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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
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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

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

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

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
 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
19:44
Argentina 41–14 Papua New Guinea
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
28 January 2017
20:10
England 31–12 Kenya
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

Pool B

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

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

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

13th place

 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

 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

 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

 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

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

  1. Olympic champions take Oceania Rugby honours. World Rugby. 12 November 2017.

External links

World Sevens Series XVIII
Preceded by2016 South Africa Sevens 2017 Wellington Sevens Succeeded by2017 Sydney Sevens
New Zealand Sevens
Preceded by2016 Wellington Sevens 2017 Wellington Sevens Succeeded by2018 New Zealand Sevens
2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series
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