–31	Chile

Pool G

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

Papua New Guinea	26–21	Uruguay

Spain	47–5	Guyana

Papua New Guinea	31–5	Guyana

Spain	36–0	Uruguay

Uruguay	50–14	Guyana

Spain	15–0	Papua New Guinea

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				World Series Qualifier Final
	8 April 2017 – 18:20 – Hong Kong Stadium
	Chile	21
					9 April 2017 – 12:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
	Uruguay	12
					Chile	7
	8 April 2017 – 18:44 – Hong Kong Stadium
					Germany	19
	Germany	14
									9 April 2017 – 16:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
	Hong Kong	7
									Germany	7
	8 April 2017 – 19:06 – Hong Kong Stadium
									Spain	12
	Uganda	10
					9 April 2017 – 12:52 – Hong Kong Stadium
	Papua New Guinea	14
					Papua New Guinea	12
	8 April 2017 – 19:28 – Hong Kong Stadium
					Spain	21
	Spain	33
	Namibia	0

See also

• 2016-17 World Rugby Sevens Series
• 2017 Hong Kong Women's Sevens

References

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.
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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

• Hong Kong Sevens
• 2017 in Hong Kong sport
• 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series
• 2017 in Asian rugby union