# 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series

The 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series, known for sponsorship reasons as the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, was the 18th annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for national rugby sevens teams. The Sevens Series has been run by World Rugby since 1999–2000. South Africa won the Series with a comfortable 28-point margin over England; South Africa won five of the ten tournaments.
The 2016–17 Series also served as a qualifying tournament for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens. Nine of the core teams had already qualified but the four highest-placed finishers from among the remaining six core teams also gained qualification for the 2018 RWC Sevens.

## Core teams

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

## Tour venues

The official schedule for the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series was as follows:
There were no major changes to the schedule.

## Standings

Final table:
2016–17 World Rugby Sevens – Series XVIII :
| Pos. | Event Team | Dubai | Cape Town | Well­ington | Sydney | Las Vegas | Van­couver | Hong Kong | Singa­pore | Paris | London | Points total |
| 1 | South Africa | 22 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 22 | 13 | 192 |
| 2 | England | 17 | 22 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 22 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 19 | 164 |
| 3 | Fiji | 19 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 19 | 17 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 150 |
| 4 | New Zealand | 10 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 137 |
| 5 | United States | 8 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 129 |
| 6 | Australia | 13 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 113 |
| 7 | Scotland | 12 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 109 |
| 8 | Canada | 3 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 17 | 98 |
| 9 | Argentina | 5 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 90 |
| 10 | Wales | 15 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 73 |
| 11 | France | 10 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 66 |
| 12 | Kenya | 5 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 63 |
| 13 | Samoa | 7 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 51 |
| 14 | Russia | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 29 |
| 15 | Japan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 20 |
| 16 | Chile | – | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | – | – | – | – | 6 |
| 17 | Uganda | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| 18 | Papua New Guinea | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| 19 | Spain | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | South Korea | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| 21 | Hong Kong | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
Source: World Rugby. Archived
    Legend Qualification for the 2017–18 World Sevens Series No colour Core team in 2016–17 and re-qualified as a core team for the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series Pink Relegated as the lowest placed core team at the end of the 2016–17 season Yellow Not a core team Qualification for 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens Already confirmed for 2018 (host country United States and 2013 quarterfinalists) Qualified as one of the four highest placed eligible teams from the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series not already qualified.

## Players
### Scoring leaders

Updated: 22 May 2017

### Dream Team

| Forwards | Backs |
| Chris Dry Kalione Nasoko Danny Barrett | Jerry Tuwai Rosko Specman Dan Norton Perry Baker |

## Placings summary

Tallies of top four tournament placings during the 2016–17 series, by team:
Cup :
| Team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Fourth | Total |
| South Africa | 5 | 3 | - | - | 8 |
| England | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Fiji | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 5 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Canada | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| United States | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| New Zealand | - | - | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Australia | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Wales | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 40 |

## Tournaments

In this series, World Rugby abolished the minor trophies of Plate, Bowl and Shield that were previously awarded in the finals play-offs at each tournament. While the winner's Cup was retained as the major trophy, the awarding of gold, silver and bronze medals to players from the three top-placed teams was introduced for this series with the third-placed match now renamed as the bronze-medal match. A Challenge Trophy was established for teams competing in the lower bracket of the finals play-offs at each tournament. Additionally, the playing time for Cup final matches was reduced from 20 minutes to 14 minutes, in line with all other tournament matches.

### Dubai

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi-finalists |
| Cup | South Africa | 26–14 | Fiji | England (Bronze) Wales |
| 5th Place | Australia | 19–12 | Scotland | France New Zealand |
| Challenge Trophy | United States | 28–14 | Samoa | Argentina Kenya |
| 13th Place | Canada | 20–17 | Uganda | Japan Russia |

### Cape Town

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi-finalists |
| Cup | England | 19–17 | South Africa | New Zealand (Bronze) Scotland |
| 5th Place | Fiji | 33–21 | Kenya | Wales United States |
| Challenge Trophy | France | 19–7 | Argentina | Australia Russia |
| 13th Place | Canada | 19–10 | Uganda | Japan Samoa |

### Wellington

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi-finalists |
| Cup | South Africa | 26–5 | Fiji | Scotland (Bronze) Canada |
| 5th Place | Argentina | 17–12 | New Zealand | England France |
| Challenge Trophy | Kenya | 19–17 | Australia | United States Wales |
| 13th Place | Samoa | 19–12 | Russia | Japan Papua New Guinea |

### Sydney

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi-finalists |
| Cup | South Africa | 29–14 | England | New Zealand (Bronze) Australia |
| 5th Place | Fiji | 35–12 | United States | Argentina Wales |
| Challenge Trophy | Russia | 26–0 | France | Samoa Japan |
| 13th Place | Canada | 10–5 | Kenya | Papua New Guinea Scotland |

### Las Vegas

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi-finalists |
| Cup | South Africa | 19–12 | Fiji | United States (Bronze) New Zealand |
| 5th Place | England | 10–7 | Australia | Argentina Canada |
| Challenge Trophy | Kenya | 21–14 | Samoa | France Scotland |
| 13th Place | Wales | 21–19 | Japan | Chile Russia |

### Vancouver

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi-finalists |
| Cup | England | 19–7 | South Africa | Fiji (Bronze) United States |
| 5th Place | New Zealand | 17–14 | Argentina | Canada Australia |
| Challenge Trophy | Wales | 19–12 | Samoa | Kenya Chile |
| 13th Place | Scotland | 24–19 | Japan | France Russia |

### Hong Kong

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi-finalists |
| Cup | Fiji | 22–0 | South Africa | Australia (Bronze) United States |
| 5th Place | New Zealand | 10–7 | Argentina | Canada England |
| Challenge Trophy | Scotland | 21–19 | Kenya | France Russia |
| 13th Place | Japan | 28–21 | Wales | South Korea Samoa |
| World Series Qualifier | Spain | 12–7 | Germany | Chile Papua New Guinea |

### Singapore

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi-finalists |
| Cup | Canada | 26–19 | United States | England (Bronze) Australia |
| 5th Place | New Zealand | 17–12 | South Africa | Kenya Fiji |
| Challenge Trophy | Wales | 24–12 | Scotland | Samoa France |
| 13th Place | Argentina | 40–19 | Russia | Japan Hong Kong |

### Paris

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi-finalists |
| Cup | South Africa | 15–5 | Scotland | New Zealand (Bronze) England |
| 5th Place | United States | 24–19 | Samoa | Fiji France |
| Challenge Trophy | Argentina | 33–12 | Australia | Canada Wales |
| 13th Place | Japan | 19–10 | Russia | Spain Kenya |

### London

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi-finalists |
| Cup | Scotland | 12–7 | England | Canada (Bronze) United States |
| 5th Place | South Africa | 28–17 | Australia | Argentina New Zealand |
| Challenge Trophy | Fiji | 26–14 | Wales | France Kenya |
| 13th Place | Samoa | 24–19 | Russia | Japan Spain |