2017 Wellington Sevens
Sevens World Series XVIII
Host nation	New Zealand
Date	28–29 January 2017
Cup
Champion	South Africa
Runner-up	Fiji
Third	Scotland
Challenge
Winner	Kenya
Tournament details
Matches played	45
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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.

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.

The fifteen core teams were joined by Papua New Guinea, who qualified via the 2016 Oceania Sevens,^[1] for this tournament.

Key to colours in group tables
	Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal

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

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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

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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

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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

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	Semi-finals				13th Place Final
	29 January 2017 – 14:16 – Westpac Stadium
	Russia	15
					29 January 2017 – 18:30 – Westpac Stadium
	Japan	5
					Russia	12
	29 January 2017 – 14:38 – Westpac Stadium
					Samoa	19
	Papua New Guinea	7
	Samoa	35

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Challenge Trophy Final
	29 January 2017 – 11:00 – Westpac Stadium
	Kenya	24
					29 January 2017 – 15:00 – Westpac Stadium
	Russia	5
					Kenya	19
	29 January 2017 – 11:22 – Westpac Stadium
					United States	12
	United States	19
									29 January 2017 – 19:00 – Westpac Stadium
	Japan	14
									Kenya	19
	29 January 2017 – 11:44 – Westpac Stadium
									Australia	17
	Wales	29
					29 January 2017 – 15:22 – Westpac Stadium
	Papua New Guinea	7
					Wales	10
	29 January 2017 – 12:06 – Westpac Stadium
					Australia	24
	Australia	17
	Samoa	14

	Semi-finals				5th Place Final
	29 January 2017 – 16:32 – Westpac Stadium
	England	0
					29 January 2017 – 19:30 – Westpac Stadium
	New Zealand	24
					New Zealand	12
	29 January 2017 – 16:54 – Westpac Stadium
					Argentina	17
	Argentina	19
	France	14

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Cup Final
	29 January 2017 – 12:38 – Westpac Stadium
	England	12
					29 January 2017 – 17:16 – Westpac Stadium
	Scotland	14
					Scotland	12
	29 January 2017 – 13:00 – Westpac Stadium
					Fiji	19
	New Zealand	10
									29 January 2017 – 20:30 – Westpac Stadium
	Fiji	26
									Fiji	5
	29 January 2017 – 13:22 – Westpac Stadium
									South Africa	26
	Canada	17
					29 January 2017 – 17:38 – Westpac Stadium
	Argentina	12
					Canada	5
	29 January 2017 – 13:44 – Westpac Stadium
					South Africa	21			Bronze Medal Match
	South Africa	45
									29 January 2017 – 20:00 – Westpac Stadium
	France	0
									Scotland	28
									Canada	22

Source: World Rugby (archived)

• World Rugby Sevens Series website

World Sevens Series XVIII
Preceded by 2016 South Africa Sevens	2017 Wellington Sevens	Succeeded by 2017 Sydney Sevens
New Zealand Sevens
Preceded by 2016 Wellington Sevens	2017 Wellington Sevens	Succeeded by 2018 New Zealand Sevens