2017 Canada Sevens

2017 Canada Sevens
Sevens World Series XVIII
Host nation Canada Canada
Date 11–12 March 2017
Cup
Champion  England[1]
Runner-up  South Africa
Third  Fiji
Challenge
Winner  Wales
Tournament details
Matches played 45
Top point scorer United States Perry Baker (45)
Top try scorer United States Perry Baker (9)
2016
2018

The 2017 Canada Sevens was the second edition of the Canada Sevens tournament, and the sixth tournament of the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 11–12 March 2017 at BC Place in Vancouver, BC.

Format

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 tournament will consist of the fifteen core teams plus Chile, who qualified by finishing as the best ranked non-core team of the 2017 Sudamérica Rugby Sevens.

Pool stage

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 South Africa 32106017+438
 England 32106626+408
 Kenya 31024562–175
 Chile 30031985–663
11 March 2017
10:58
England  28 – 14  Kenya

11 March 2017
11:20
South Africa  33 – 0  Chile

11 March 2017
14:34
England  26 – 0  Chile

11 March 2017
14:56
South Africa  15 – 5  Kenya

11 March 2017
18:14
Kenya  26 – 19  Chile

11 March 2017
18:36
South Africa  12 – 12  England

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Fiji 32017757+207
 Argentina 3201646407
 Wales 32016162–17
 Samoa 30034564–193
11 March 2017
10:14
Argentina  24 – 19  Samoa

11 March 2017
10:36
Fiji  34 – 19  Wales

11 March 2017
13:50
Argentina  14 – 21  Wales

11 March 2017
14:12
Fiji  19 – 12  Samoa

11 March 2017
17:30
Samoa  14 – 21  Wales

11 March 2017
17:52
Fiji  24 – 26  Argentina

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 United States 330011224+889
 Australia 32015343+107
 France 31025762–55
 Japan 300326119–933
11 March 2017
09:30
Australia  12 – 7  France

11 March 2017
09:52
United States  52 – 0  Japan

11 March 2017
13:06
Australia  36 – 7  Japan

11 March 2017
13:28
United States  31 – 19  France

11 March 2017
16:46
France  31 – 19  Japan

11 March 2017
17:08
United States  29 – 5  Australia

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 33008826+629
 Canada 32016835+337
 Russia 31021776–595
 Scotland 30033773–363
11 March 2017
11:42
Canada  28 – 15  Scotland

11 March 2017
12:04
New Zealand  40 – 0  Russia

11 March 2017
15:18
Canada  26 – 5  Russia

11 March 2017
15:40
New Zealand  33 – 12  Scotland

11 March 2017
18:58
Scotland  10 – 12  Russia

11 March 2017
19:20
New Zealand  15 – 14  Canada

Knockout stage

13th Place

 
Semi-finals13th Place Final
 
      
 
12 March 2017 – 12:46 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
 
 Scotland28
 
12 March 2017 – 16:12 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
 France21
 
 Scotland24
 
12 March 2017 – 13:08 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
 Japan19
 
 Russia0
 
 
 Japan21
 

Challenge Trophy

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsChallenge Trophy Final
 
          
 
12 March 2017 – 09:30 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
 
 Kenya19
 
12 March 2017 – 13:30 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
 Scotland17
 
 Kenya7
 
12 March 2017 – 09:52 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
 Samoa26
 
 France21
 
12 March 2017 – 16:37 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
 Samoa26
 
 Samoa12
 
12 March 2017 – 10:14 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
 Wales19
 
 Russia0
 
12 March 2017 – 13:52 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
 Chile10
 
 Chile5
 
12 March 2017 – 10:36 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
 Wales14
 
 Wales33
 
 
 Japan0
 

5th Place

 
Semi-finals5th Place Final
 
      
 
12 March 2017 – 14:24 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
 
 Canada5
 
12 March 2017 – 17:07 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
 Argentina12[2]
 
 Argentina14
 
12 March 2017 – 14:46 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
 New Zealand17
 
 New Zealand21
 
 
 Australia0
 

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsCup Final
 
          
 
12 March 2017 – 11:08 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
 
 South Africa36
 
12 March 2017 – 15:08 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
 Canada7
 
 South Africa14
 
12 March 2017 – 11:30 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
 United States10
 
 United States14
 
12 March 2017 – 18:19 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
 Argentina12
 
 South Africa7
 
12 March 2017 – 11:52 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
 England19
 
 New Zealand12
 
12 March 2017 – 15:30 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
 England14[3]
 
 England40
 
12 March 2017 – 12:14 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
 Fiji7 Bronze Medal Match
 
 Fiji28
 
12 March 2017 – 17:52 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
 Australia10
 
 United States24
 
 
 Fiji28
 

Tournament placings

Place  Team Points
1st, gold medalist(s)  England22
2nd, silver medalist(s)  South Africa19
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Fiji17
4  United States15
5  New Zealand13
6  Argentina12
7  Canada10
 Australia10
Place  Team Points
9  Wales8
10  Samoa7
11  Kenya5
 Chile5
13  Scotland3
14  Japan2
15  France1
 Russia1

Source: World Rugby (archived)

References

  1. "World Rugby Sevens: Dan Norton helps England beat South Africa in Canada". BBC. 13 March 2017.
  2. "Canada ends up 7th in Rugby 7s elite Cup match". CBC. 12 March 2017.
  3. "Rugby Sevens: All Blacks Sevens knocked out of Vancouver event". NZ Herald. 13 March 2017.
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