2017 USA Sevens

The 2017 USA Sevens (also sometimes referred to as the 2017 Las Vegas Sevens) was the fourteenth edition of the USA Sevens tournament, and the fifth tournament of the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 3–5 March 2017 at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada.

2017 USA Sevens
Sevens World Series XVIII
Host nation United States
Date3–5 March 2017
Cup
Champion South Africa
Runner-up Fiji
Third United States
Challenge
Winner Kenya
Tournament details
Matches played45
2016
2018

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 main 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

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 South Africa 33007814+649
 Canada 32015247+57
 France 31023359−265
 Wales 30033578−433
3 March 2017
Wales  7–33  France

3 March 2017
South Africa  26–7  Canada

3 March 2017
Wales  21–24  Canada

3 March 2017
South Africa  31–0  France

4 March 2017
France  0–21  Canada

4 March 2017
South Africa  21–7  Wales

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 England 33006729+389
 United States 32017429+457
 Samoa 31022950−215
 Chile 30031779−623
3 March 2017
United States  26–5  Samoa

3 March 2017
England  31–5  Chile

3 March 2017
United States  31–0  Chile

3 March 2017
England  12–7  Samoa

4 March 2017
Samoa  17–12  Chile

4 March 2017
England  24–17  United States

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Argentina 32106924+458
 New Zealand 32015324+297
 Kenya 31113348−156
 Russia 30031574−593
3 March 2017
Argentina  43–0  Russia

3 March 2017
New Zealand  24–7  Kenya

3 March 2017
Argentina  14–14  Kenya

3 March 2017
New Zealand  19–5  Russia

4 March 2017
Russia  10–12  Kenya

4 March 2017
New Zealand  10–12  Argentina

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Fiji 33008929+609
 Australia 32016457+77
 Scotland 31026659+75
 Japan 30031993−743
3 March 2017
Fiji  41–0  Japan

3 March 2017
Australia  28–21  Scotland

3 March 2017
Fiji  24–12  Scotland

3 March 2017
Australia  19–12  Japan

4 March 2017
Japan  7–33  Scotland

4 March 2017
Australia  17–24  Fiji

Knockout stage

13th Place

 
Semi-finals13th Place Final
 
      
 
5 March 2017 – 11:24 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
 
 Japan24
 
5 March 2017 – 14:28 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
 Chile7
 
 Japan19
 
5 March 2017 – 11:46 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
 Wales21
 
 Wales24
 
 
 Russia5
 

Challenge Trophy

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsChallenge Trophy Final
 
          
 
4 March 2017 – 18:48 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
 
 France24
 
5 March 2017 – 12:08 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
 Japan14
 
 France7
 
4 March 2017 – 19:10 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
 Kenya14
 
 Kenya21
 
5 March 2017 – 15:40 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
 Chile19
 
 Kenya21
 
4 March 2017 – 19:32 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
 Samoa14
 
 Scotland28
 
5 March 2017 – 12:38 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
 Wales21
 
 Scotland0
 
4 March 2017 – 19:54 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
 Samoa24
 
 Samoa31
 
 
 Russia7
 

5th Place

 
Semi-finals5th Place Final
 
      
 
5 March 2017 – 13:00 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
 
 Australia14
 
5 March 2017 – 16:05 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
 Argentina0
 
 Australia7
 
5 March 2017 – 13:22 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
 England10
 
 Canada5
 
 
 England12
 

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsCup Final
 
          
 
4 March 2017 – 20:16 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
 
 South Africa17
 
5 March 2017 – 13:44 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
 Australia14
 
 South Africa20
 
4 March 2017 – 20:38 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
 United States17
 
 Argentina 19
 
5 March 2017 – 17:00 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
 United States21
 
 South Africa19
 
4 March 2017 – 21:00 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
 Fiji12
 
 Fiji31
 
5 March 2017 – 14:06 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
 Canada12
 
 Fiji19
 
4 March 2017 – 21:22 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
 New Zealand14 Bronze Medal Match
 
 England0
 
5 March 2017 – 16:30 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
 New Zealand19
 
 United States19
 
 
 New Zealand15
 

Tournament placings

Place  Team Points
 South Africa22
 Fiji19
 United States17
4  New Zealand15
5  England13
6  Australia12
7  Canada10
 Argentina10
Place  Team Points
9  Kenya8
10  Samoa7
11  France5
 Scotland5
13  Wales3
14  Japan2
15  Chile1
 Russia1

Source: World Rugby (archived)

See also

References

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