# 2015 South Africa Sevens

The 2015 South Africa Sevens was the second tournament within the 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series and the seventeenth edition of the South Africa Sevens. It was held over the weekend of 12-13 December 2015 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/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went to the Bowl/Shield brackets.

## Teams

The 16 participating teams for the tournament:
* Argentina
* Australia
* Canada
* England
* Fiji
* France
* Kenya
* New Zealand
* Portugal
* Samoa
* Scotland
* South Africa
* Russia
* United States
* Wales
* Zimbabwe

## Pool Stage

Key to colours in group tables :
* Teams that advanced to the Cup quarter-final

### Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Fiji | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 19 | +110 | 9 |
| Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 62 | –10 | 7 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 63 | +3 | 5 |
| Russia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 118 | –103 | 3 |
* 12 December 2015 10:59
| Fiji | 34–19 | Scotland |
* Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
* 12 December 2015 11:21
| Argentina | 33–5 | Russia |
* Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
* 12 December 2015 14:20
| Fiji | 52–0 | Russia |
* Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
* 12 December 2015 14:42
| Argentina | 19–14 | Scotland |
* Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
* 12 December 2015 17:41
| Scotland | 33–10 | Russia |
* Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
* 12 December 2015 18:03
| Fiji | 43–0 | Argentina |
* Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Kenya | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 31 | +38 | 8 |
| South Africa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 19 | +29 | 7 |
| England | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 62 | 29 | +33 | 6 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 105 | –100 | 3 |
* 12 December 2015 12:27
| England | 19–19 | Kenya |
* Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
* 12 December 2015 12:49
| South Africa | 26–5 | Zimbabwe |
* Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
* 12 December 2015 15:48
| England | 43–0 | Zimbabwe |
* Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
* 12 December 2015 16:10
| South Africa | 12–14 | Kenya |
* Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
* 12 December 2015 19:34
| Kenya | 36–0 | Zimbabwe |
* Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
* 12 December 2015 19:56
| England | 0–10 | South Africa |
* Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

### Pool C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 35 | +57 | 9 |
| United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 99 | 52 | +47 | 7 |
| Wales | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 73 | 52 | +21 | 5 |
| Portugal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 137 | –125 | 3 |
* 12 December 2015 10:15
| United States | 26–19 | Wales |
* Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
* 12 December 2015 10:37
| Australia | 45–0 | Portugal |
* Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
* 12 December 2015 13:36
| United States | 52–7 | Portugal |
* Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
* 12 December 2015 13:58
| Australia | 21–14 | Wales |
* Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
* 12 December 2015 16:57
| Wales | 40–5 | Portugal |
* Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
* 12 December 2015 17:19
| United States | 21–26 | Australia |
* Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

### Pool D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 48 | +2 | 7 |
| France | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 62 | 64 | –2 | 6 |
| Canada | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 60 | 62 | –2 | 6 |
| Samoa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 51 | +2 | 5 |
* 12 December 2015 11:43
| New Zealand | 19–14 | France |
* Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
* 12 December 2015 12:05
| Samoa | 24–10 | Canada |
* Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
* 12 December 2015 15:04
| New Zealand | 12–24 | Canada |
* Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
* 12 December 2015 15:26
| Samoa | 19–22 | France |
* Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
* 12 December 2015 18:50
| France | 26–26 | Canada |
* Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
* 12 December 2015 19:12
| New Zealand | 19–10 | Samoa |
* Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

## Knockout stage
### Shield

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 13 December 2015 - 10:36 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 10:36 – Cape Town Stadium | | | |
| Scotland | 26 | | | |
| Scotland | 26 | 13 December 2015 - 13:57 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 13:57 – Cape Town Stadium | | |
| Samoa | 14 | 13 December 2015 - 13:57 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 13:57 – Cape Town Stadium | |
| Samoa | 14 | Samoa | 33 | |
| 13 December 2015 - 10:58 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 10:58 – Cape Town Stadium | | Samoa | 33 | |
| 13 December 2015 - 10:58 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 10:58 – Cape Town Stadium | Zimbabwe | 0 | |
| Wales | 21 | Zimbabwe | 0 | |
| Wales | 21 | | | | 13 December 2015 - 17:43 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 17:43 – Cape Town Stadium |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | | | | 13 December 2015 - 17:43 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 17:43 – Cape Town Stadium |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | | | | Samoa | 40 |
| 13 December 2015 - 11:20 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 11:20 – Cape Town Stadium | | | | | Samoa | 40 |
| 13 December 2015 - 11:20 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 11:20 – Cape Town Stadium | | | | Russia | 5 |
| Canada | 55 | | | | Russia | 5 |
| Canada | 55 | 13 December 2015 - 14:19 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 14:19 – Cape Town Stadium | | | |
| Russia | 0 | 13 December 2015 - 14:19 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 14:19 – Cape Town Stadium | | | |
| Russia | 0 | Russia | 38 | | | |
| 13 December 2015 - 11:42 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 11:42 – Cape Town Stadium | | Russia | 38 | | | |
| 13 December 2015 - 11:42 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 11:42 – Cape Town Stadium | Portugal | 5 | |
| England | 49 | Portugal | 5 | |
| Portugal | 7 | | | |

### Bowl

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 13 December 2015 - 10:36 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 10:36 – Cape Town Stadium | | | |
| Scotland | 26 | | | |
| Scotland | 26 | 13 December 2015 - 14:41 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 14:41 – Cape Town Stadium | | |
| Samoa | 14 | 13 December 2015 - 14:41 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 14:41 – Cape Town Stadium | |
| Samoa | 14 | Scotland | 29 | |
| 13 December 2015 - 10:58 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 10:58 – Cape Town Stadium | | Scotland | 29 | |
| 13 December 2015 - 10:58 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 10:58 – Cape Town Stadium | Wales | 14 | |
| Wales | 21 | Wales | 14 | |
| Wales | 21 | | | | 13 December 2015 - 18:08 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 18:08 – Cape Town Stadium |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | | | | 13 December 2015 - 18:08 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 18:08 – Cape Town Stadium |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | | | | Scotland | 19 |
| 13 December 2015 - 11:20 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 11:20 – Cape Town Stadium | | | | | Scotland | 19 |
| 13 December 2015 - 11:20 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 11:20 – Cape Town Stadium | | | | England | 0 |
| Canada | 55 | | | | England | 0 |
| Canada | 55 | 13 December 2015 - 15:03 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 15:03 – Cape Town Stadium | | | |
| Russia | 0 | 13 December 2015 - 15:03 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 15:03 – Cape Town Stadium | | | |
| Russia | 0 | Canada | 14 | | | |
| 13 December 2015 - 11:42 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 11:42 – Cape Town Stadium | | Canada | 14 | | | |
| 13 December 2015 - 11:42 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 11:42 – Cape Town Stadium | England | 21 | |
| England | 49 | England | 21 | |
| Portugal | 7 | | | |

### Plate

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 13 December 2015 - 12:04 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 12:04 – Cape Town Stadium | | | |
| Fiji | 14 | | | |
| Fiji | 14 | 13 December 2015 - 15:50 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 15:50 – Cape Town Stadium | | |
| France | 17 | 13 December 2015 - 15:50 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 15:50 – Cape Town Stadium | |
| France | 17 | Fiji | 38 | |
| 13 December 2015 - 12:26 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 12:26 – Cape Town Stadium | | Fiji | 38 | |
| 13 December 2015 - 12:26 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 12:26 – Cape Town Stadium | Australia | 19 | |
| Australia | 5 | Australia | 19 | |
| Australia | 5 | | | | 13 December 2015 - 18:33 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 18:33 – Cape Town Stadium |
| South Africa | 25 | | | | 13 December 2015 - 18:33 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 18:33 – Cape Town Stadium |
| South Africa | 25 | | | | Fiji | 29 |
| 13 December 2015 - 12:48 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 12:48 – Cape Town Stadium | | | | | Fiji | 29 |
| 13 December 2015 - 12:48 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 12:48 – Cape Town Stadium | | | | United States | 19 |
| New Zealand | 19 | | | | United States | 19 |
| New Zealand | 19 | 13 December 2015 - 16:12 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 16:12 – Cape Town Stadium | | | |
| Argentina | 22 | 13 December 2015 - 16:12 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 16:12 – Cape Town Stadium | | | |
| Argentina | 22 | New Zealand | 14 | | | |
| 13 December 2015 - 13:10 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 13:10 – Cape Town Stadium | | New Zealand | 14 | | | |
| 13 December 2015 - 13:10 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 13:10 – Cape Town Stadium | United States | 28 | |
| Kenya | 26 | United States | 28 | |
| United States | 10 | | | |

### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 13 December 2015 - 12:04 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 12:04 – Cape Town Stadium | | | |
| Fiji | 14 | | | |
| Fiji | 14 | 13 December 2015 - 16:34 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 16:34 – Cape Town Stadium | | |
| France | 17 | 13 December 2015 - 16:34 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 16:34 – Cape Town Stadium | |
| France | 17 | France | 12 | |
| 13 December 2015 - 12:26 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 12:26 – Cape Town Stadium | | France | 12 | |
| 13 December 2015 - 12:26 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 12:26 – Cape Town Stadium | South Africa | 21 | |
| Australia | 5 | South Africa | 21 | |
| Australia | 5 | | | | 13 December 2015 - 19:30 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 19:30 – Cape Town Stadium |
| South Africa | 25 | | | | 13 December 2015 - 19:30 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 19:30 – Cape Town Stadium |
| South Africa | 25 | | | | South Africa | 29 |
| 13 December 2015 - 12:48 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 12:48 – Cape Town Stadium | | | | | South Africa | 29 |
| 13 December 2015 - 12:48 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 12:48 – Cape Town Stadium | | | | Argentina | 14 |
| New Zealand | 19 | | | | Argentina | 14 |
| New Zealand | 19 | 13 December 2015 - 16:56 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 16:56 – Cape Town Stadium | | | |
| Argentina | 22 | 13 December 2015 - 16:56 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 16:56 – Cape Town Stadium | | | |
| Argentina | 22 | Argentina | 24 | | | |
| 13 December 2015 - 13:10 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 13:10 – Cape Town Stadium | | Argentina | 24 | | | |
| 13 December 2015 - 13:10 – Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 - 13:10 – Cape Town Stadium | Kenya | 22 | | Third place | Third place |
| Kenya | 26 | Kenya | 22 | | Third place | Third place |
| Kenya | 26 | | | | 13 December 2015 – 18:58 - Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 – 18:58 - Cape Town Stadium |
| United States | 10 | | | | 13 December 2015 – 18:58 - Cape Town Stadium | 13 December 2015 – 18:58 - Cape Town Stadium |
| United States | 10 | | | | France | 28 |
| | | | | | Kenya | 26 |