2017 Canada Sevens

2017 Canada Sevens
Sevens World Series XVIII
Host nation	Canada
Date	11–12 March 2017
Cup
Champion	England
Runner-up	South Africa
Third	Fiji
Challenge
Winner	Wales
Tournament details
Matches played	45
Most points	Perry Baker (45)
Most tries	Perry Baker (9)
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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

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 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.

• Argentina
• Australia
• Canada
• Chile
• England
• Fiji
• France
• Japan
• Kenya
• New Zealand
• Russia
• Samoa
• Scotland
• South Africa
• United States
• Wales

Pool stage

Pool A

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

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11 March 11:20

South Africa	33 – 0	Chile

BC Place, Vancouver

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11 March 14:34

England	26 – 0	Chile

BC Place, Vancouver

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11 March 14:56

South Africa	15 – 5	Kenya

BC Place, Vancouver

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11 March 18:14

Kenya	26 – 19	Chile

BC Place, Vancouver

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11 March 18:36

South Africa	12 – 12	England

BC Place, Vancouver

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Pool B

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

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11 March 10:36

Fiji	34 – 19	Wales

BC Place, Vancouver

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11 March 13:50

Argentina	14 – 21	Wales

BC Place, Vancouver

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11 March 14:12

Fiji	19 – 12	Samoa

BC Place, Vancouver

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11 March 17:30

Samoa	14 – 21	Wales

BC Place, Vancouver

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11 March 17:52

Fiji	24 – 26	Argentina

BC Place, Vancouver

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Pool C

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

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11 March 09:52

United States	52 – 0	Japan

BC Place, Vancouver

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11 March 13:06

Australia	36 – 7	Japan

BC Place, Vancouver

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11 March 13:28

United States	31 – 19	France

BC Place, Vancouver

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11 March 16:46

France	31 – 19	Japan

BC Place, Vancouver

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11 March 17:08

United States	29 – 5	Australia

BC Place, Vancouver

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Pool D

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

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11 March 12:04

New Zealand	40 – 0	Russia

BC Place, Vancouver

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11 March 15:18

Canada	26 – 5	Russia

BC Place, Vancouver

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11 March 15:40

New Zealand	33 – 12	Scotland

BC Place, Vancouver

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11 March 18:58

Scotland	10 – 12	Russia

BC Place, Vancouver

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11 March 19:20

New Zealand	15 – 14	Canada

BC Place, Vancouver

Knockout stage

13th Place

	Semi-finals				13th Place Final
	12 March – 12:46 – BC Place, Vancouver
	Scotland	28
					12 March – 16:12 – BC Place, Vancouver
	France	21
					Scotland	24
	12 March – 13:08 – BC Place, Vancouver
					Japan	19
	Russia	0
	Japan	21

Challenge Trophy

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Challenge Trophy Final
	12 March – 09:30 – BC Place, Vancouver
	Kenya	19
					12 March – 13:30 – BC Place, Vancouver
	Scotland	17
					Kenya	7
	12 March – 09:52 – BC Place, Vancouver
					Samoa	26
	France	21
									12 March – 16:37 – BC Place, Vancouver
	Samoa	26
									Samoa	12
	12 March – 10:14 – BC Place, Vancouver
									Wales	19
	Russia	0
					12 March – 13:52 – BC Place, Vancouver
	Chile	10
					Chile	5
	12 March – 10:36 – BC Place, Vancouver
					Wales	14
	Wales	33
	Japan	0

5th Place

	Semi-finals				5th Place Final
	12 March – 14:24 – BC Place, Vancouver
	Canada	5
					12 March – 17:07 – BC Place, Vancouver
	Argentina	12
					Argentina	14
	12 March – 14:46 – BC Place, Vancouver
					New Zealand	17
	New Zealand	21
	Australia	0

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Cup Final
	12 March – 11:08 – BC Place, Vancouver
	South Africa	36
					12 March – 15:08 – BC Place, Vancouver
	Canada	7
					South Africa	14
	12 March – 11:30 – BC Place, Vancouver
					United States	10
	United States	14
									12 March – 18:19 – BC Place, Vancouver
	Argentina	12
									South Africa	7
	12 March – 11:52 – BC Place, Vancouver
									England	19
	New Zealand	12
					12 March – 15:30 – BC Place, Vancouver
	England	14
					England	40
	12 March – 12:14 – BC Place, Vancouver
					Fiji	7			Bronze Medal Match
	Fiji	28
									12 March – 17:52 – BC Place, Vancouver
	Australia	10
									United States	24
									Fiji	28

Tournament placings

Place	Team	Points
	England	22
	South Africa	19
	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)

External links

• World Rugby Sevens Series website