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2016 South Africa Sevens
Sevens World Series XVIII
Host nationSouth Africa South Africa
Date10–11 December 2016
Cup
Champion England
Runner-up South Africa
Third New Zealand
Challenge
Winner France
Tournament details
Matches played24
Tries scored151 (average 6.29 per match)

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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.

Format

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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

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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

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

Pool A

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 South Africa 3 3 0 0 98 17 +81 9
 United States 3 2 0 1 55 45 +10 7
 Australia 3 1 0 2 43 48 –5 5
 Russia 3 0 0 3 17 103 –86 3

10 December 2016
12:27

Australia 0 – 19 United States

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

10 December 2016
12:49

South Africa 41 – 0 Russia

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

10 December 2016
15:48

Australia 36 – 0 Russia

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

10 December 2016
16:10

South Africa 28 – 10 United States

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

10 December 2016
19:34

United States 26 – 17 Russia

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

10 December 2016
19:56

South Africa 29 – 7 Australia

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

Pool B

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Fiji 3 3 0 0 89 48 +41 9
 Kenya 3 2 0 1 79 47 +32 7
 France 3 1 0 2 83 68 +15 5
 Japan 3 0 0 3 19 107 –88 3

10 December 2016
11:43

France 14 – 33 Kenya

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

10 December 2016
12:05

Fiji 33 – 7 Japan

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

10 December 2016
15:04

France 50 – 7 Japan

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

10 December 2016
15:26

Fiji 28 – 22 Kenya

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

10 December 2016
18:50

Kenya 24 – 5 Japan

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

10 December 2016
19:12

Fiji 28 – 19 France

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

Pool C

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 3 2 1 0 78 38 +40 8
 England 3 2 0 1 59 57 +2 7
 Argentina 3 1 0 2 69 59 +10 5
 Canada 3 0 1 2 43 95 –52 4

10 December 2016
10:59

New Zealand 26 – 12 Argentina

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

10 December 2016
11:21

England 33 – 10 Canada

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

10 December 2016
14:20

New Zealand 19 – 19 Canada

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

10 December 2016
14:42

England 19 – 14 Argentina

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

10 December 2016
17:41

Argentina 43 – 14 Canada

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

10 December 2016
18:03

England 7 – 33 New Zealand

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

Pool D

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Scotland 3 3 0 0 83 47 +36 9
 Wales 3 2 0 1 67 31 +36 6
 Samoa 3 1 0 2 48 43 +5 5
 Uganda 3 0 0 3 19 96 –77 3

10 December 2016
10:15

Scotland 21 – 19 Samoa

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

10 December 2016
10:37

Wales 29 – 7 Uganda

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

10 December 2016
13:36

Scotland 38 – 7 Uganda

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

10 December 2016
13:58

Wales 17 – 0 Samoa

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

10 December 2016
16:57

Samoa 29 – 5 Uganda

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

10 December 2016
17:19

Wales 21 – 24 Scotland

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

Knockout stage

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13th place

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Semi-finals5th Place Final
      
11 December 2016 - 10:36 – Cape Town Stadium
 Australia42
11 December 2016 - 11:20 – Cape Town Stadium
 Uganda12
 Samoa14
11 December 2016 - 10:58 – Cape Town Stadium
 Russia17
 Argentina33
 Japan12

Challenge trophy

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsChallenge Trophy Final
          
11 December 2016 - 10:36 – Cape Town Stadium
 Australia42
11 December 2016 - 14:41 – Cape Town Stadium
 Uganda12
 Australia17
11 December 2016 - 10:58 – Cape Town Stadium
 Argentina21
 Argentina33
11 December 2016 - 18:05 – Cape Town Stadium
 Japan12
 Argentina7
11 December 2016 - 11:20 – Cape Town Stadium
 France19
 Samoa14
11 December 2016 - 15:03 – Cape Town Stadium
 Russia17
 Russia12
11 December 2015 - 11:42 – Cape Town Stadium
 France17
 France42
 Canada14

5th place

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Semi-finals5th Place Final
      
11 December 2016 - 15:50 – Cape Town Stadium
 Wales14
11 December 2016 - 18:36 – Cape Town Stadium
 Kenya19
 Kenya21
11 December 2016 - 16:12 – Cape Town Stadium
 Fiji33
 United States12
 Fiji28

Cup

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsCup Final
          
11 December 2016 - 12:04 – Cape Town Stadium
 South Africa33
11 December 2016 - 16:34 – Cape Town Stadium
 Wales0
 South Africa14
11 December 2016 - 12:26 – Cape Town Stadium
 New Zealand7
 New Zealand28
11 December 2016 - 19:44 – Cape Town Stadium
 Kenya7
 South Africa17
11 December 2016 - 12:48 – Cape Town Stadium
 England19
 Scotland24
11 December 2016 - 16:56 – Cape Town Stadium
 United States19
 Scotland14
11 December 2016 - 13:10 – Cape Town Stadium
 England33 Bronze Medal Match
 Fiji26
11 December 2016 – 19:18 - Cape Town Stadium
 England31
 New Zealand24
 Scotland19

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)  New Zealand 17
4  Scotland 15
5  Fiji 13
6  Kenya 12
7  Wales 10
 United States 10
Place  Team Points
9  France 8
10  Argentina 7
11  Australia 5
 Russia 5
13  Canada 3
14  Uganda 2
15  Samoa 1
 Japan 1

Source: World Rugby (archived)

References

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  1. ^ http://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/news/194340, Uganda set for Dubai after African win

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World Sevens Series XVIII
Preceded by 2016 South Africa Sevens Succeeded by
South Africa Sevens
Preceded by 2016 South Africa Sevens Succeeded by

South Africa Sevens

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