2016 South Africa Sevens
The 2016 South Africa Sevens was the second tournament within the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series and the eighteenth edition of the South Africa Sevens. It was held over the weekend of 10–11 December 2016 at Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa.
| 2016 South Africa Sevens | |
|---|---|
| Sevens World Series XVIII | |
| Host nation |  |
| Date | 10–11 December 2016 |
| Cup | |
| Champion |  |
| Runner-up | |
| Third |  |
| Challenge | |
| Winner |  |
| Tournament details | |
| Matches played | 24 |
| Tries scored | 151 (average 6.292 per match) |
← 2015 2017 → | |
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/5th place brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went to the Challenge trophy/13th place brackets.
Teams
Fifteen core teams participated in the tournament along with one invited team, which was the winner of the 2016 Africa Cup Sevens, Uganda:[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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 17 | +81 | 9 |
 |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 45 | +10 | 7 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 48 | –5 | 5 |
 |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 103 | –86 | 3 |
Pool B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 48 | +41 | 9 |
 |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 79 | 47 | +32 | 7 |
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 83 | 68 | +15 | 5 |
 |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 107 | –88 | 3 |
Pool C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 78 | 38 | +40 | 8 |
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 57 | +2 | 7 |
 |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 69 | 59 | +10 | 5 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 95 | –52 | 4 |
Knockout stage
13th place
| Semi-finals | 5th Place Final | |||||
| 11 December 2016 - 10:36 – Cape Town Stadium | ||||||
| 42 | |||||
| 11 December 2016 - 11:20 – Cape Town Stadium | ||||||
 | 12 | |||||
 | 14 | |||||
| 11 December 2016 - 10:58 – Cape Town Stadium | ||||||
| 17 | |||||
| 33 | |||||
| 12 | |||||
Challenge trophy
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Challenge Trophy Final | ||||||||
| 11 December 2016 - 10:36 – Cape Town Stadium | ||||||||||
| 42 | |||||||||
| 11 December 2016 - 14:41 – Cape Town Stadium | ||||||||||
| 12 | |||||||||
| 17 | |||||||||
| 11 December 2016 - 10:58 – Cape Town Stadium | ||||||||||
| 21 | |||||||||
| 33 | |||||||||
| 11 December 2016 - 18:05 – Cape Town Stadium | ||||||||||
| 12 | |||||||||
| 7 | |||||||||
| 11 December 2016 - 11:20 – Cape Town Stadium | ||||||||||
| 19 | |||||||||
| 14 | |||||||||
| 11 December 2016 - 15:03 – Cape Town Stadium | ||||||||||
| 17 | |||||||||
| 12 | |||||||||
| 11 December 2015 - 11:42 – Cape Town Stadium | ||||||||||
| 17 | |||||||||
| 42 | |||||||||
| 14 | |||||||||
5th place
| Semi-finals | 5th Place Final | |||||
| 11 December 2016 - 15:50 – Cape Town Stadium | ||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} | 14 | |||||
| 11 December 2016 - 18:36 – Cape Town Stadium | ||||||
| 19 | |||||
| 21 | |||||
| 11 December 2016 - 16:12 – Cape Town Stadium | ||||||
| 33 | |||||
| 12 | |||||
| 28 | |||||
Cup
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Cup Final | ||||||||
| 11 December 2016 - 12:04 – Cape Town Stadium | ||||||||||
| 33 | |||||||||
| 11 December 2016 - 16:34 – Cape Town Stadium | ||||||||||
| 0 | |||||||||
| 14 | |||||||||
| 11 December 2016 - 12:26 – Cape Town Stadium | ||||||||||
| 7 | |||||||||
| 28 | |||||||||
| 11 December 2016 - 19:44 – Cape Town Stadium | ||||||||||
| 7 | |||||||||
| 17 | |||||||||
| 11 December 2016 - 12:48 – Cape Town Stadium | ||||||||||
| 19 | |||||||||
 | 24 | |||||||||
| 11 December 2016 - 16:56 – Cape Town Stadium | ||||||||||
| 19 | |||||||||
| 14 | |||||||||
| 11 December 2016 - 13:10 – Cape Town Stadium | ||||||||||
| 33 | Bronze Medal Match | ||||||||
| 26 | |||||||||
| 11 December 2016 – 19:18 - Cape Town Stadium | ||||||||||
| 31 | |||||||||
| 24 | |||||||||
| 19 | |||||||||
Tournament placings
| Place | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
 |
| 22 |
 |
| 19 |
 |
| 17 |
| 4 | | 15 |
| 5 | | 13 |
| 6 | | 12 |
| 7 | | 10 |
| 10 |
| Place | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | | 8 |
| 10 | | 7 |
| 11 | | 5 |
| 5 | |
| 13 | | 3 |
| 14 | | 2 |
| 15 | | 1 |
| 1 |
Source: World Rugby (archived)
References
- http://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/news/194340, Uganda set for Dubai after African win
External links
| World Sevens Series XVIII | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by 2016 Dubai Sevens |
2016 South Africa Sevens | Succeeded by 2017 Wellington Sevens |
| South Africa Sevens | ||
| Preceded by 2015 South Africa Sevens |
2016 South Africa Sevens | Succeeded by 2017 South Africa Sevens |
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