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2017 USA Sevens
Sevens World Series XVIII
Host nation United States United States
Date3–5 March 2017
Cup
Champion  South Africa
Runner-up  Fiji
Third  United States
Challenge
Winner  Kenya
Tournament details
Matches played45
2016
2018

The 2017 USA Sevens (also sometimes referred to as the 2017 Las Vegas Sevens) was the fourteenth edition of the USA Sevens tournament, and the fifth tournament of the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 3–5 March 2017 at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Format

The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team plays all the others in their pool once. 3, 2 or 1 points for a win, draw or loss. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup brackets. The bottom two teams go into the Challenge trophy brackets.

Teams

The main tournament will consist of the fifteen core teams plus Chile, who qualified by finishing as the best ranked non-core team of the 2017 Sudamérica Rugby Sevens

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
  South Africa 3 3 0 0 78 14 +64 9
  Canada 3 2 0 1 52 47 +5 7
  France 3 1 0 2 33 59 −26 5
  Wales 3 0 0 3 35 78 −43 3
3 March 2017
Wales 7–33  France
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas


3 March 2017
Wales 21–24  Canada
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas


4 March 2017
France 0–21  Canada
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  England 3 3 0 0 67 29 +38 9
  United States 3 2 0 1 74 29 +45 7
  Samoa 3 1 0 2 29 50 −21 5
  Chile 3 0 0 3 17 79 −62 3

3 March 2017
England 31–5  Chile
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas


3 March 2017
England 12–7  Samoa
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas

4 March 2017
Samoa 17–12  Chile
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Argentina 3 2 1 0 69 24 +45 8
  New Zealand 3 2 0 1 53 24 +29 7
  Kenya 3 1 1 1 33 48 −15 6
  Russia 3 0 0 3 15 74 −59 3
3 March 2017
Argentina 43–0  Russia
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas


3 March 2017
Argentina 14–14  Kenya
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas


4 March 2017
Russia 10–12  Kenya
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Fiji 3 3 0 0 89 29 +60 9
  Australia 3 2 0 1 64 57 +7 7
  Scotland 3 1 0 2 66 59 +7 5
  Japan 3 0 0 3 19 93 −74 3
3 March 2017
Fiji 41–0  Japan
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas

3 March 2017
Australia 28–21  Scotland
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas

3 March 2017
Fiji 24–12  Scotland
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas

3 March 2017
Australia 19–12  Japan
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas

4 March 2017
Japan 7–33  Scotland
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas

4 March 2017
Australia 17–24  Fiji
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas

Knockout stage

13th Place

 
Semi-finals13th Place Final
 
      
 
5 March 2017 – 11:24 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
 
  Japan24
 
5 March 2017 – 14:28 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
  Chile7
 
  Japan19
 
5 March 2017 – 11:46 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
  Wales21
 
  Wales24
 
 
  Russia5
 

Challenge Trophy

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsChallenge Trophy Final
 
          
 
4 March 2017 – 18:48 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
 
  France24
 
5 March 2017 – 12:08 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
  Japan14
 
  France7
 
4 March 2017 – 19:10 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
  Kenya14
 
  Kenya21
 
5 March 2017 – 15:40 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
  Chile19
 
  Kenya21
 
4 March 2017 – 19:32 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
  Samoa14
 
  Scotland28
 
5 March 2017 – 12:38 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
  Wales21
 
  Scotland0
 
4 March 2017 – 19:54 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
  Samoa24
 
  Samoa31
 
 
  Russia7
 

5th Place

 
Semi-finals5th Place Final
 
      
 
5 March 2017 – 13:00 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
 
  Australia14
 
5 March 2017 – 16:05 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
  Argentina0
 
  Australia7
 
5 March 2017 – 13:22 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
  England10
 
  Canada5
 
 
  England12
 

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsCup Final
 
          
 
4 March 2017 – 20:16 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
 
  South Africa17
 
5 March 2017 – 13:44 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
  Australia14
 
  South Africa20
 
4 March 2017 – 20:38 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
  United States17
 
  Argentina 19
 
5 March 2017 – 17:00 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
  United States21
 
  South Africa19
 
4 March 2017 – 21:00 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
  Fiji12
 
  Fiji31
 
5 March 2017 – 14:06 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
  Canada12
 
  Fiji19
 
4 March 2017 – 21:22 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
  New Zealand14 Bronze Medal Match
 
  England0
 
5 March 2017 – 16:30 – Sam Boyd Stadium
 
  New Zealand19
 
  United States19
 
 
  New Zealand15
 

Tournament placings

Place  Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)   South Africa 22
2nd place, silver medalist(s)   Fiji 19
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)   United States 17
4   New Zealand 15
5   England 13
6   Australia 12
7   Canada 10
  Argentina 10
Place  Team Points
9   Kenya 8
10   Samoa 7
11   France 5
  Scotland 5
13   Wales 3
14   Japan 2
15   Chile 1
  Russia 1

Source: World Rugby (archived)

See also

References