2017 Sydney Women's Sevens

2017 Sydney Women's Sevens
Women's Sevens Series V
Host nation Australia Australia
Date 3–4 February 2017
Cup
Champion  Canada
Runner-up  United States
Third  New Zealand
Challenge
Winner  Brazil
Tournament details
Top point scorer Papua New Guinea Joanne Lagona (49 points)
Top try scorer Papua New GuineaJoanne Lagona (9 tries)
2018 →

The 2017 Sydney Women's Sevens was the second tournament of the 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.[1] It was the inaugural edition of the Australian Women's Sevens and part of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.[2][3][4]

The tournament was played on 3–4 February 2017 at Allianz Stadium and Kippax Field in Sydney, and won by Canada 21–17 over the United States in the final.[5]

Format

The teams were drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team played every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup brackets, together with the two best third-placed teams. The other teams from each group played off for the Challenge Trophy.

Teams

The participating teams were:[6]

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
 New Zealand 33007927+529
 Canada 32017541+347
 France 31024850–25
 Papua New Guinea 300320104–843
3 February 2017
13:58
Canada  26–5  France
3 February 2017
14:20
New Zealand  34–5  Papua New Guinea
3 February 2017
16:40
Canada  39–5  Papua New Guinea
3 February 2017
17:02
New Zealand  14–12  France
3 February 2017
19:22
France  31–10  Papua New Guinea
3 February 2017
19:44
New Zealand  31–10  Canada

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 33007924+559
 Ireland 32015246+67
 Fiji 31026055+55
 Brazil 30032288–663
3 February 2017
13:14
Fiji  12–19  Ireland
3 February 2017
13:36
Australia  24–7  Brazil
3 February 2017
15:56
Fiji  31–10  Brazil
3 February 2017
16:18
Australia  29–0  Ireland
3 February 2017
18:38
Ireland  33–5  Brazil
3 February 2017
19:00
Australia  26–17  Fiji

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Russia 33007420+549
 United States 32015238+147
 England 31023863–255
 Spain 30032063–433
3 February 2017
12:30
England  19–10  Spain
3 February 2017
12:52
Russia  19–10  United States
3 February 2017
15:12
England  14–22  United States
3 February 2017
15:34
Russia  24–5  Spain
3 February 2017
17:54
Spain  5–20  United States
3 February 2017
18:16
Russia  31–5  England

Knockout stage

Challenge Trophy

 
Semi-finalsChallenge Trophy Final
 
      
 
4 February – 10:28 – Kippax Field
 
 
 [[England women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|England]]29
 
4 February – 13:34 – Kippax Field
 
 Papua New Guinea17
 
 England12
 
4 February – 10:50 Kippax Field
 
 [[Brazil women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|Brazil]]17
 
 Spain7
 
 
 [[Brazil women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|Brazil]]10
 
11th Place
 
 
4 February – 13:12 – Kippax Field
 
 
 Papua New Guinea17
 
 
 [[Spain women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|Spain]]31

5th place

 
Semi-finals5th Place Final
 
      
 
4 February – 12:28 – Kippax Field
 
 
 [[France women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|France]]21
 
4 February – 15:53 – Allianz Stadium
 
 Ireland19
 
 France12
 
4 December 2017 – 12:50 – Kippax Field
 
 [[Fiji women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|Fiji]]31
 
 [[Fiji women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|Fiji]]33
 
 
 Russia19
 
7th Place
 
 
4 February – 15:31 – Allianz Stadium
 
 
 Ireland12
 
 
 [[Russia women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|Russia]]17

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsCup Final
 
          
 
4 February – 09:00 – Kippax Field
 
 
 [[New Zealand women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|New Zealand]]24
 
4 February – 13:04 – Allianz Stadium
 
 France5
 
 New Zealand12
 
4 February – 09:22 – Kippax Field
 
 [[United States women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|United States]]19
 
 Ireland5
 
4 February – 16:42 – Allianz Stadium
 
 [[United States women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|United States]]17
 
 United States17
 
4 February – 09:44 – Kippax Field
 
 [[Canada women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|Canada]]21
 
 [[Australia women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|Australia]]17
 
4 February – 13:26 – Allianz Stadium
 
 Fiji5
 
 Australia7
 
4 February – 10:06 – Kippax FIeld
 
 [[Canada women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|Canada]]12 Bronze Medal Match
 
 Russia5
 
4 February – 16:15 – Allianz Stadium
 
 [[Canada women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|Canada]]26
 
 [[New Zealand women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|New Zealand]]19
 
 
 Australia0
 

Tournament placings

Place  Team Points
1st, gold medalist(s)  Canada20
2nd, silver medalist(s)  United States18
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  New Zealand16
4  Australia14
5  Fiji12
6  France10
Place  Team Points
7  Russia8
8  Ireland6
9  Brazil4
10  England3
11  Spain2
12  Papua New Guinea1

Source: World Rugby (archived)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "HSBC World Rugby Sevensd Series 3, 4 & 5 February 2017". Sydney 7s. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "Australian women's sevens team to play in world series event at 2017 Sydney 7s". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 26 August 2016. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Sydney added to become host of Women's World Sevens Series as schedule is announced". Ultimate Rugby Sevens. 26 August 2016. Archived from the original on 28 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "Women's Dubai match schedule announced". World Rrugby. 10 October 2016. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017.
  5. ↑ "Canadian women beat U.S. to capture Sydney 7s cup". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 4 February 2017. Archived from the original on 4 February 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "Pools (Sydney)". World rugby. 2016. Archived from the original on 6 February 2017.
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