2017 London Sevens

2017 London Sevens
Sevens World Series XVIII
Host nationEngland England
Date20–21 May 2017
Cup
Champion Scotland
Runner-up England
Third Canada
Challenge
Winner Fiji
Tournament details
Matches played45
2016
2018

The 2017 London Sevens was the tenth and final event of the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series and the seventeenth edition of the London Sevens. The tournament was held over the weekend of 20–21 May 2017 at Twickenham in London.

This was the first tournament in the history of the series with all semifinalists from the Northern Hemisphere,[citation needed] as Scotland, England, Canada, and the United States took out the top four placings. Scotland won the tournament, beating England 12–7 in the final. The USA's Perry Baker was the leading try scorer, notching eight tries over the weekend.

Format

The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played all the others in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup quarter finals. The bottom two teams from each group advanced to the Challenge Trophy quarter finals.

Teams

The sixteen participating teams for the tournament were:

Pool stages

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 United States 3 2 0 1 83 40 +43 7
 South Africa 3 2 0 1 36 44 -8 7
 Kenya 3 1 0 2 38 76 -38 5
 Wales 3 1 0 2 55 52 +3 5
20 May 2017
10:58
United States 12–28 Wales
Twickenham Stadium, London

20 May 2017
11:20
South Africa 12–10 Kenya
Twickenham Stadium, London

20 May 2017
14:04
United States 47–0 Kenya
Twickenham Stadium, London

20 May 2017
14:26
South Africa 12–10 Wales
Twickenham Stadium, London

20 May 2017
17:10
Wales 17–28 Kenya
Twickenham Stadium, London

20 May 2017
17:32
South Africa 12–24 United States
Twickenham Stadium, London

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Argentina 3 2 0 1 80 52 +28 7
 Scotland 3 2 0 1 59 42 +16 7
 France 3 2 0 1 49 67 -17 7
 Russia 3 0 0 3 46 73 -27 3
20 May 2017
10:14
France 7–35 Argentina
Twickenham Stadium, London

20 May 2017
10:36
Scotland 21–7 Russia
Twickenham Stadium, London

20 May 2017
13:20
France 26–20 Russia
Twickenham Stadium, London

20 May 2017
13:42
Scotland 26–19 Argentina
Twickenham Stadium, London

20 May 2017
16:26
Argentina 26–19 Russia
Twickenham Stadium, London

20 May 2017
16:48
Scotland 12-16 France
Twickenham Stadium, London

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 3 3 0 0 79 42 +37 9
 Canada 3 2 0 1 64 52 +12 7
 Fiji 3 1 0 2 101 54 +47 5
 Japan 3 0 0 3 26 122 -96 3
20 May 2017
9:30
Fiji 19–22 Canada
Twickenham Stadium, London

20 May 2017
9:52
New Zealand 33–7 Japan
Twickenham Stadium, London

20 May 2017
12:36
Fiji 61–5 Japan
Twickenham Stadium, London

20 May 2017
12:58
New Zealand 19–14 Canada
Twickenham Stadium, London

20 May 2017
15:42
Canada 28–14 Japan
Twickenham Stadium, London

20 May 2017
16:04
New Zealand 27–21 Fiji
Twickenham Stadium, London

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 England 3 3 0 0 71 38 +33 9
 Australia 3 2 0 1 96 24 +72 7
 Samoa 3 1 0 2 64 65 -1 5
 Spain 3 0 0 3 14 118 -104 3
20 May 2017
11:42
Samoa 5–34 Australia
Twickenham Stadium, London

20 May 2017
12:04
England 28–7 Spain
Twickenham Stadium, London

20 May 2017
14:48
Samoa 40–7 Spain
Twickenham Stadium, London

20 May 2017
15:10
England 19–12 Australia
Twickenham Stadium, London

20 May 2017
17:54
Australia 50–0 Spain
Twickenham Stadium, London

20 May 2017
18:16
England 24–19 Samoa
Twickenham Stadium, London

Knockout stage

13th Place

 
Semi-finals13th Place Final
 
      
 
21 May 2017 – 12:36 – Twickenham Stadium
 
 
 Spain5
 
21 May 2017 – 16:07 – Twickenham Stadium
 
 Russia38
 
 Russia19
 
21 May 2017 – 12:58 – Twickenham Stadium
 
 Samoa24
 
 Samoa33
 
 
 Japan7
 

Challenge Trophy

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsChallenge Thophy Final
 
          
 
21 May 2017 – 9:30 – Twickenham Stadium
 
 
 Kenya33
 
21 May 2017 – 13:20 – Twickenham Stadium
 
 Spain7
 
 Kenya5
 
21 May 2017 – 9:52 – Twickenham Stadium
 
 Fiji45
 
 Fiji31
 
21 May 2017 – 16:32 – Twickenham Stadium
 
 Russia5
 
 Fiji26
 
21 May 2017 – 10:14 – Twickenham Stadium
 
 Wales 14
 
 Samoa21
 
21 May 2017 – 13:42 – Twickenham Stadium
 
 Wales29
 
 Wales26
 
21 May 2017 – 10:36 – Twickenham Stadium
 
 France17
 
 France22
 
 
 Japan5
 

5th place

 
Semi-finals5th Place Final
 
      
 
21 May 2017 – 14:04 – Twickenham Stadium
 
 
 Australia40
 
21 May 2017 – 17:07 – Twickenham Stadium
 
 New Zealand7
 
 Australia17
 
21 May 2017 – 14:26 – Twickenham Stadium
 
 South Africa28
 
 South Africa28
 
 
 Argentina7
 

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsCup Final
 
          
 
21 May 2017 – 10:58 – Twickenham Stadium
 
 
 United States31
 
21 May 2017 – 14:48 – Twickenham Stadium
 
 Australia14
 
 United States14
 
21 May 2017 – 11:20 – Twickenham Stadium
 
 Scotland21
 
 New Zealand21
 
21 May 2017 – 17:57 – Twickenham Stadium
 
 Scotland24
 
 Scotland12
 
21 May 2017 – 11:42 – Twickenham Stadium
 
 England7
 
 England17
 
21 May 2017 – 15:10 – Twickenham Stadium
 
 South Africa12
 
 England24
 
21 May 2017 – 12:04 – Twickenham Stadium
 
 Canada5 Bronze Medal Match
 
 Argentina7
 
21 May 2017 – 17:32 – Twickenham Stadium
 
 Canada28
 
 United States19
 
 
 Canada22
 

Tournament placings

Place  Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Scotland 22
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  England 19
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Canada 17
4  United States 15
5  South Africa 13
6  Australia 12
7  New Zealand 10
 Argentina 10
Place   Team Points
9  Fiji 8
10  Wales 7
11  France 5
 Kenya 5
13  Samoa 3
14  Russia 2
15  Spain 1
 Japan 1

Source: World Rugby (archived)

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