# 2017 Sydney Women's Sevens

The 2017 Sydney Women's Sevens was the second tournament of the 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. It was the inaugural edition of the Australian Women's Sevens and part of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.
The tournament was played on 3–4 February 2017 at Allianz Stadium and Kippax Field in Sydney, and won by Canada 21–17 over the United States in the final.

## Format

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 brackets, together with the two best third-placed teams. The other teams from each group played off for the Challenge Trophy.

## Teams

The participating teams were:
* Australia
* Canada
* England
* Fiji
* France
* Ireland
* New Zealand
* Russia
* Spain
* United States
* Brazil
* Papua New Guinea

## 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 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 27 | +52 | 9 |
| Canada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 41 | +34 | 7 |
| France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 50 | –2 | 5 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 104 | –84 | 3 |
* 3 February 2017 13:58
| Canada | 26–5 | France |
* Allianz Stadium, Sydney
* 3 February 2017 14:20
| New Zealand | 34–5 | Papua New Guinea |
* Allianz Stadium, Sydney
* 3 February 2017 16:40
| Canada | 39–5 | Papua New Guinea |
* Allianz Stadium, Sydney
* 3 February 2017 17:02
| New Zealand | 14–12 | France |
* Allianz Stadium, Sydney
* 3 February 2017 19:22
| France | 31–10 | Papua New Guinea |
* Allianz Stadium, Sydney
* 3 February 2017 19:44
| New Zealand | 31–10 | Canada |
* Allianz Stadium, Sydney

### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 24 | +55 | 9 |
| Ireland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 46 | +6 | 7 |
| Fiji | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 60 | 55 | +5 | 5 |
| Brazil | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 88 | –66 | 3 |
* 3 February 2017 13:14
| Fiji | 12–19 | Ireland |
* Allianz Stadium, Sydney
* 3 February 2017 13:36
| Australia | 24–7 | Brazil |
* Allianz Stadium, Sydney
* 3 February 2017 15:56
| Fiji | 31–10 | Brazil |
* Allianz Stadium, Sydney
* 3 February 2017 16:18
| Australia | 29–0 | Ireland |
* Allianz Stadium, Sydney
* 3 February 2017 18:38
| Ireland | 33–5 | Brazil |
* Allianz Stadium, Sydney
* 3 February 2017 19:00
| Australia | 26–17 | Fiji |
* Allianz Stadium, Sydney

### Pool C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Russia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 20 | +54 | 9 |
| United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 38 | +14 | 7 |
| England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 63 | –25 | 5 |
| Spain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 63 | –43 | 3 |
* 3 February 2017 12:30
| England | 19–10 | Spain |
* Allianz Stadium, Sydney
* 3 February 2017 12:52
| Russia | 19–10 | United States |
* Allianz Stadium, Sydney
* 3 February 2017 15:12
| England | 14–22 | United States |
* Allianz Stadium, Sydney
* 3 February 2017 15:34
| Russia | 24–5 | Spain |
* Allianz Stadium, Sydney
* 3 February 2017 17:54
| Spain | 5–20 | United States |
* Allianz Stadium, Sydney
* 3 February 2017 18:16
| Russia | 31–5 | England |
* Allianz Stadium, Sydney

## Knockout stage
### Challenge Trophy

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Challenge Trophy Final | Challenge Trophy Final |
| 4 February – 10:28 – Kippax Field | 4 February – 10:28 – Kippax Field |
| England | 29 |
| England | 29 | 4 February – 13:34 – Kippax Field | 4 February – 13:34 – Kippax Field |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 4 February – 13:34 – Kippax Field | 4 February – 13:34 – Kippax Field |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | England | 12 |
| 4 February – 10:50 Kippax Field | 4 February – 10:50 Kippax Field | | England | 12 |
| 4 February – 10:50 Kippax Field | 4 February – 10:50 Kippax Field | Brazil | 17 |
| Spain | 7 | Brazil | 17 |
| Brazil | 10 | | |
| Brazil | 10 | 11th Place | 11th Place |
| | | 4 February – 13:12 – Kippax Field | 4 February – 13:12 – Kippax Field |
| | | Papua New Guinea | 17 |
| | | Spain | 31 |

### 5th place

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | 5th Place Final | 5th Place Final |
| 4 February – 12:28 – Kippax Field | 4 February – 12:28 – Kippax Field |
| France | 21 |
| France | 21 | 4 February – 15:53 – Allianz Stadium | 4 February – 15:53 – Allianz Stadium |
| Ireland | 19 | 4 February – 15:53 – Allianz Stadium | 4 February – 15:53 – Allianz Stadium |
| Ireland | 19 | France | 12 |
| 4 December 2017 – 12:50 – Kippax Field | 4 December 2017 – 12:50 – Kippax Field | | France | 12 |
| 4 December 2017 – 12:50 – Kippax Field | 4 December 2017 – 12:50 – Kippax Field | Fiji | 31 |
| Fiji | 33 | Fiji | 31 |
| Russia | 19 | | |
| Russia | 19 | 7th Place | 7th Place |
| | | 4 February – 15:31 – Allianz Stadium | 4 February – 15:31 – Allianz Stadium |
| | | Ireland | 12 |
| | | Russia | 17 |

### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Cup Final | Cup Final |
| 4 February – 09:00 – Kippax Field | 4 February – 09:00 – Kippax Field | | | |
| New Zealand | 24 | | | |
| New Zealand | 24 | 4 February – 13:04 – Allianz Stadium | 4 February – 13:04 – Allianz Stadium | | |
| France | 5 | 4 February – 13:04 – Allianz Stadium | 4 February – 13:04 – Allianz Stadium | |
| France | 5 | New Zealand | 12 | |
| 4 February – 09:22 – Kippax Field | 4 February – 09:22 – Kippax Field | | New Zealand | 12 | |
| 4 February – 09:22 – Kippax Field | 4 February – 09:22 – Kippax Field | United States | 19 | |
| Ireland | 5 | United States | 19 | |
| Ireland | 5 | | | | 4 February – 16:42 – Allianz Stadium | 4 February – 16:42 – Allianz Stadium |
| United States | 17 | | | | 4 February – 16:42 – Allianz Stadium | 4 February – 16:42 – Allianz Stadium |
| United States | 17 | | | | United States | 17 |
| 4 February – 09:44 – Kippax Field | 4 February – 09:44 – Kippax Field | | | | | United States | 17 |
| 4 February – 09:44 – Kippax Field | 4 February – 09:44 – Kippax Field | | | | Canada | 21 |
| Australia | 17 | | | | Canada | 21 |
| Australia | 17 | 4 February – 13:26 – Allianz Stadium | 4 February – 13:26 – Allianz Stadium | | | |
| Fiji | 5 | 4 February – 13:26 – Allianz Stadium | 4 February – 13:26 – Allianz Stadium | | | |
| Fiji | 5 | Australia | 7 | | | |
| 4 February – 10:06 – Kippax Field | 4 February – 10:06 – Kippax Field | | Australia | 7 | | | |
| 4 February – 10:06 – Kippax Field | 4 February – 10:06 – Kippax Field | Canada | 12 | | Bronze Medal Match | Bronze Medal Match |
| Russia | 5 | Canada | 12 | | Bronze Medal Match | Bronze Medal Match |
| Russia | 5 | | | | 4 February – 16:15 – Allianz Stadium | 4 February – 16:15 – Allianz Stadium |
| Canada | 26 | | | | 4 February – 16:15 – Allianz Stadium | 4 February – 16:15 – Allianz Stadium |
| Canada | 26 | | | | New Zealand | 19 |
| | | | | | Australia | 0 |

## Tournament placings

| Place | Team | Points |
| | Canada | 20 |
| | United States | 18 |
| | New Zealand | 16 |
| 4 | Australia | 14 |
| 5 | Fiji | 12 |
| 6 | France | 10 |
| Place | Team | Points |
| 7 | Russia | 8 |
| 8 | Ireland | 6 |
| 9 | Brazil | 4 |
| 10 | England | 3 |
| 11 | Spain | 2 |
| 12 | Papua New Guinea | 1 |
Source: World Rugby (archived)