# 2017 USA Women's Sevens

The 2017 USA Women's Sevens was the third tournament of the 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, held from March 3–5, 2017 at the Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada, a community in the Las Vegas area. This was the first edition of the Women's Sevens held alongside the USA Sevens men's tournament.

## 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/Plate brackets while the top 2 third place teams also competed for the Cup/Plate. The other teams from each group played off for the Challenge Trophy.

## Teams

The participating teams include:
* Australia
* Canada
* England
* Fiji
* France
* Ireland
* New Zealand
* Russia
* Spain
* United States
* Brazil
* Argentina

## 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 |
| Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 21 | +72 | 9 |
| Russia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 53 | +12 | 7 |
| France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 71 | 50 | +21 | 5 |
| Argentina | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 119 | –105 | 3 |
* 3 March 2017
| Canada | 34–7 | Russia |
* Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
* 3 March 2017
| France | 45–7 | Argentina |
* Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
* 3 March 2017
| Canada | 38–7 | Argentina |
* Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
* 3 March 2017
| France | 19–22 | Russia |
* Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
* 3 March 2017 14:31
| Canada | 21–7 | France |
* Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
* 3 March 2017 14:53
| Russia | 36–0 | Argentina |
* Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas

### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 38 | +19 | 7 |
| Fiji | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 38 | +21 | 7 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 66 | –23 | 6 |
| Spain | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 57 | –17 | 4 |
* 3 March 2017
| United States | 21–24 | Ireland |
* Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
* 3 March 2017
| Fiji | 21–19 | Spain |
* Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
* 3 March 2017
| United States | 22–7 | Spain |
* Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
* 3 March 2017
| Fiji | 31–5 | Ireland |
* Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
* 3 March 2017 13:47
| United States | 14–7 | Fiji |
* Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
* 3 March 2017 14:09
| Ireland | 14–14 | Spain |
* Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas

### Pool C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 19 | +53 | 9 |
| Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 35 | +48 | 7 |
| England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 58 | –27 | 5 |
| Brazil | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 74 | –74 | 3 |
* 3 March 2017
| New Zealand | 24–0 | Brazil |
* Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
* 3 March 2017
| Australia | 31–14 | England |
* Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
* 3 March 2017
| New Zealand | 27–5 | England |
* Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
* 3 March 2017
| Australia | 38–0 | Brazil |
* Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
* 3 February 2017 15:15
| New Zealand | 21–14 | Australia |
* Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
* 3 February 2017 15:37
| Brazil | 0–12 | England |
* Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas

## Knockout stage
### Challenge Trophy

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Challenge Trophy Final | Challenge Trophy Final |
| 4 March 2017 – 08:00 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2017 – 08:00 – Sam Boyd Stadium |
| England | 45 |
| England | 45 | 4 March 2017 – 11:28 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2017 – 11:28 – Sam Boyd Stadium |
| Argentina | 7 | 4 March 2017 – 11:28 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2017 – 11:28 – Sam Boyd Stadium |
| Argentina | 7 | England | 0 |
| 4 March 2017 – 08:22 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2017 – 08:22 – Sam Boyd Stadium | | England | 0 |
| 4 March 2017 – 08:22 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2017 – 08:22 – Sam Boyd Stadium | Spain | 10 |
| Spain | 19 | Spain | 10 |
| Brazil | 7 | | |
| Brazil | 7 | 11th Place | 11th Place |
| | | 4 March 2017 – 11:06 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2017 – 11:06 – Sam Boyd Stadium |
| | | Argentina | 0 |
| | | Brazil | 41 |

### 5th place

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | 5th Place Final | 5th Place Final |
| 4 March 2017 – 11:50 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2017 – 11:50 – Sam Boyd Stadium |
| France | 12 |
| France | 12 | 4 March 2017 – 16:52 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2017 – 16:52 – Sam Boyd Stadium |
| Fiji | 15 | 4 March 2017 – 16:52 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2017 – 16:52 – Sam Boyd Stadium |
| Fiji | 15 | Fiji | 19 |
| 4 March 2017 – 12:12 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2017 – 12:12 – Sam Boyd Stadium | | Fiji | 19 |
| 4 March 2017 – 12:12 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2017 – 12:12 – Sam Boyd Stadium | Russia | 17 |
| Ireland | 5 | Russia | 17 |
| Russia | 20 | | |
| Russia | 20 | 7th Place | 7th Place |
| | | 4 March 2017 – 17:16 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2017 – 17:16 – Sam Boyd Stadium |
| | | France | 15 |
| | | Ireland | 5 |

### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Cup Final | Cup Final |
| 4 March 2017 – 08:44 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2017 – 08:44 – Sam Boyd Stadium | | | |
| Canada | 33 | | | |
| Canada | 33 | 4 March 2017 – 12:34 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2017 – 12:34 – Sam Boyd Stadium | | |
| France | 0 | 4 March 2017 – 12:34 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2017 – 12:34 – Sam Boyd Stadium | |
| France | 0 | Canada | 17 | |
| 4 March 2017 – 09:06 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2017 – 09:06 – Sam Boyd Stadium | | Canada | 17 | |
| 4 March 2017 – 09:06 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2017 – 09:06 – Sam Boyd Stadium | Australia | 26 | |
| Fiji | 7 | Australia | 26 | |
| Fiji | 7 | | | | 4 March 2017 – 18:08 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2017 – 18:08 – Sam Boyd Stadium |
| Australia | 22 | | | | 4 March 2017 – 18:08 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2017 – 18:08 – Sam Boyd Stadium |
| Australia | 22 | | | | Australia | 5 |
| 4 March 2017 – 09:28 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2017 – 09:28 – Sam Boyd Stadium | | | | | Australia | 5 |
| 4 March 2017 – 09:28 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2017 – 09:28 – Sam Boyd Stadium | | | | New Zealand | 28 |
| United States | 20 | | | | New Zealand | 28 |
| United States | 20 | 4 March 2017 – 12:56 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2017 – 12:56 – Sam Boyd Stadium | | | |
| Ireland | 12 | 4 March 2017 – 12:56 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2017 – 12:56 – Sam Boyd Stadium | | | |
| Ireland | 12 | United States | 7 | | | |
| 4 March 2017 – 09:50 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2017 – 09:50 – Sam Boyd Stadium | | United States | 7 | | | |
| 4 March 2017 – 09:50 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2017 – 09:50 – Sam Boyd Stadium | New Zealand | 12 | | Bronze Medal Match | Bronze Medal Match |
| New Zealand | 26 | New Zealand | 12 | | Bronze Medal Match | Bronze Medal Match |
| New Zealand | 26 | | | | 4 March 2017 – 17:40 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2017 – 17:40 – Sam Boyd Stadium |
| Russia | 5 | | | | 4 March 2017 – 17:40 – Sam Boyd Stadium | 4 March 2017 – 17:40 – Sam Boyd Stadium |
| Russia | 5 | | | | Canada | 31 |
| | | | | | United States | 7 |

## Tournament placings

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