2017 Singapore Sevens

2017 Singapore Sevens
Sevens World Series XVIII
Host nationSingapore Singapore
Date15–16 April 2017
Cup
Champion Canada
Runner-up United States
Third England
Challenge
Winner Wales
Tournament details
Matches played45
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The 2017 Singapore Sevens was the eighth tournament of the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 15–16 April 2017 at the Singapore National Stadium in Singapore. This was the sixth time that the Singapore Sevens had a spot on the World Rugby Sevens Series. In an exciting final, Canada completed the 'Miracle on Grass' by jumping out to an early lead and then scoring the decisive try with 2 minutes remaining to beat the United States 26-19 and win its first-ever World Series tournament. Earlier in the day, Canada had triumphed over New Zealand and England while the US defeated Fiji and Australia to set up the first Cup final featuring both North American teams.

Format

Sixteen 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

Pool Stages

Pool A

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Fiji 3 3 0 0 113 14 +99 9
 Canada 3 2 0 1 69 50 +19 7
 Hong Kong 3 1 0 2 26 93 –67 5
 Russia 3 0 0 3 41 92 –51 3
15 April 2017
12:30
Canada 28–15 Russia
National Stadium, Singapore
15 April 2017
12:52
Fiji 40–0 Hong Kong
National Stadium, Singapore
15 April 2017
15:28
Canada 34–0 Hong Kong
National Stadium, Singapore
15 April 2017
15:50
Fiji 38–7 Russia
National Stadium, Singapore
15 April 2017
19:44
Russia 19–26 Hong Kong
National Stadium, Singapore
15 April 2017
20:06
Fiji 35–7 Canada
National Stadium, Singapore

Pool B

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 England 3 2 0 1 71 46 +25 7
 South Africa 3 2 0 1 74 24 +50 7
 Japan 3 1 0 2 31 106 –75 5
 France 3 1 0 2 45 45 0 5
15 April 2017
11:44
England 14–24 France
National Stadium, Singapore
15 April 2017
12:06
South Africa 52–0 Japan
National Stadium, Singapore
15 April 2017
14:44
England 40–10 Japan
National Stadium, Singapore
15 April 2017
15:06
South Africa 10–7 France
National Stadium, Singapore
15 April 2017
18:40
France 14–21 Japan
National Stadium, Singapore
15 April 2017
19:02
[1] South Africa 12–17 England
National Stadium, Singapore

Pool C

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Australia 3 3 0 0 67 26 +41 9
 Kenya 3 2 0 1 46 43 +3 7
 Argentina 3 1 0 2 31 48 –17 5
 Samoa 3 0 0 3 26 53 –27 3
15 April 2017
11:00
Argentina 7–22 Kenya
National Stadium, Singapore
15 April 2017
11:22
Australia 19–12 Samoa
National Stadium, Singapore
15 April 2017
14:00
Argentina 17–7 Samoa
National Stadium, Singapore
15 April 2017
14:22
Australia 29–7 Kenya
National Stadium, Singapore
15 April 2017
17:56
Kenya 17–7 Samoa
National Stadium, Singapore
15 April 2017
18:18
Australia 19–7 Argentina
National Stadium, Singapore

Pool D

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 New Zealand 3 3 0 0 79 49 +30 9
 United States 3 2 0 1 82 66 +16 7
 Wales 3 1 0 2 54 90 –36 5
 Scotland 3 0 0 3 66 76 –10 3
15 April 2017
13:14
New Zealand 22–21 Scotland
National Stadium, Singapore
15 April 2017
13:36
United States 35–19 Wales
National Stadium, Singapore
15 April 2017
16:12
[2] New Zealand 36–14 Wales
National Stadium, Singapore
15 April 2017
16:34
United States 33–26 Scotland
National Stadium, Singapore
15 April 2017
20:28
Scotland 19–21 Wales
National Stadium, Singapore
15 April 2017
20:50
United States 14–21 New Zealand
National Stadium, Singapore

Knockout stage

13th place

 
Semi-finals13th Place Final
 
      
 
16 April 2017 – 14:28 – National Stadium
 
 
 Hong Kong7
 
16 April 2017 – 18:44 – National Stadium
 
 Argentina33
 
 Argentina40
 
16 April 2017 – 14:50 – National Stadium
 
 Russia19
 
 Russia24
 
 
 Japan21
 

Challenge Trophy

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsChallenge Trophy Final
 
          
 
16 April 2017 – 11:00 – National Stadium
 
 
 Hong Kong15
 
16 April 2017 – 15:12 – National Stadium
 
 Scotland26
 
 Scotland31
 
16 April 2017 – 11:22 – National Stadium
 
 France12
 
 Argentina24
 
16 April 2017 – 19:06 – National Stadium
 
 France26
 
 Scotland12
 
16 April 2017 – 11:44 – National Stadium
 
 Wales24
 
 Wales19
 
16 April 2017 – 15:34 – National Stadium
 
 Russia12
 
 Wales19
 
16 April 2017 – 12:06 – National Stadium
 
 Samoa14
 
 Japan14
 
 
 Samoa26
 

5th place

 
Semi-finals5th Place Final
 
      
 
16 April 2017 – 16:26 – National Stadium
 
 
 Fiji14
 
16 April 2017 – 19:41 – National Stadium
 
 South Africa19
 
 South Africa12
 
16 April 2017 – 16:48 – National Stadium
 
 New Zealand17
 
 New Zealand24
 
 
 Kenya21
 

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsCup Final
 
          
 
16 April 2017 – 12:30 – National Stadium
 
 
 Fiji19
 
 16 April 2017 – 17:10 – National Stadium
 
 United States24
 
 United States40
 
16 April 2017 – 12:52 – National Stadium
 
 Australia7
 
 Australia19
 
 16 April 2017 – 20:30 – National Stadium
 
 South Africa17
 
 United States19
 
16 April 2017 – 13:14 – National Stadium
 
 Canada26
 
 New Zealand14
 
 16 April 2017 – 17:32 – National Stadium
 
 Canada26
 
 Canada17
 
16 April 2017 – 13:36 – National Stadium
 
 England5 Bronze Medal Match
 
 England13
 
16 April 2017 – 20:05 – National Stadium
 
 Kenya12
 
 Australia12
 
 
 England14
 

Tournament placings

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

Source: World Rugby (archived)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Blitzboks let it slip against England in Singapore". Sport24.za. 15 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Rugby: NZ Sevens pick up second win in Singapore". NZ Herald. 15 April 2017.
World Sevens Series XVIII
Preceded by 2017 Singapore Sevens Succeeded by
Singapore Sevens
Preceded by 2017 Singapore Sevens Succeeded by