# 2017 Hong Kong Sevens

The 2017 Hong Kong Sevens was the 42nd edition of the Hong Kong Sevens tournament, and the seventh tournament of the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 7–9 April 2017 at Hong Kong Stadium in Hong Kong.
England's Dan Norton scored his 245th career try during the tournament, breaking Kenya's Collins Injera's record of 244 career tries in the World Rugby Sevens Series.

## Format

As in the last tournament, there will be a main draw with the fifteen World Series core teams and one invited team, and a qualifying tournament featuring twelve teams, the winner of which will be given core status in the next series.
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 main tournament will consist of the fifteen core teams and one invited team

### Main draw

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

### World Series Qualifier

Teams will qualify for the World Series Qualifier tournament based on continental championships. The top two teams from each continent that are not already core teams will qualify.
| Continental Sevens Championship | Dates | Venue(s) | Berths | Qualified |
| 2016 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series | 4 June-17 July 2016 | Moscow, Exeter, Gdynia | 2 | Spain Germany |
| 2016 Asia Rugby Sevens Series | 3 September- 16 October 2016 | Hong Kong, Incheon, Colombo | 2 | Hong Kong Sri Lanka |
| 2016 Africa Cup Sevens | 24–25 September 2016 | Nairobi | 2 | Namibia Uganda |
| 2016 Oceania Sevens Championship | 11–12 November 2016 | Suva | 2 | Papua New Guinea Tonga |
| 2016 RAN Sevens | 12–13 November 2016 | Port of Spain | 2 | Guyana Jamaica |
| 2017 Sudamérica Rugby Sevens | 6–15 January 2017 | Punta Del Este, Viña del Mar | 2 | Chile Uruguay |
| Total | Total | Total | 12 | |

## Main draw
### Pool stage

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

#### Pool A

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 29 | +56 | 9 |
| England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 22 | +52 | 7 |
| Samoa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 45 | +6 | 5 |
| South Korea | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 126 | −114 | 3 |
* 7 April 2017 18:00
| Australia | 21–19 | Samoa |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 7 April 2017 18:22
| England | 52–0 | South Korea |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 8 April 2017 11:18
| Australia | 52–0 | South Korea |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 8 April 2017 11:40
| England | 12–10 | Samoa |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 8 April 2017 15:18
| Samoa | 22–12 | South Korea |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 8 April 2017 15:40
| England | 10–12 | Australia |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

#### Pool B

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| South Africa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 27 | +51 | 9 |
| Canada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 7 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 64 | −11 | 5 |
| France | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 74 | −38 | 3 |
* 7 April 2017 20:18
| Canada | 17–14 | Kenya |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 7 April 2017 20:40
| South Africa | 17–10 | France |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 8 April 2017 13:34
| Canada | 28–14 | France |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 8 April 2017 13:56
| South Africa | 35–10 | Kenya |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 8 April 2017 17:34
| Kenya | 29–12 | France |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 8 April 2017 17:56
| South Africa | 26–7 | Canada |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

#### Pool C

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| Fiji | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 31 | +39 | 8 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 38 | +35 | 7 |
| Wales | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 58 | 57 | +1 | 6 |
| Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 110 | −75 | 3 |
* 7 April 2017 19:32
| New Zealand | 19–7 | Wales |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 7 April 2017 19:54
| Fiji | 36–0 | Japan |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 8 April 2017 12:50
| New Zealand | 40–14 | Japan |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 8 April 2017 13:12
| Fiji | 17–17 | Wales |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 8 April 2017 16:48
| Wales | 34–21 | Japan |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 8 April 2017 17:12
| Fiji | 17–14 | New Zealand |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

#### Pool D

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 26 | +40 | 9 |
| Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 59 | −15 | 7 |
| Russia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 5 |
| Scotland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 55 | −22 | 3 |
* 7 April 2017 18:44
| Argentina | 22–14 | Scotland |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 7 April 2017 19:08
| United States | 14–7 | Russia |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 8 April 2017 12:02
| Argentina | 17–12 | Russia |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 8 April 2017 12:26
| United States | 19–14 | Scotland |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 8 April 2017 16:02
| Scotland | 5–14 | Russia |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 8 April 2017 16:24
| United States | 33–5 | Argentina |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

### Knockout stage
#### 13th Place

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | 13th Place Final | 13th Place Final |
| 9 April 2017 – 13:14 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2017 – 13:14 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Samoa | 12 |
| Samoa | 12 | 9 April 2017 – 17:00 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2017 – 17:00 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Wales | 26 | 9 April 2017 – 17:00 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2017 – 17:00 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Wales | 26 | Wales | 21 |
| 9 April 2017 – 13:36 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2017 – 13:36 – Hong Kong Stadium | | Wales | 21 |
| 9 April 2017 – 13:36 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2017 – 13:36 – Hong Kong Stadium | Japan | 28 |
| South Korea | 7 | Japan | 28 |
| Japan | 36 | | |

#### Challenge Trophy

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Challenge Trophy Final | Challenge Trophy Final |
| 9 April 2017 – 09:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2017 – 09:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Samoa | 21 | | | |
| Samoa | 21 | 9 April 2017 – 13:58 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2017 – 13:58 – Hong Kong Stadium | | |
| Scotland | 26 | 9 April 2017 – 13:58 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2017 – 13:58 – Hong Kong Stadium | |
| Scotland | 26 | Scotland | 21 | |
| 9 April 2017 – 09:52 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2017 – 09:52 – Hong Kong Stadium | | Scotland | 21 | |
| 9 April 2017 – 09:52 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2017 – 09:52 – Hong Kong Stadium | France | 19 | |
| Wales | 21 | France | 19 | |
| Wales | 21 | | | | 9 April 2017 – 17:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2017 – 17:30 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| France | 28 | | | | 9 April 2017 – 17:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2017 – 17:30 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| France | 28 | | | | Scotland | 21 |
| 9 April 2017 – 10:14 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2017 – 10:14 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | | Scotland | 21 |
| 9 April 2017 – 10:14 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2017 – 10:14 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | Kenya | 19 |
| Russia | 43 | | | | Kenya | 19 |
| Russia | 43 | 9 April 2017 – 14:22 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2017 – 14:22 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| South Korea | 0 | 9 April 2017 – 14:22 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2017 – 14:22 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| South Korea | 0 | Russia | 5 | | | |
| 9 April 2017 – 10:36 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2017 – 10:36 – Hong Kong Stadium | | Russia | 5 | | | |
| 9 April 2017 – 10:36 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2017 – 10:36 – Hong Kong Stadium | Kenya | 24 | |
| Kenya | 24 | Kenya | 24 | |
| Japan | 17 | | | |

#### 5th Place

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | 5th Place Final | 5th Place Final |
| 9 April 2017 – 14:47 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2017 – 14:47 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Argentina | 20 |
| Argentina | 20 | 9 April 2017 – 18:00 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2017 – 18:00 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Canada | 19 | 9 April 2017 – 18:00 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2017 – 18:00 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Canada | 19 | Argentina | 7 |
| 9 April 2017 – 15:09 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2017 – 15:09 – Hong Kong Stadium | | Argentina | 7 |
| 9 April 2017 – 15:09 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2017 – 15:09 – Hong Kong Stadium | New Zealand | 10 |
| England | 7 | New Zealand | 10 |
| New Zealand | 21 | | |

#### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Cup Final | Cup Final |
| 9 April 2017 – 10:58 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2017 – 10:58 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Australia | 21 | | | |
| Australia | 21 | 9 April 2017 – 15:31 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2017 – 15:31 – Hong Kong Stadium | | |
| Argentina | 12 | 9 April 2017 – 15:31 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2017 – 15:31 – Hong Kong Stadium | |
| Argentina | 12 | Australia | 12 | |
| 9 April 2017 – 11:20 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2017 – 11:20 – Hong Kong Stadium | | Australia | 12 | |
| 9 April 2017 – 11:20 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2017 – 11:20 – Hong Kong Stadium | Fiji | 33 | |
| Fiji | 29 | Fiji | 33 | |
| Fiji | 29 | | | | 9 April 2017 – 19:00 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2017 – 19:00 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Canada | 12 | | | | 9 April 2017 – 19:00 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2017 – 19:00 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Canada | 12 | | | | Fiji | 22 |
| 9 April 2017 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2017 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | | Fiji | 22 |
| 9 April 2017 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2017 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | South Africa | 0 |
| United States | 27 | | | | South Africa | 0 |
| United States | 27 | 9 April 2017 – 15:53 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2017 – 15:53 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| England | 7 | 9 April 2017 – 15:53 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2017 – 15:53 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| England | 7 | United States | 24 | | | |
| 9 April 2017 – 12:06 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2017 – 12:06 – Hong Kong Stadium | | United States | 24 | | | |
| 9 April 2017 – 12:06 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2017 – 12:06 – Hong Kong Stadium | South Africa | 29 | | Bronze Medal Match | Bronze Medal Match |
| South Africa | 21 | South Africa | 29 | | Bronze Medal Match | Bronze Medal Match |
| South Africa | 21 | | | | 9 April 2017 – 18:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2017 – 18:30 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| New Zealand | 19 | | | | 9 April 2017 – 18:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2017 – 18:30 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| New Zealand | 19 | | | | Australia | 26 |
| | | | | | United States | 19 |

### Player scoring

Most tries:
* Perry Baker (9)
* Joe Ravouvou (6)
* (Several players tied) (5)

## Tournament placings

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

## World Series Qualifier
### Pool stage
#### Pool E

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 33 | +46 | 9 |
| Uganda | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 29 | +26 | 7 |
| Tonga | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 58 | −23 | 5 |
| Jamaica | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 71 | −49 | 3 |
* 7 April 2017 12:44
| Uganda | 29–0 | Tonga |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 7 April 2017 13:06
| Germany | 31–12 | Jamaica |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 7 April 2017 15:40
| Tonga | 14–5 | Jamaica |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 7 April 2017 16:04
| Germany | 24–0 | Uganda |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 8 April 2017 09:44
| Uganda | 26–5 | Jamaica |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 8 April 2017 10:06
| Germany | 24–21 | Tonga |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

#### Pool F

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| Chile | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 14 | +81 | 9 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 7 |
| Namibia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 62 | −15 | 5 |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 95 | −76 | 3 |
* 7 April 2017 13:28
| Chile | 38–0 | Sri Lanka |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 7 April 2017 13:50
| Hong Kong | 22–7 | Namibia |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 7 April 2017 16:28
| Chile | 26–14 | Namibia |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 7 April 2017 16:50
| Hong Kong | 31–5 | Sri Lanka |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 8 April 2017 10:28
| Sri Lanka | 14–26 | Namibia |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 8 April 2017 10:50
| Hong Kong | 0–31 | Chile |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

#### Pool G

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 5 | +93 | 9 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 41 | +16 | 7 |
| Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 71 | 76 | −5 | 5 |
| Guyana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 128 | −104 | 3 |
* 7 April 2017 12:00
| Papua New Guinea | 26–21 | Uruguay |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 7 April 2017 12:22
| Spain | 47–5 | Guyana |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 7 April 2017 14:56
| Papua New Guinea | 31–5 | Guyana |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 7 April 2017 15:34
| Spain | 36–0 | Uruguay |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 8 April 2017 09:00
| Uruguay | 50–14 | Guyana |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 8 April 2017 09:22
| Spain | 15–0 | Papua New Guinea |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

### Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | World Series Qualifier Final | World Series Qualifier Final |
| 8 April 2017 – 18:20 – Hong Kong Stadium | 8 April 2017 – 18:20 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Chile | 21 | | | |
| Chile | 21 | 9 April 2017 – 12:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2017 – 12:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | | |
| Uruguay | 12 | 9 April 2017 – 12:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2017 – 12:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | |
| Uruguay | 12 | Chile | 7 | |
| 8 April 2017 – 18:44 – Hong Kong Stadium | 8 April 2017 – 18:44 – Hong Kong Stadium | | Chile | 7 | |
| 8 April 2017 – 18:44 – Hong Kong Stadium | 8 April 2017 – 18:44 – Hong Kong Stadium | Germany | 19 | |
| Germany | 14 | Germany | 19 | |
| Germany | 14 | | | | 9 April 2017 – 16:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2017 – 16:30 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Hong Kong | 7 | | | | 9 April 2017 – 16:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2017 – 16:30 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Hong Kong | 7 | | | | Germany | 7 |
| 8 April 2017 – 19:06 – Hong Kong Stadium | 8 April 2017 – 19:06 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | | Germany | 7 |
| 8 April 2017 – 19:06 – Hong Kong Stadium | 8 April 2017 – 19:06 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | Spain | 12 |
| Uganda | 10 | | | | Spain | 12 |
| Uganda | 10 | 9 April 2017 – 12:52 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2017 – 12:52 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 9 April 2017 – 12:52 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2017 – 12:52 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | Papua New Guinea | 12 | | | |
| 8 April 2017 – 19:28 – Hong Kong Stadium | 8 April 2017 – 19:28 – Hong Kong Stadium | | Papua New Guinea | 12 | | | |
| 8 April 2017 – 19:28 – Hong Kong Stadium | 8 April 2017 – 19:28 – Hong Kong Stadium | Spain | 21 | |
| Spain | 33 | Spain | 21 | |
| Namibia | 0 | | | |