# 2020 Canada Sevens

The 2020 Canada Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament held at BC Place in Vancouver on 7–8 March 2020. The tournament was the seventh event of the 2019–20 Sevens World Series for men's teams, and the fifth edition of the Canada Sevens.

## Format

The sixteen are drawn into four pools of four teams. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup playoffs and compete for gold, silver and bronze medals. The other teams from each pool go to the classification playoffs for ninth to sixteenth placings.

## Teams

Fifteen core teams played in the tournament along with one invitational team, Japan.
* Argentina
* Australia
* Canada
* England
* Fiji
* France
* Ireland
* Japan
* Kenya
* New Zealand
* Samoa
* Scotland
* South Africa
* Spain
* United States
* Wales

## Pool stage

All times in Pacific Standard Time (UTC−08:00). The pools were scheduled as follows:
Key: Team advanced to the quarterfinals

### Pool A

| Team | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| South Africa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 5 | +62 | 9 |
| England | 2 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 38 | +22 | 7 |
| Japan | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 55 | −41 | 4 |
| Argentina | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 62 | −43 | 4 |
* 7 March 2020 9:44
| England | 31–0 | Argentina |
| Try: Edwards (2) 2'c, 6'c Bowen 8'm Burgess 10'c Emery 11'm Con: Mitchell (3/4) 3', 6', 10' Edwards (0/1) | Report | |
* BC Place, Vancouver Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)
* 7 March 2020 10:06
| South Africa | 12–0 | Japan |
| Try: du Plessis 5'c Makata 6'm Con: du Preez (1/2) 5' | Report | |
* BC Place, Vancouver Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay)
* 7 March 2020 12:56
| England | 29–0 | Japan |
| Try: Davis (2) 0'm, 4'm Bowen 2'm Emery 7'c Kerr 9'c Con: Mitchell (1/4) 7' Edwards (1/1) 9' | Report | |
* BC Place, Vancouver Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina)
* 7 March 2020 13:18
| South Africa | 17–5 | Argentina |
| Try: du Plessis 3'c Oosthuizen 9'm Gans 12' Con: du Preez (1/1) 4' S. Davids (0/1) | Report | Try: Moneta 1'c Con: Revol (0/1) |
* BC Place, Vancouver Referee: Richard Haughton (England)
* 7 March 2020 16:08
| Argentina | 14–14 | Japan |
| Try: Osadczuk (2) 4'c, 14'c Con: Revol (2/2) 5', 14' | Report | Try: Tsuoka 6'c Hayashi 13'c Con: Yoshizawa (1/1) 7' Sakai (1/1) 13' |
* BC Place, Vancouver Referee: Matt Rodden (Hong Kong)
* 7 March 2020 16:30
| South Africa | 38–0 | England |
| Try: du Plessis (3) 1'c, 3'c, 8'c Gans 6'm Davids 10'c Dry 12'm Con: du Preez (3/4) 1', 4', 8' Davids (1/2) 11' | Report | |
* BC Place, Vancouver Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia)

### Pool B

| Team | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Canada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 49 | +37 | 9 |
| Fiji | 2 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 62 | +11 | 7 |
| Wales | 1 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 74 | –27 | 5 |
| France | 0 | 0 | 3 | 57 | 78 | −21 | 3 |
* 7 March 2020 11:15
| France | 21–31 | Canada |
| Try: Veredamu (2) 8'c, 9'c Dumortier 14'c Con: Riva (2/2) 8', 10' Colombet (1/1) 14' | Report | Try: Hirayama 1'c Hammond 4'c Jones 5'm Berna 6'c Braid 11'm Con: Hirayama (3/5) 1', 4', 7' |
* BC Place, Vancouver Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)
* 7 March 2020 11:37
| Fiji | 26–19 | Wales |
| Try: Vakurunabili (2) 1'c, 3'c Bolaca 7'm Derenalagi 12'c Con: Bolaca (2/3) 1', 3' Nacuqu (1/1) 12' | Report | Try: Woolerton 7' Treharne 8'c Smith 10'c Con: Treharne (2/2) 9', 10' |
* BC Place, Vancouver Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France)
* 7 March 2020 14:27
| France | 19–21 | Wales |
| Try: Dumortier (2) 1'c, 11'c Riva 6'm Con: Riva (1/2) 2' Parez (1/1) 11' | Report | Try: Benjamin 8'c Carson 10'c Lewis 14'c Con: Treharne (2/2) 8', 10' Davies (1/1) 14' |
* BC Place, Vancouver Referee: Matt Rodden (Hong Kong)
* 7 March 2020 14:49
| Fiji | 21–26 | Canada |
| Try: Bolaca 1'c Tuivuaka 7'c Naduva 14'c Con: Bolaca (2/2) 2', 7' Nacuqu (1/1) 14' | Report | Try: Sauder (2) 0'm, 6'c Kay 12'c Douglas 13'c Con: Kay (2/3) 6', 12' Hirayama (1/1) 13' |
* BC Place, Vancouver Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia)
* 7 March 2020 18:05
| Canada | 29–7 | Wales |
| Try: Hirayama 0'm Jones 2'm Kaay 4'm Kay 6'c Sauder 13'c Con: Hirayama (2/5) 6', 13' | Report | Try: Thomas 12'c Con: Treharne (1/1) 12' |
* BC Place, Vancouver Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina)
* 7 March 2020 18:33
| Fiji | 26–17 | France |
| Try: Bolaca 2'c Tuwai 6'm Tuivuaka 9'c Naduva 10'c Con: Bolaca (3/4) 3', 10', 11' | Report | Try: Riva 1'c Jacquelin 13'm Bouhraoua 14'c Con: Riva (2/3) 2', 14' |
* BC Place, Vancouver Referee: Richard Haughton (England)

### Pool C

| Team | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 24 | +69 | 9 |
| Spain | 2 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 71 | –26 | 7 |
| Ireland | 1 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 73 | –9 | 5 |
| Kenya | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 60 | −34 | 3 |
* 7 March 2020 10:31
| Ireland | 26–28 | Spain |
| Try: Conroy (2) 0'c, 13'c Kennedy 4'm Horan 11'c Con: Dardis (3/4) 0', 11', 13' | Report | Try: Mateu 2'c Hernández 6'c Alonso 8'c Sainz-Trapaga 14'c Con: Hernández (4/4) 3', 6', 9', 14' |
* BC Place, Vancouver Referee: Matt Rodden (Hong Kong)
* 7 March 2020 10:53
| New Zealand | 29–0 | Kenya |
| Try: Ravouvou 2'c Koroi (2) 4'm, 8'c Ng Shiu 7'm Clarke 11'm Con: Koroi (2/4) 2', 8' Rokolisoa (0/1) | Report | |
* BC Place, Vancouver Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia)
* 7 March 2020 13:43
| Ireland | 14–12 | Kenya |
| Try: Roche 1'c Curtis 7'c Con: Roche (2/2) 2', 7' | Report | Try: Onyala 3'm Odhiambo 5'c Con: Injera (1/2) 6' |
* BC Place, Vancouver Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)
* 7 March 2020 14:05
| New Zealand | 31–0 | Spain |
| Try: Knewstubb 0'c Mikkelson 3'c Dickson 5'm Clarke 7'c Ravouvou 13'm Con: Koroi (3/4) 1', 4', 7' Rokolisoa (0/1) | Report | |
* BC Place, Vancouver Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay)
* 7 March 2020 17:07
| Spain | 17–14 | Kenya |
| Try: Fontes 1'm Pol Pla 4'm Sainz-Trapaga 12'c Con: Hernández (1/3) 13' | Report | Try: Injera (2) 2'c, 9'c Con: Oliech (2/2) 3', 9' |
* BC Place, Vancouver Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France)
* 7 March 2020 17:35
| New Zealand | 33–24 | Ireland |
| Try: Rokoliosa (2) 1', 7' Clarke 6'c Koroi 12'm Nicole 13'c Con: Rokolisoa (1/1) 1' Knewstubb (2/2) 7', 7' Koroi (1/2) 13' | Report | Try: Turner 3'c Kelly (2) 4'm, 10'c Conroy 9'm Con: Roche (1/2) 3' Dardis (1/2) 10' |
* BC Place, Vancouver Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)

### Pool D

| Team | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Australia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 38 | +64 | 9 |
| United States | 2 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 7 |
| Scotland | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50 | 80 | −30 | 4 |
| Samoa | 0 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 78 | −42 | 4 |
* 7 March 2020 9:00
| United States | 19–5 | Samoa |
| Try: Baker 1'm Brown 4'c Iosefo 8'c Con: Hughes (1/2) 4' Tomasin (1/1) 9' | Report | Try: Maliko 12'm Con: Matavao (0/1) |
* BC Place, Vancouver Referee: Richard Haughton (England)
* 7 March 2020 9:22
| Australia | 33–19 | Scotland |
| Try: Anderson (2) 3'c, 6'm Pincus 4'c Miller 7'c Anstee 12'c Con: Holland (4/5) 3', 5', 7', 12' | Report | Try: Farndale 1'c Brown 8'm Rowe 13'c Con: Lowe (1/2) 2' Elms (1/1) 14' |
* BC Place, Vancouver Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina)
* 7 March 2020 12:12
| United States | 28–12 | Scotland |
| Try: Unufe (2) 2'c, 6'c Hughes 11'c Tomasin 12'c Con: Hughes (3/3) 3', 7', 11' Tomasin (1/1) 13' | Report | Try: Rowe 7'c Elms 14'm Con: Lowe (1/1) 8'm Fergusson (0/1) |
* BC Place, Vancouver Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France)
* 7 March 2020 12:34
| Australia | 40–12 | Samoa |
| Try: Anstee 1'c Miller 2'm Anderson 3'c Pincus 6'c Turner 8'c Dunbar 11'c Con: Holland (4/5) 1', 4', 6', 9' Dunbar (1/1) 11' | Report | Try: Filipo 8'c Alosio 12'm Con: Matavao (1/2) 9' |
* BC Place, Vancouver Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)
* 7 March 2020 15:24
| Samoa | 19–19 | Scotland |
| Try: Scanlan 7'm Maliko 11'c Alosio 12'c Con: Scanlan (1/1) 12' Alosio (1/1) 12' Matavao (0/1) | Report | Try: McFarland 3'c Elms 9'm Farndale 10'c Con: Fergusson (2/3) 3', 11' |
* BC Place, Vancouver Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay)
* 7 March 2020 15:46
| Australia | 29–7 | United States |
| Try: Miller (3) 0'm, 5'm, 12'c Hutchison (2) 8'm, 9'c Con: Holland (2/5) 9', 12' | Report | Try: Tomasin 2'c Con: Hughes (1/1) 3' |
* BC Place, Vancouver Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)

## Knockout stage
### Thirteenth place

| 13th place semifinals | 13th place semifinals | 13th place final | 13th place final |
| 8 March 2020 – 12:54 – BC Place | 8 March 2020 – 12:54 – BC Place |
| Japan | 12 |
| Japan | 12 | 8 March 2020 – 15:58 – BC Place | 8 March 2020 – 15:58 – BC Place |
| Ireland | 21 | 8 March 2020 – 15:58 – BC Place | 8 March 2020 – 15:58 – BC Place |
| Ireland | 21 | Ireland (a.e.t.) | 31 |
| 8 March 2020 – 13:16 – BC Place | 8 March 2020 – 13:16 – BC Place | | Ireland (a.e.t.) | 31 |
| 8 March 2020 – 13:16 – BC Place | 8 March 2020 – 13:16 – BC Place | Argentina | 26 |
| Argentina | 31 | Argentina | 26 |
| Wales | 7 | | |
Matches :
13th place semifinals
8 March 2020 12:54Japan 12–21 IrelandReportBC Place, Vancouver
8 March 2020 13:16Argentina 31–7 WalesReportBC Place, Vancouver
13th place final
8 March 2020 15:58Ireland 31–26 ArgentinaReportBC Place, Vancouver :

### Ninth place

| 9th place quarterfinals | 9th place quarterfinals | 9th place semifinals | 9th place semifinals | | 9th place final | 9th place final |
| 8 March 2020 – 9:43 – BC Place | 8 March 2020 – 9:43 – BC Place | | | |
| Japan | 19 | | | |
| Japan | 19 | 8 March 2020 – 13:38 – BC Place | 8 March 2020 – 13:38 – BC Place | | |
| Samoa | 50 | 8 March 2020 – 13:38 – BC Place | 8 March 2020 – 13:38 – BC Place | |
| Samoa | 50 | Samoa | 0 | |
| 8 March 2020 – 10:05 – BC Place | 8 March 2020 – 10:05 – BC Place | | Samoa | 0 | |
| 8 March 2020 – 10:05 – BC Place | 8 March 2020 – 10:05 – BC Place | France | 19 | |
| Ireland | 21 | France | 19 | |
| Ireland | 21 | | | | 8 March 2020 – 17:07 – BC Place | 8 March 2020 – 17:07 – BC Place |
| France | 22 | | | | 8 March 2020 – 17:07 – BC Place | 8 March 2020 – 17:07 – BC Place |
| France | 22 | | | | France | 7 |
| 8 March 2020 – 10:27 – BC Place | 8 March 2020 – 10:27 – BC Place | | | | | France | 7 |
| 8 March 2020 – 10:27 – BC Place | 8 March 2020 – 10:27 – BC Place | | | | Scotland | 12 |
| Scotland | 28 | | | | Scotland | 12 |
| Scotland | 28 | 8 March 2020 – 14:00 – BC Place | 8 March 2020 – 14:00 – BC Place | | | |
| Argentina | 17 | 8 March 2020 – 14:00 – BC Place | 8 March 2020 – 14:00 – BC Place | | | |
| Argentina | 17 | Scotland | 12 | | | |
| 8 March 2020 – 10:49 – BC Place | 8 March 2020 – 10:49 – BC Place | | Scotland | 12 | | | |
| 8 March 2020 – 10:49 – BC Place | 8 March 2020 – 10:49 – BC Place | Kenya | 7 | |
| Wales | 0 | Kenya | 7 | |
| Kenya | 28 | | | |
Matches :
9th place quarterfinals
8 March 2020 9:43Japan 19–50 SamoaReportBC Place, Vancouver
8 March 2020 10:05Ireland 21–22 FranceReportBC Place, Vancouver
8 March 2020 10:27Scotland 28–17 ArgentinaReportBC Place, Vancouver
8 March 2020 10:49Wales 0–28 KenyaReportBC Place, Vancouver
9th place semifinals
8 March 2020 13:38Samoa 0–19 FranceReportBC Place, Vancouver
8 March 2020 14:00Scotland 12–7 KenyaReportBC Place, Vancouver
9th place final
8 March 2020 17:07France 7–12 ScotlandReportBC Place, Vancouver :

### Fifth place

| 5th place semifinals | 5th place semifinals | 5th place final | 5th place final |
| 8 March 2020 – 14:30 – BC Place | 8 March 2020 – 14:30 – BC Place |
| United States | 40 |
| United States | 40 | 8 March 2020 – 17:31 – BC Place | 8 March 2020 – 17:31 – BC Place |
| Fiji | 14 | 8 March 2020 – 17:31 – BC Place | 8 March 2020 – 17:31 – BC Place |
| Fiji | 14 | United States | 24 |
| 8 March 2020 – 14:52 – BC Place | 8 March 2020 – 14:52 – BC Place | | United States | 24 |
| 8 March 2020 – 14:52 – BC Place | 8 March 2020 – 14:52 – BC Place | England | 26 |
| England | 26 | England | 26 |
| Spain | 17 | | |
Matches :
5th place semifinals
8 March 2020 14:30United States 40–14 FijiReportBC Place, Vancouver
8 March 2020 14:52England 26–17 SpainReportBC Place, Vancouver
5th place final
8 March 2020 17:31United States 24–26 EnglandReportBC Place, Vancouver :

### Cup

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| 8 March 2020 – 11:19 – BC Place | 8 March 2020 – 11:19 – BC Place | | | |
| South Africa | 26 | | | |
| South Africa | 26 | 8 March 2020 – 15:14 – BC Place | 8 March 2020 – 15:14 – BC Place | | |
| United States | 10 | 8 March 2020 – 15:14 – BC Place | 8 March 2020 – 15:14 – BC Place | |
| United States | 10 | South Africa | 15 | |
| 8 March 2020 – 11:41 – BC Place | 8 March 2020 – 11:41 – BC Place | | South Africa | 15 | |
| 8 March 2020 – 11:41 – BC Place | 8 March 2020 – 11:41 – BC Place | New Zealand | 27 | |
| New Zealand | 17 | New Zealand | 27 | |
| New Zealand | 17 | | | | 8 March 2020 – 18:28 – BC Place | 8 March 2020 – 18:28 – BC Place |
| Fiji | 5 | | | | 8 March 2020 – 18:28 – BC Place | 8 March 2020 – 18:28 – BC Place |
| Fiji | 5 | | | | New Zealand | 17 |
| 8 March 2020 – 12:03 – BC Place | 8 March 2020 – 12:03 – BC Place | | | | | New Zealand | 17 |
| 8 March 2020 – 12:03 – BC Place | 8 March 2020 – 12:03 – BC Place | | | | Australia | 14 |
| Australia | 31 | | | | Australia | 14 |
| Australia | 31 | 8 March 2020 – 15:36 – BC Place | 8 March 2020 – 15:36 – BC Place | | | |
| England | 12 | 8 March 2020 – 15:36 – BC Place | 8 March 2020 – 15:36 – BC Place | | | |
| England | 12 | Australia | 19 | | | |
| 8 March 2020 – 12:25 – BC Place | 8 March 2020 – 12:25 – BC Place | | Australia | 19 | | | |
| 8 March 2020 – 12:25 – BC Place | 8 March 2020 – 12:25 – BC Place | Canada | 14 | | 3rd place final | 3rd place final |
| Canada | 21 | Canada | 14 | | 3rd place final | 3rd place final |
| Canada | 21 | | | | 8 March 2020 – 17:58 – BC Place | 8 March 2020 – 17:58 – BC Place |
| Spain | 0 | | | | 8 March 2020 – 17:58 – BC Place | 8 March 2020 – 17:58 – BC Place |
| Spain | 0 | | | | South Africa | 19 |
| | | | | | Canada | 26 |
Matches :
Quarterfinals
8 March 2020 11:19South Africa 26–10 United StatesReportBC Place, Vancouver
8 March 2020 11:41New Zealand 17–5 FijiReportBC Place, Vancouver
8 March 2020 12:03Australia 31–12 EnglandReportBC Place, Vancouver
8 March 2020 12:25Canada 21–0 SpainReportBC Place, Vancouver
Semifinals
8 March 2020 15:14South Africa 15–27 New ZealandReportBC Place, Vancouver
8 March 2020 15:36Australia 19–14 CanadaReportBC Place, Vancouver
Third place
8 March 2020 17:58South Africa 19–26 CanadaReportBC Place, Vancouver
Final
8 March 2020 18:28New Zealand 17–14 AustraliaReportBC Place, Vancouver :

## Tournament placings

| Place | Team | Points |
| | New Zealand | 22 |
| | Australia | 19 |
| | Canada | 17 |
| 4 | South Africa | 15 |
| 5 | England | 13 |
| 6 | United States | 12 |
| 7 | Fiji | 11 |
| 8 | Spain | 10 |
| Place | Team | Points |
| 9 | Scotland | 8 |
| 10 | France | 7 |
| 11 | Samoa | 6 |
| 12 | Kenya | 5 |
| 13 | Ireland | 4 |
| 14 | Argentina | 3 |
| 15 | Wales | 2 |
| 16 | Japan | 1 |