# 2016 South Africa Sevens

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

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

Fifteen core teams participated in the tournament along with one invited team, which was the winner of the 2016 Africa Cup Sevens, Uganda:
* Argentina
* Australia
* Canada
* England
* Fiji
* France
* Japan
* Kenya
* New Zealand
* Samoa
* Scotland
* South Africa
* Russia
* Uganda
* United States
* Wales

## Pool Stage

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

### Pool A

| 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

| 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

| 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

| 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
### 13th place

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | 5th Place Final | 5th Place Final |
| 11 December 2016 - 10:36 – Cape Town Stadium | 11 December 2016 - 10:36 – Cape Town Stadium |
| Australia | 42 |
| Australia | 42 | 11 December 2016 - 11:20 – Cape Town Stadium | 11 December 2016 - 11:20 – Cape Town Stadium |
| Uganda | 12 | 11 December 2016 - 11:20 – Cape Town Stadium | 11 December 2016 - 11:20 – Cape Town Stadium |
| Uganda | 12 | Samoa | 14 |
| 11 December 2016 - 10:58 – Cape Town Stadium | 11 December 2016 - 10:58 – Cape Town Stadium | | Samoa | 14 |
| 11 December 2016 - 10:58 – Cape Town Stadium | 11 December 2016 - 10:58 – Cape Town Stadium | Russia | 17 |
| Argentina | 33 | Russia | 17 |
| Japan | 12 | | |

### Challenge trophy

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Challenge Trophy Final | Challenge Trophy Final |
| 11 December 2016 - 10:36 – Cape Town Stadium | 11 December 2016 - 10:36 – Cape Town Stadium | | | |
| Australia | 42 | | | |
| Australia | 42 | 11 December 2016 - 14:41 – Cape Town Stadium | 11 December 2016 - 14:41 – Cape Town Stadium | | |
| Uganda | 12 | 11 December 2016 - 14:41 – Cape Town Stadium | 11 December 2016 - 14:41 – Cape Town Stadium | |
| Uganda | 12 | Australia | 17 | |
| 11 December 2016 - 10:58 – Cape Town Stadium | 11 December 2016 - 10:58 – Cape Town Stadium | | Australia | 17 | |
| 11 December 2016 - 10:58 – Cape Town Stadium | 11 December 2016 - 10:58 – Cape Town Stadium | Argentina | 21 | |
| Argentina | 33 | Argentina | 21 | |
| Argentina | 33 | | | | 11 December 2016 - 18:05 – Cape Town Stadium | 11 December 2016 - 18:05 – Cape Town Stadium |
| Japan | 12 | | | | 11 December 2016 - 18:05 – Cape Town Stadium | 11 December 2016 - 18:05 – Cape Town Stadium |
| Japan | 12 | | | | Argentina | 7 |
| 11 December 2016 - 11:20 – Cape Town Stadium | 11 December 2016 - 11:20 – Cape Town Stadium | | | | | Argentina | 7 |
| 11 December 2016 - 11:20 – Cape Town Stadium | 11 December 2016 - 11:20 – Cape Town Stadium | | | | France | 19 |
| Samoa | 14 | | | | France | 19 |
| Samoa | 14 | 11 December 2016 - 15:03 – Cape Town Stadium | 11 December 2016 - 15:03 – Cape Town Stadium | | | |
| Russia | 17 | 11 December 2016 - 15:03 – Cape Town Stadium | 11 December 2016 - 15:03 – Cape Town Stadium | | | |
| Russia | 17 | Russia | 12 | | | |
| 11 December 2015 - 11:42 – Cape Town Stadium | 11 December 2015 - 11:42 – Cape Town Stadium | | Russia | 12 | | | |
| 11 December 2015 - 11:42 – Cape Town Stadium | 11 December 2015 - 11:42 – Cape Town Stadium | France | 17 | |
| France | 42 | France | 17 | |
| Canada | 14 | | | |

### 5th place

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | 5th Place Final | 5th Place Final |
| 11 December 2016 - 15:50 – Cape Town Stadium | 11 December 2016 - 15:50 – Cape Town Stadium |
| Wales | 14 |
| Wales | 14 | 11 December 2016 - 18:36 – Cape Town Stadium | 11 December 2016 - 18:36 – Cape Town Stadium |
| Kenya | 19 | 11 December 2016 - 18:36 – Cape Town Stadium | 11 December 2016 - 18:36 – Cape Town Stadium |
| Kenya | 19 | Kenya | 21 |
| 11 December 2016 - 16:12 – Cape Town Stadium | 11 December 2016 - 16:12 – Cape Town Stadium | | Kenya | 21 |
| 11 December 2016 - 16:12 – Cape Town Stadium | 11 December 2016 - 16:12 – Cape Town Stadium | Fiji | 33 |
| United States | 12 | Fiji | 33 |
| Fiji | 28 | | |

### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Cup Final | Cup Final |
| 11 December 2016 - 12:04 – Cape Town Stadium | 11 December 2016 - 12:04 – Cape Town Stadium | | | |
| South Africa | 33 | | | |
| South Africa | 33 | 11 December 2016 - 16:34 – Cape Town Stadium | 11 December 2016 - 16:34 – Cape Town Stadium | | |
| Wales | 0 | 11 December 2016 - 16:34 – Cape Town Stadium | 11 December 2016 - 16:34 – Cape Town Stadium | |
| Wales | 0 | South Africa | 14 | |
| 11 December 2016 - 12:26 – Cape Town Stadium | 11 December 2016 - 12:26 – Cape Town Stadium | | South Africa | 14 | |
| 11 December 2016 - 12:26 – Cape Town Stadium | 11 December 2016 - 12:26 – Cape Town Stadium | New Zealand | 7 | |
| New Zealand | 28 | New Zealand | 7 | |
| New Zealand | 28 | | | | 11 December 2016 - 19:44 – Cape Town Stadium | 11 December 2016 - 19:44 – Cape Town Stadium |
| Kenya | 7 | | | | 11 December 2016 - 19:44 – Cape Town Stadium | 11 December 2016 - 19:44 – Cape Town Stadium |
| Kenya | 7 | | | | South Africa | 17 |
| 11 December 2016 - 12:48 – Cape Town Stadium | 11 December 2016 - 12:48 – Cape Town Stadium | | | | | South Africa | 17 |
| 11 December 2016 - 12:48 – Cape Town Stadium | 11 December 2016 - 12:48 – Cape Town Stadium | | | | England | 19 |
| Scotland | 24 | | | | England | 19 |
| Scotland | 24 | 11 December 2016 - 16:56 – Cape Town Stadium | 11 December 2016 - 16:56 – Cape Town Stadium | | | |
| United States | 19 | 11 December 2016 - 16:56 – Cape Town Stadium | 11 December 2016 - 16:56 – Cape Town Stadium | | | |
| United States | 19 | Scotland | 14 | | | |
| 11 December 2016 - 13:10 – Cape Town Stadium | 11 December 2016 - 13:10 – Cape Town Stadium | | Scotland | 14 | | | |
| 11 December 2016 - 13:10 – Cape Town Stadium | 11 December 2016 - 13:10 – Cape Town Stadium | England | 33 | | Bronze Medal Match | Bronze Medal Match |
| Fiji | 26 | England | 33 | | Bronze Medal Match | Bronze Medal Match |
| Fiji | 26 | | | | 11 December 2016 – 19:18 - Cape Town Stadium | 11 December 2016 – 19:18 - Cape Town Stadium |
| England | 31 | | | | 11 December 2016 – 19:18 - Cape Town Stadium | 11 December 2016 – 19:18 - Cape Town Stadium |
| England | 31 | | | | New Zealand | 24 |
| | | | | | Scotland | 19 |

## Tournament placings

| Place | Team | Points |
| | England | 22 |
| | South Africa | 19 |
| | New Zealand | 17 |
| 4 | Scotland | 15 |
| 5 | Fiji | 13 |
| 6 | Kenya | 12 |
| 7 | Wales | 10 |
| 7 | United States | 10 |
| Place | Team | Points |
| 9 | France | 8 |
| 10 | Argentina | 7 |
| 11 | Australia | 5 |
| 11 | Russia | 5 |
| 13 | Canada | 3 |
| 14 | Uganda | 2 |
| 15 | Samoa | 1 |
| 15 | Japan | 1 |
Source: World Rugby (archived)