2017 Canada Sevens

2017 Canada Sevens
Sevens World Series XVIII
Host nationCanada Canada
Date11–12 March 2017
Cup
Champion England[1]
Runner-up South Africa
Third Fiji
Challenge
Winner Wales
Tournament details
Matches played45
Most pointsUnited States Perry Baker (45)
Most triesUnited 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

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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

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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

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Pool A

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 South Africa 3 2 1 0 60 17 +43 8
 England 3 2 1 0 66 26 +40 8
 Kenya 3 1 0 2 45 62 –17 5
 Chile 3 0 0 3 19 85 –66 3
11 March
10:58
England 28 – 14 Kenya
BC Place, Vancouver

11 March
11:20
South Africa 33 – 0 Chile
BC Place, Vancouver

11 March
14:34
England 26 – 0 Chile
BC Place, Vancouver

11 March
14:56
South Africa 15 – 5 Kenya
BC Place, Vancouver

11 March
18:14
Kenya 26 – 19 Chile
BC Place, Vancouver

11 March
18:36
South Africa 12 – 12 England
BC Place, Vancouver

Pool B

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Fiji 3 2 0 1 77 57 +20 7
 Argentina 3 2 0 1 64 64 0 7
 Wales 3 2 0 1 61 62 –1 7
 Samoa 3 0 0 3 45 64 –19 3
11 March
10:14
Argentina 24 – 19 Samoa
BC Place, Vancouver

11 March
10:36
Fiji 34 – 19 Wales
BC Place, Vancouver

11 March
13:50
Argentina 14 – 21 Wales
BC Place, Vancouver

11 March
14:12
Fiji 19 – 12 Samoa
BC Place, Vancouver

11 March
17:30
Samoa 14 – 21 Wales
BC Place, Vancouver

11 March
17:52
Fiji 24 – 26 Argentina
BC Place, Vancouver

Pool C

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 United States 3 3 0 0 112 24 +88 9
 Australia 3 2 0 1 53 43 +10 7
 France 3 1 0 2 57 62 –5 5
 Japan 3 0 0 3 26 119 –93 3
11 March
09:30
Australia 12 – 7 France
BC Place, Vancouver

11 March
09:52
United States 52 – 0 Japan
BC Place, Vancouver

11 March
13:06
Australia 36 – 7 Japan
BC Place, Vancouver

11 March
13:28
United States 31 – 19 France
BC Place, Vancouver

11 March
16:46
France 31 – 19 Japan
BC Place, Vancouver

11 March
17:08
United States 29 – 5 Australia
BC Place, Vancouver

Pool D

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 3 3 0 0 88 26 +62 9
 Canada 3 2 0 1 68 35 +33 7
 Russia 3 1 0 2 17 76 –59 5
 Scotland 3 0 0 3 37 73 –36 3
11 March
11:42
Canada 28 – 15 Scotland
BC Place, Vancouver

11 March
12:04
New Zealand 40 – 0 Russia
BC Place, Vancouver

11 March
15:18
Canada 26 – 5 Russia
BC Place, Vancouver

11 March
15:40
New Zealand 33 – 12 Scotland
BC Place, Vancouver

11 March
18:58
Scotland 10 – 12 Russia
BC Place, Vancouver

11 March
19:20
New Zealand 15 – 14 Canada
BC Place, Vancouver

Knockout stage

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13th Place

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

Challenge Trophy

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

5th Place

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

Cup

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

Tournament placings

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Place  Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  England 22
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  South Africa 19
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Fiji 17
4  United States 15
5  New Zealand 13
6  Argentina 12
7  Canada 10
 Australia 10
Place  Team Points
9  Wales 8
10  Samoa 7
11  Kenya 5
 Chile 5
13  Scotland 3
14  Japan 2
15  France 1
 Russia 1

Source: World Rugby (archived)

References

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  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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