# 2016 USA Sevens

The 2016 USA Sevens (also sometimes referred to as the 2016 Las Vegas Sevens) is the thirteenth edition of the USA Sevens tournament, and the fifth tournament of the 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 4–6 March 2016 at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada. This was the first time a World Rugby Sevens Series event was contested on artificial turf.

## Format

Sixteen teams are drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team plays everyone in their pool one time. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group go to the Bowl/Shield brackets.

## Teams

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

## Pool stages
### Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Kenya | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 21 | +63 | 9 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 29 | +51 | 7 |
| Russia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 62 | –10 | 5 |
| Portugal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 111 | –104 | 3 |
* 4 March 2016 15:51
| New Zealand | 42–7 | Portugal |
* Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
* 4 March 2016 16:13
| Kenya | 24–21 | Russia |
* Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
* 4 March 2016 18:52
| New Zealand | 38–0 | Russia |
* Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
* 4 March 2016 19:14
| Kenya | 38–0 | Portugal |
* Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
* 5 March 2016 11:32
| Portugal | 0–31 | Russia |
* Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
* 5 March 2016 11:54
| New Zealand | 0–22 | Kenya |
* Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas

### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 12 | +85 | 9 |
| Japan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 73 | –23 | 6 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 66 | –23 | 5 |
| England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 79 | –39 | 4 |
* 4 March 2016
| Australia | 26–0 | Scotland |
* Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
* 4 March 2016
| England | 19–19 | Japan |
* Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
* 4 March 2016
| Australia | 35–5 | Japan |
* Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
* 4 March 2016
| England | 14–24 | Scotland |
* Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
* 5 March 2016
| Scotland | 19–26 | Japan |
* Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
* 5 March 2016
| Australia | 36–7 | England |
* Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas

### Pool C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Fiji | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 52 | +29 | 7 |
| Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 34 | +29 | 7 |
| France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 85 | –35 | 5 |
| Samoa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 80 | –23 | 5 |
* 4 March 2016
| Fiji | 24–28 | Samoa |
* Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
* 4 March 2016
| Argentina | 26–7 | France |
* Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
* 4 March 2016
| Fiji | 42–12 | France |
* Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
* 4 March 2016
| Argentina | 25–12 | Samoa |
* Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
* 5 March 2016
| Samoa | 17–31 | France |
* Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
* 5 March 2016
| Fiji | 15–12 | Argentina |
* Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas

### Pool D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| South Africa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 14 | +84 | 9 |
| United States | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 67 | –22 | 6 |
| Wales | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 65 | –29 | 5 |
| Canada | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 76 | –33 | 4 |
* 4 March 2016
| South Africa | 33–7 | Canada |
* Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
* 4 March 2016
| United States | 19–12 | Wales |
* Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
* 4 March 2016
| United States | 26–26 | Canada |
* Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
* 4 March 2016
| South Africa | 36–7 | Wales |
* Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
* 5 March 2016
| Canada | 10–17 | Wales |
* Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
* 5 March 2016
| South Africa | 29–0 | United States |
* Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas

## Knockout stage
### Shield

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 5 March 2016 – 16:03 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 5 March 2016 – 16:03 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | | | |
| Russia | 19 | | | |
| Russia | 19 | 6 March 2016 – 10:30 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 6 March 2016 – 10:30 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | | |
| Canada | 10 | 6 March 2016 – 10:30 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 6 March 2016 – 10:30 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | |
| Canada | 10 | Canada | 24 | |
| 5 March 2016 – 16:25 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 5 March 2016 – 16:25 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | | Canada | 24 | |
| 5 March 2016 – 16:25 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 5 March 2016 – 16:25 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | England | 7 | |
| France | 21 | England | 7 | |
| France | 21 | | | | 6 March 2016 – 14:13 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 6 March 2016 – 14:13 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney |
| England | 19 | | | | 6 March 2016 – 14:13 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 6 March 2016 – 14:13 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney |
| England | 19 | | | | Canada | 12 |
| 5 March 2016 – 16:47 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 5 March 2016 – 16:47 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | | | | | Canada | 12 |
| 5 March 2016 – 16:47 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 5 March 2016 – 16:47 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | | | | Samoa | 24 |
| Wales | 31 | | | | Samoa | 24 |
| Wales | 31 | 6 March 2016 – 10:52 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 6 March 2016 – 10:52 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | | | |
| Portugal | 12 | 6 March 2016 – 10:52 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 6 March 2016 – 10:52 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | | | |
| Portugal | 12 | Portugal | 14 | | | |
| 5 March 2016 – 17:09 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 5 March 2016 – 17:09 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | | Portugal | 14 | | | |
| 5 March 2016 – 17:09 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 5 March 2016 – 17:09 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | Samoa | 29 | |
| Scotland | 17 | Samoa | 29 | |
| Samoa | 12 | | | |

### Bowl

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 5 March 2016 – 16:03 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 5 March 2016 – 16:03 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | | | |
| Russia | 19 | | | |
| Russia | 19 | 6 March 2016 – 11:14 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 6 March 2016 – 11:14 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | | |
| Canada | 10 | 6 March 2016 – 11:14 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 6 March 2016 – 11:14 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | |
| Canada | 10 | Russia | 14 | |
| 5 March 2016 – 16:25 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 5 March 2016 – 16:25 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | | Russia | 14 | |
| 5 March 2016 – 16:25 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 5 March 2016 – 16:25 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | France | 15 | |
| France | 21 | France | 15 | |
| France | 21 | | | | 6 March 2016 – 14:38 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 6 March 2016 – 14:38 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney |
| England | 19 | | | | 6 March 2016 – 14:38 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 6 March 2016 – 14:38 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney |
| England | 19 | | | | France | 14 |
| 5 March 2016 – 16:47 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 5 March 2016 – 16:47 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | | | | | France | 14 |
| 5 March 2016 – 16:47 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 5 March 2016 – 16:47 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | | | | Wales | 28 |
| Wales | 31 | | | | Wales | 28 |
| Wales | 31 | 6 March 2016 – 11:36 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 6 March 2016 – 11:36 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | | | |
| Portugal | 12 | 6 March 2016 – 11:36 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 6 March 2016 – 11:36 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | | | |
| Portugal | 12 | Wales | 21 | | | |
| 5 March 2016 – 17:09 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 5 March 2016 – 17:09 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | | Wales | 21 | | | |
| 5 March 2016 – 17:09 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 5 March 2016 – 17:09 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | Scotland | 14 | |
| Scotland | 17 | Scotland | 14 | |
| Samoa | 12 | | | |

### Plate

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 5 March 2016 – 17:31 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 5 March 2016 – 17:31 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | | | |
| Kenya | 14 | | | |
| Kenya | 14 | 6 March 2016 – 11:58 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 6 March 2016 – 11:58 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | | |
| United States | 26 | 6 March 2016 – 11:58 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 6 March 2016 – 11:58 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | |
| United States | 26 | Kenya | 14 | |
| 5 March 2016 – 17:53 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 5 March 2016 – 17:53 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | | Kenya | 14 | |
| 5 March 2016 – 17:53 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 5 March 2016 – 17:53 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | Japan | 19 | |
| Fiji | 43 | Japan | 19 | |
| Fiji | 43 | | | | 6 March 2016 – 15:03 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 6 March 2016 – 15:03 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney |
| Japan | 7 | | | | 6 March 2016 – 15:03 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 6 March 2016 – 15:03 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney |
| Japan | 7 | | | | Japan | 7 |
| 5 March 2016 – 18:15 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 5 March 2016 – 18:15 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | | | | | Japan | 7 |
| 5 March 2016 – 18:15 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 5 March 2016 – 18:15 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | | | | New Zealand | 27 |
| South Africa | 14 | | | | New Zealand | 27 |
| South Africa | 14 | 6 March 2016 – 12:20 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 6 March 2016 – 12:20 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | | | |
| New Zealand | 7 | 6 March 2016 – 12:20 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 6 March 2016 – 12:20 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | | | |
| New Zealand | 7 | New Zealand | 24 | | | |
| 5 March 2016 – 18:37 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 5 March 2016 – 18:37 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | | New Zealand | 24 | | | |
| 5 March 2016 – 18:37 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 5 March 2016 – 18:37 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | Argentina | 19 | |
| Australia | 26 | Argentina | 19 | |
| Argentina | 12 | | | |

### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 5 March 2016 – 17:31 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 5 March 2016 – 17:31 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | | | |
| Kenya | 14 | | | |
| Kenya | 14 | 6 March 2016 – 12:50 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 6 March 2016 – 12:50 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | | |
| United States | 26 | 6 March 2016 – 12:50 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 6 March 2016 – 12:50 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | |
| United States | 26 | United States | 14 | |
| 5 March 2016 – 17:53 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 5 March 2016 – 17:53 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | | United States | 14 | |
| 5 March 2016 – 17:53 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 5 March 2016 – 17:53 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | Fiji | 21 | |
| Fiji | 43 | Fiji | 21 | |
| Fiji | 43 | | | | 6 March 2016 – 15:57 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 6 March 2016 – 15:57 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney |
| Japan | 7 | | | | 6 March 2016 – 15:57 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 6 March 2016 – 15:57 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney |
| Japan | 7 | | | | Fiji | 21 |
| 5 March 2016 – 18:15 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 5 March 2016 – 18:15 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | | | | | Fiji | 21 |
| 5 March 2016 – 18:15 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 5 March 2016 – 18:15 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | | | | Australia | 15 |
| South Africa | 14 | | | | Australia | 15 |
| South Africa | 14 | 6 March 2016 – 13:12 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 6 March 2016 – 13:12 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | | | |
| New Zealand | 7 | 6 March 2016 – 13:12 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 6 March 2016 – 13:12 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | | | |
| New Zealand | 7 | South Africa | 12 | | | |
| 5 March 2016 – 18:37 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 5 March 2016 – 18:37 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | | South Africa | 12 | | | |
| 5 March 2016 – 18:37 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 5 March 2016 – 18:37 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | Australia | 14 | | Third place | Third place |
| Australia | 26 | Australia | 14 | | Third place | Third place |
| Australia | 26 | | | | 6 March 2016 – 15:28 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 6 March 2016 – 15:28 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney |
| Argentina | 12 | | | | 6 March 2016 – 15:28 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney | 6 March 2016 – 15:28 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney |
| Argentina | 12 | | | | United States | 10 |
| | | | | | South Africa | 21 |