2015 South Africa Sevens

The 2015 South Africa Sevens was the second tournament within the 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series and the seventeenth edition of the South Africa Sevens. It was held over the weekend of 12-13 December 2015 at Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa.

2015 South Africa Sevens
Sevens World Series XVII
Host nation South Africa
Date12–13 December 2015
Cup
Champion South Africa
Runner-up Argentina
Third France
Plate
Winner Fiji
Runner-up United States
Bowl
Winner Scotland
Runner-up England
Shield
Winner Samoa
Runner-up Russia
Tournament details
Matches played45
Tries scored273 (average 6.067 per match)
2014
2016

Format

The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each, with each team playing every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went to the Bowl/Shield brackets.

Teams

The 16 participating teams for the tournament:[1]

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
 Fiji 330012919+1109
 Argentina 32015262–107
 Scotland 31026663+35
 Russia 300315118–1033
12 December 2015
10:59
Fiji  34–19  Scotland

12 December 2015
11:21
Argentina  33–5  Russia

12 December 2015
14:20
Fiji  52–0  Russia

12 December 2015
14:42
Argentina  19–14  Scotland

12 December 2015
17:41
Scotland  33–10  Russia

12 December 2015
18:03
Fiji  43–0  Argentina

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Kenya 32106931+388
 South Africa 32014819+297
 England 31116229+336
 Zimbabwe 30035105–1003
12 December 2015
12:27
England  19–19  Kenya

12 December 2015
12:49
South Africa  26–5  Zimbabwe

12 December 2015
15:48
England  43–0  Zimbabwe

12 December 2015
16:10
South Africa  12–14  Kenya

12 December 2015
19:34
Kenya  36–0  Zimbabwe

12 December 2015
19:56
England  0–10  South Africa

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 33009235+579
 United States 32019952+477
 Wales 31027352+215
 Portugal 300312137–1253
12 December 2015
10:15
United States  26–19  Wales

12 December 2015
10:37
Australia  45–0  Portugal

12 December 2015
13:36
United States  52–7  Portugal

12 December 2015
13:58
Australia  21–14  Wales

12 December 2015
16:57
Wales  40–5  Portugal

12 December 2015
17:19
United States  21–26  Australia

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 32015048+27
 France 31116264–26
 Canada 31116062–26
 Samoa 31025351+25
12 December 2015
11:43
New Zealand  19–14  France

12 December 2015
12:05
Samoa  24–10  Canada

12 December 2015
15:04
New Zealand  12–24  Canada

12 December 2015
15:26
Samoa  19–22  France

12 December 2015
18:50
France  26–26  Canada

12 December 2015
19:12
New Zealand  19–10  Samoa

Knockout stage

Shield

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
13 December 2015 - 10:36 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 
 Scotland26
 
13 December 2015 - 13:57 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Samoa14
 
 Samoa33
 
13 December 2015 - 10:58 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Zimbabwe0
 
 Wales21
 
13 December 2015 - 17:43 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Zimbabwe12
 
 Samoa40
 
13 December 2015 - 11:20 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Russia5
 
 Canada55
 
13 December 2015 - 14:19 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Russia0
 
 Russia38
 
13 December 2015 - 11:42 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Portugal5
 
 England49
 
 
 Portugal7
 

Bowl

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
13 December 2015 - 10:36 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 
 Scotland26
 
13 December 2015 - 14:41 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Samoa14
 
 Scotland29
 
13 December 2015 - 10:58 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Wales14
 
 Wales21
 
13 December 2015 - 18:08 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Zimbabwe12
 
 Scotland19
 
13 December 2015 - 11:20 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 England0
 
 Canada55
 
13 December 2015 - 15:03 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Russia0
 
 Canada14
 
13 December 2015 - 11:42 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 England21
 
 England49
 
 
 Portugal7
 

Plate

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
13 December 2015 - 12:04 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 
 Fiji14
 
13 December 2015 - 15:50 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 France17
 
 Fiji38
 
13 December 2015 - 12:26 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Australia19
 
 Australia5
 
13 December 2015 - 18:33 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 South Africa25
 
 Fiji29
 
13 December 2015 - 12:48 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 United States19
 
 New Zealand19
 
13 December 2015 - 16:12 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Argentina22
 
 New Zealand14
 
13 December 2015 - 13:10 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 United States28
 
 Kenya26
 
 
 United States10
 

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
13 December 2015 - 12:04 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 
 Fiji14
 
13 December 2015 - 16:34 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 France17
 
 France12
 
13 December 2015 - 12:26 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 South Africa21
 
 Australia5
 
13 December 2015 - 19:30 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 South Africa25
 
 South Africa29
 
13 December 2015 - 12:48 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Argentina14
 
 New Zealand19
 
13 December 2015 - 16:56 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Argentina22
 
 Argentina24
 
13 December 2015 - 13:10 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Kenya22 Third place
 
 Kenya26
 
13 December 2015 – 18:58 - Cape Town Stadium
 
 United States10
 
 France28
 
 
 Kenya26
 

References

  1. "Pools drawn for HSBC Cape Town Sevens". World Rugby. 5 December 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
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