# 2016 Hong Kong Sevens

The 2016 Hong Kong Sevens was the 41st edition of the Hong Kong Sevens tournament, and the seventh tournament of the 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 8–10 April 2016 at Hong Kong Stadium in Hong Kong.

## 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.

## Teams

The teams confirmed for both the World Series and World Series Qualifier events at the 2016 Hong Kong Sevens are listed below:

### World Series Qualifier
## Main draw
### Pool stage
#### Pool A

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 27 | +25 | 9 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 22 | +12 | 5 |
| France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 53 | −7 | 5 |
| Samoa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 64 | −30 | 5 |
* 8 April 2016 18:10
| Samoa | 0–24 | Kenya |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 8 April 2016 19:44
| New Zealand | 19–17 | France |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 9 April 2016 11:18
| Samoa | 24–12 | France |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 9 April 2016 11:40
| New Zealand | 5–0 | Kenya |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 9 April 2016 15:18
| France | 17–10 | Kenya |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 9 April 2016 15:40
| New Zealand | 28–10 | Samoa |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

#### Pool B

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 26 | +26 | 8 |
| South Africa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 95 | 21 | +74 | 7 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 65 | −37 | 5 |
| Russia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 90 | −63 | 4 |
* 8 April 2016 19:16
| Scotland | 28–15 | Russia |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 8 April 2016 20:50
| South Africa | 14–21 | England |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 9 April 2016 13:32
| Scotland | 0–19 | England |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 9 April 2016 13:54
| South Africa | 50–0 | Russia |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 9 April 2016 17:32
| England | 12–12 | Russia |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 9 April 2016 17:54
| South Africa | 31–0 | Scotland |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

#### Pool C

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 26 | +43 | 9 |
| Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 29 | +51 | 7 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 54 | −16 | 5 |
| Portugal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 90 | −78 | 3 |
* 8 April 2016 18:54
| United States | 21–5 | Portugal |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 8 April 2016 20:28
| Australia | 28–0 | Argentina |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 9 April 2016 12:48
| United States | 26–14 | Argentina |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 9 April 2016 13:10
| Australia | 45–7 | Portugal |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 9 April 2016 16:48
| Argentina | 24–0 | Portugal |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 9 April 2016 17:10
| Australia | 7–22 | United States |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

#### Pool D

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| Fiji | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 27 | +85 | 9 |
| Wales | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 60 | +14 | 7 |
| Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 57 | +1 | 5 |
| South Korea | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 128 | −100 | 3 |
* 8 April 2016 18:32
| Wales | 40–14 | South Korea |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 8 April 2016 20:06
| Fiji | 19–17 | Canada |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 9 April 2016 12:02
| Wales | 24–10 | Canada |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 9 April 2016 12:24
| Fiji | 57–0 | South Korea |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 9 April 2016 16:02
| Canada | 31–14 | South Korea |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 9 April 2016 16:24
| Fiji | 36–10 | Wales |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

### Knockout stage
#### Shield

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 10 April 2016 – 09:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 09:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| France | 45 | | | |
| France | 45 | 10 April 2016 – 13:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 13:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | | |
| South Korea | 0 | 10 April 2016 – 13:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 13:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | |
| South Korea | 0 | South Korea | 7 | |
| 10 April 2016 – 09:52 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 09:52 – Hong Kong Stadium | | South Korea | 7 | |
| 10 April 2016 – 09:52 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 09:52 – Hong Kong Stadium | Russia | 22 | |
| Argentina | 22 | Russia | 22 | |
| Argentina | 22 | | | | 10 April 2016 – 17:00 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 17:00 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Russia | 0 | | | | 10 April 2016 – 17:00 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 17:00 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Russia | 0 | | | | Russia | 19 |
| 10 April 2016 – 10:14 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 10:14 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | | Russia | 19 |
| 10 April 2016 – 10:14 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 10:14 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | Canada | 14 |
| Canada | 10 | | | | Canada | 14 |
| Canada | 10 | 10 April 2016 – 13:52 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 13:52 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Samoa | 19 | 10 April 2016 – 13:52 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 13:52 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Samoa | 19 | Canada | 19 | | | |
| 10 April 2016 – 10:36 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 10:36 – Hong Kong Stadium | | Canada | 19 | | | |
| 10 April 2016 – 10:36 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 10:36 – Hong Kong Stadium | Portugal | 5 | |
| Scotland | 5 | Portugal | 5 | |
| Portugal | 0 | | | |

#### Bowl

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 10 April 2016 – 09:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 09:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| France | 45 | | | |
| France | 45 | 10 April 2016 – 14:14 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 14:14 – Hong Kong Stadium | | |
| South Korea | 0 | 10 April 2016 – 14:14 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 14:14 – Hong Kong Stadium | |
| South Korea | 0 | France | 7 | |
| 10 April 2016 – 09:52 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 09:52 – Hong Kong Stadium | | France | 7 | |
| 10 April 2016 – 09:52 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 09:52 – Hong Kong Stadium | Argentina | 14 | |
| Argentina | 22 | Argentina | 14 | |
| Argentina | 22 | | | | 10 April 2016 – 17:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 17:30 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Russia | 0 | | | | 10 April 2016 – 17:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 17:30 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Russia | 0 | | | | Argentina | 26 |
| 10 April 2016 – 10:14 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 10:14 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | | Argentina | 26 |
| 10 April 2016 – 10:14 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 10:14 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | Scotland | 0 |
| Canada | 10 | | | | Scotland | 0 |
| Canada | 10 | 10 April 2016 – 14:36 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 14:36 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Samoa | 19 | 10 April 2016 – 14:36 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 14:36 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Samoa | 19 | Samoa | 14 | | | |
| 10 April 2016 – 10:36 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 10:36 – Hong Kong Stadium | | Samoa | 14 | | | |
| 10 April 2016 – 10:36 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 10:36 – Hong Kong Stadium | Scotland | 19 | |
| Scotland | 5 | Scotland | 19 | |
| Portugal | 0 | | | |

#### Plate

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 10 April 2016 – 10:58 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 10:58 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| New Zealand | 17 | | | |
| New Zealand | 17 | 10 April 2016 – 15:00 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 15:00 – Hong Kong Stadium | | |
| Wales | 7 | 10 April 2016 – 15:00 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 15:00 – Hong Kong Stadium | |
| Wales | 7 | Wales | 0 | |
| 10 April 2016 – 11:20 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 11:20 – Hong Kong Stadium | | Wales | 0 | |
| 10 April 2016 – 11:20 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 11:20 – Hong Kong Stadium | United States | 27 | |
| United States | 0 | United States | 27 | |
| United States | 0 | | | | 10 April 2016 – 18:00 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 18:00 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| South Africa | 28 | | | | 10 April 2016 – 18:00 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 18:00 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| South Africa | 28 | | | | United States | 0 |
| 10 April 2016 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | | United States | 0 |
| 10 April 2016 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | England | 19 |
| Fiji | 12 | | | | England | 19 |
| Fiji | 12 | 10 April 2016 – 15:22 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 15:22 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Kenya | 10 | 10 April 2016 – 15:22 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 15:22 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Kenya | 10 | Kenya | 0 | | | |
| 10 April 2016 – 12:04 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 12:04 – Hong Kong Stadium | | Kenya | 0 | | | |
| 10 April 2016 – 12:04 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 12:04 – Hong Kong Stadium | England | 33 | |
| England | 5 | England | 33 | |
| Australia | 14 | | | |

#### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 10 April 2016 – 10:58 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 10:58 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| New Zealand | 17 | | | |
| New Zealand | 17 | 10 April 2016 – 15:44 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 15:44 – Hong Kong Stadium | | |
| Wales | 7 | 10 April 2016 – 15:44 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 15:44 – Hong Kong Stadium | |
| Wales | 7 | New Zealand | 12 | |
| 10 April 2016 – 11:20 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 11:20 – Hong Kong Stadium | | New Zealand | 12 | |
| 10 April 2016 – 11:20 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 11:20 – Hong Kong Stadium | South Africa | 7 | |
| United States | 0 | South Africa | 7 | |
| United States | 0 | | | | 10 April 2016 – 19:00 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 19:00 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| South Africa | 28 | | | | 10 April 2016 – 19:00 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 19:00 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| South Africa | 28 | | | | New Zealand | 7 |
| 10 April 2016 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | | New Zealand | 7 |
| 10 April 2016 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | Fiji | 21 |
| Fiji | 12 | | | | Fiji | 21 |
| Fiji | 12 | 10 April 2016 – 16:06 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 16:06 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Kenya | 10 | 10 April 2016 – 16:06 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 16:06 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Kenya | 10 | Fiji | 34 | | | |
| 10 April 2016 – 12:04 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 12:04 – Hong Kong Stadium | | Fiji | 34 | | | |
| 10 April 2016 – 12:04 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 12:04 – Hong Kong Stadium | Australia | 5 | | Third place | Third place |
| England | 5 | Australia | 5 | | Third place | Third place |
| England | 5 | | | | 10 April 2016 – 18:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 18:30 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Australia | 14 | | | | 10 April 2016 – 18:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 18:30 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Australia | 14 | | | | South Africa | 14 |
| | | | | | Australia | 12 |

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

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 19 | +55 | 8 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 26 | +42 | 8 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 31 | +24 | 5 |
| Cayman Islands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 126 | −121 | 3 |
* 8 April 2016 14:28
| Zimbabwe | 14–14 | Germany |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 8 April 2016 14:50
| Hong Kong | 43–0 | Cayman Islands |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 8 April 2016 16:40
| Zimbabwe | 35–5 | Cayman Islands |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 8 April 2016 17:02
| Hong Kong | 5–12 | Germany |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 9 April 2016 9:44
| Germany | 48–0 | Cayman Islands |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 9 April 2016 10:50
| Zimbabwe | 19–7 | Hong Kong |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

#### Pool F

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 0 | +93 | 9 |
| Chile | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 40 | +8 | 7 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 85 | −54 | 5 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 69 | −47 | 3 |
* 8 April 2016 13:44
| Spain | 33–0 | Papua New Guinea |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 8 April 2016 14:06
| Chile | 29–14 | Mexico |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 8 April 2016 15:56
| Spain | 41–0 | Mexico |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 8 April 2016 16:18
| Chile | 19–7 | Papua New Guinea |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 9 April 2016 9:22
| Papua New Guinea | 15–17 | Mexico |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 9 April 2016 10:28
| Spain | 19–0 | Chile |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

#### Pool G

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 0 | +112 | 9 |
| Morocco | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 81 | −43 | 6 |
| Tonga | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 55 | −12 | 5 |
| Brazil | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 81 | −57 | 4 |
* 8 April 2016 13:00
| Japan | 36–0 | Brazil |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 8 April 2016 13:22
| Tonga | 17–19 | Morocco |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 8 April 2016 15:12
| Japan | 45–0 | Morocco |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 8 April 2016 15:34
| Tonga | 26–5 | Brazil |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 9 April 2016 9:00
| Brazil | 19–19 | Morocco |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 9 April 2016 10:06
| Japan | 31–0 | Tonga |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

### Knockout stage

| Qualifier Quarterfinals | Qualifier Quarterfinals | Qualifier Semi-finals | Qualifier Semi-finals | | Qualifier Final | Qualifier Final |
| 9 April 2016 – 18:16 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2016 – 18:16 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Spain | 7 | | | |
| Spain | 7 | 10 April 2016 – 12:26 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 12:26 – Hong Kong Stadium | | |
| Hong Kong | 12 | 10 April 2016 – 12:26 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 12:26 – Hong Kong Stadium | |
| Hong Kong | 12 | Hong Kong | 17 | |
| 9 April 2016 – 18:38 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2016 – 18:38 – Hong Kong Stadium | | Hong Kong | 17 | |
| 9 April 2016 – 18:38 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2016 – 18:38 – Hong Kong Stadium | Germany | 7 | |
| Germany | 19 | Germany | 7 | |
| Germany | 19 | | | | 10 April 2016 – 16:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 16:30 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Morocco | 14 | | | | 10 April 2016 – 16:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 16:30 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Morocco | 14 | | | | Hong Kong | 14 |
| 9 April 2016 – 19:00 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2016 – 19:00 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | | Hong Kong | 14 |
| 9 April 2016 – 19:00 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2016 – 19:00 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | Japan | 24 |
| Zimbabwe | 19 | | | | Japan | 24 |
| Zimbabwe | 19 | 10 April 2016 – 12:48 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 12:48 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Chile | 5 | 10 April 2016 – 12:48 – Hong Kong Stadium | 10 April 2016 – 12:48 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Chile | 5 | Zimbabwe | 0 | | | |
| 9 April 2016 – 19:22 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2016 – 19:22 – Hong Kong Stadium | | Zimbabwe | 0 | | | |
| 9 April 2016 – 19:22 – Hong Kong Stadium | 9 April 2016 – 19:22 – Hong Kong Stadium | Japan | 22 | |
| Japan | 33 | Japan | 22 | |
| Tonga | 0 | | | |