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2017 USA Women's Sevens

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2017 USA Women's Sevens
Women's Sevens Series V
Host nationUnited States United States
Date3–5 March 2017
Cup
Champion New Zealand
Runner-up Australia
Third Canada
Challenge
Winner Spain
2016
2018

The 2017 USA Women's Sevens was the third tournament of the 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, held from March 3–5, 2017 at the Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada, a community in the Las Vegas area. This was the first edition of the Women's Sevens held alongside the USA Sevens men's tournament.[1]

Format

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The teams were drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team played every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets while the top 2 third place teams also competed for the Cup/Plate. The other teams from each group played off for the Challenge Trophy.

Teams

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The participating teams include:[2]

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
 Canada 3 3 0 0 93 21 +72 9
 Russia 3 2 0 1 65 53 +12 7
 France 3 1 0 2 71 50 +21 5
 Argentina 3 0 0 3 14 119 –105 3



3 March 2017
France 19–22 Russia
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas

3 March 2017
14:31
Canada 21–7 France
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas

3 March 2017
14:53
Russia 36–0 Argentina
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas

Pool B

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 United States 3 2 0 1 57 38 +19 7
 Fiji 3 2 0 1 59 38 +21 7
 Ireland 3 1 1 1 43 66 –23 6
 Spain 3 0 1 2 40 57 –17 4

3 March 2017
Fiji 21–19 Spain
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas


3 March 2017
Fiji 31–5 Ireland
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas

3 March 2017
13:47
United States 14–7 Fiji
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas

3 March 2017
14:09
Ireland 14–14 Spain
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas

Pool C

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 3 3 0 0 72 19 +53 9
 Australia 3 2 0 1 83 35 +48 7
 England 3 1 0 2 31 58 –27 5
 Brazil 3 0 0 3 0 74 –74 3




3 February 2017
15:15
New Zealand 21–14 Australia
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas

3 February 2017
15:37
Brazil 0–12 England
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas

Knockout stage

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Challenge Trophy

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Semi-finalsChallenge Trophy Final
 
      
 
4 March 2017 – 08:00 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
 
 England45
 
4 March 2017 – 11:28 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
 Argentina7
 
 England0
 
4 March 2017 – 08:22 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
 Spain10
 
 Spain19
 
 
 Brazil7
 
11th Place
 
 
4 March 2017 – 11:06 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
 
 Argentina0
 
 
 Brazil41

5th place

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Semi-finals5th Place Final
 
      
 
4 March 2017 – 11:50 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
 
 France12
 
4 March 2017 – 16:52 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
 Fiji15
 
 Fiji19
 
4 March 2017 – 12:12 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
 Russia17
 
 Ireland5
 
 
 Russia20
 
7th Place
 
 
4 March 2017 – 17:16 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
 
 France15
 
 
 Ireland5

Cup

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsCup Final
 
          
 
4 March 2017 – 08:44 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
 
 Canada33
 
4 March 2017 – 12:34 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
 France0
 
 Canada17
 
4 March 2017 – 09:06 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
 Australia26
 
 Fiji7
 
4 March 2017 – 18:08 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
 Australia22
 
 Australia5
 
4 March 2017 – 09:28 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
 New Zealand28
 
 United States20
 
4 March 2017 – 12:56 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
 Ireland12
 
 United States7
 
4 March 2017 – 09:50 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
 New Zealand12 Bronze Medal Match
 
 New Zealand26
 
4 March 2017 – 17:40 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
 Russia5
 
 Canada31
 
 
 United States7
 

Tournament placings

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Place  Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  New Zealand 20
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Australia 18
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Canada 16
4  United States 14
5  Fiji 12
6  Russia 10
Place  Team Points
7  France 8
8  Ireland 6
9  Spain 4
10  England 3
11  Brazil 2
12  Argentina 1

Source: World Rugby

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "USA Sevens Preview". www.usasevens.com.
  2. ^ "World Rugby Women's Sevens Series".