# 2016 USA Women's Sevens

The 2016 USA Sevens was the third tournament within the 2015–16 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. It was held over the weekend of 8–9 April 2016 at Fifth Third Bank Stadium in the Atlanta suburb of Kennesaw, Georgia. Australia won the tournament, defeating New Zealand by 24–19 in the final.

## Format

The teams were drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team played everyone in their pool one time. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets while the top 2 third place teams will also compete in the Cup/Plate. The rest of the teams from each group went to the Bowl brackets.

## Pool Stage

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

### Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 14 | +80 | 9 |
| Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 26 | +37 | 7 |
| Fiji | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 57 | -4 | 5 |
| Colombia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 120 | -113 | 3 |
* 8 April 2016 13:14
| Australia | 7–21 | England |
* Fifth Third Bank Stadium, Atlanta
* 8 April 2016 13:36
| Fiji | 41–7 | Colombia |
* Fifth Third Bank Stadium, Atlanta
* 8 April 2016 15:58
| Australia | 34–0 | Colombia |
* Fifth Third Bank Stadium, Atlanta
* 8 April 2016 16:20
| Fiji | 7–28 | England |
* Fifth Third Bank Stadium, Atlanta
* 8 April 2016 18:42
| Australia | 22–5 | Fiji |
* Fifth Third Bank Stadium, Atlanta
* 8 April 2016 19:04
| England | 45–0 | Colombia |
* Fifth Third Bank Stadium, Atlanta

### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 22 | +50 | 9 |
| France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 24 | +32 | 7 |
| Russia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 55 | -33 | 5 |
| Ireland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 61 | -49 | 3 |
* 8 April 2016 12:30
| Canada | 26–5 | Russia |
* Fifth Third Bank Stadium, Atlanta
* 8 April 2016 12:52
| France | 22–0 | Ireland |
* Fifth Third Bank Stadium, Atlanta
* 8 April 2016 15:14
| Canada | 29–5 | Ireland |
* Fifth Third Bank Stadium, Atlanta
* 8 April 2016 15:36
| France | 22–7 | Russia |
* Fifth Third Bank Stadium, Atlanta
* 8 April 2016 17:58
| Canada | 17–12 | France |
* Fifth Third Bank Stadium, Atlanta
* 8 April 2016 18:20
| Russia | 10–7 | Ireland |
* Fifth Third Bank Stadium, Atlanta

### Pool C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 17 | +52 | 9 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 22 | +31 | 7 |
| Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 78 | -46 | 5 |
| Spain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 49 | -37 | 3 |
* 8 April 2016 13:58
| New Zealand | 38–5 | Japan |
* Fifth Third Bank Stadium, Atlanta
* 8 April 2016 14:20
| United States | 24–0 | Spain |
* Fifth Third Bank Stadium, Atlanta
* 8 April 2016 16:42
| New Zealand | 10–5 | Spain |
* Fifth Third Bank Stadium, Atlanta
* 8 April 2016 17:04
| United States | 33–12 | Japan |
* Fifth Third Bank Stadium, Atlanta
* 8 April 2016 19:26
| New Zealand | 5–12 | United States |
* Fifth Third Bank Stadium, Atlanta
* 8 April 2016 19:48
| Japan | 15–7 | Spain |
* Fifth Third Bank Stadium, Atlanta

## Knockout stage
### Bowl

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta |
| Japan | 19 |
| Japan | 19 | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta |
| Colombia | 7 | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta |
| Colombia | 7 | Japan | 15 |
| 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | | Japan | 15 |
| 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | Ireland | 26 |
| Spain | 5 | Ireland | 26 |
| Ireland | 17 | | |
| Ireland | 17 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta |
| | | Colombia | 12 |
| | | Spain | 24 |

### Plate

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | | | |
| England | 19 | | | |
| England | 19 | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | | |
| Russia | 12 | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | |
| Russia | 12 | Russia | 24 | |
| 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | | Russia | 24 | |
| 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | France | 12 | |
| France | 7 | France | 12 | |
| France | 7 | | | | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta |
| New Zealand | 24 | | | | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta |
| New Zealand | 24 | | | | Russia | 7 |
| 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | | | | | Russia | 7 |
| 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | | | | United States | 19 |
| Canada | 29 | | | | United States | 19 |
| Canada | 29 | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | | | |
| Fiji | 0 | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | | | |
| Fiji | 0 | Fiji | 0 | | | |
| 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | | Fiji | 0 | | | |
| 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | United States | 38 | | Third place | Third place |
| United States | 5 | United States | 38 | | Third place | Third place |
| United States | 5 | | | | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta |
| Australia | 22 | | | | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta |
| Australia | 22 | | | | France | 28 |
| | | | | | Fiji | 0 |

### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | | | |
| England | 19 | | | |
| England | 19 | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | | |
| Russia | 12 | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | |
| Russia | 12 | England | 19 | |
| 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | | England | 19 | |
| 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | New Zealand | 24 | |
| France | 7 | New Zealand | 24 | |
| France | 7 | | | | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta |
| New Zealand | 24 | | | | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta |
| New Zealand | 24 | | | | New Zealand | 19 |
| 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | | | | | New Zealand | 19 |
| 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | | | | Australia | 24 |
| Canada | 29 | | | | Australia | 24 |
| Canada | 29 | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | | | |
| Fiji | 0 | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | | | |
| Fiji | 0 | Canada | 14 | | | |
| 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | | Canada | 14 | | | |
| 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | Australia | 26 | | Third place | Third place |
| United States | 5 | Australia | 26 | | Third place | Third place |
| United States | 5 | | | | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta |
| Australia | 22 | | | | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta | 9 April 2016 – Atlanta |
| Australia | 22 | | | | England | 26 |
| | | | | | Canada | 14 |