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2017 USA Sevens

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2017 USA Sevens
Sevens World Series XVIII
Host nationUnited States 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

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.

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 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

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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 78 14 +64 9
 Canada 3 2 0 1 52 47 +5 7
 France 3 1 0 2 33 59 −26 5
 Wales 3 0 0 3 35 78 −43 3
3 March 2017
Wales 7–33 France
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas


3 March 2017
Wales 21–24 Canada
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas



Pool B

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 England 3 3 0 0 67 29 +38 9
 United States 3 2 0 1 74 29 +45 7
 Samoa 3 1 0 2 29 50 −21 5
 Chile 3 0 0 3 17 79 −62 3




4 March 2017
Samoa 17–12 Chile
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas

Pool C

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Argentina 3 2 1 0 69 24 +45 8
 New Zealand 3 2 0 1 53 24 +29 7
 Kenya 3 1 1 1 33 48 −15 6
 Russia 3 0 0 3 15 74 −59 3




4 March 2017
Russia 10–12 Kenya
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas

Pool D

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Fiji 3 3 0 0 89 29 +60 9
 Australia 3 2 0 1 64 57 +7 7
 Scotland 3 1 0 2 66 59 +7 5
 Japan 3 0 0 3 19 93 −74 3
3 March 2017
Fiji 41–0 Japan
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas


3 March 2017
Fiji 24–12 Scotland
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas



Knockout stage

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13th Place

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

Source: World Rugby (archived)

See also

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References

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