2016 Canada Sevens

The 2016 Canada Sevens is the first edition of the Canada Sevens tournament, and the sixth tournament of the 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 12–13 March 2016 at BC Place in Vancouver, BC.

2016 Canada Sevens
Sevens World Series XVII
Host nation	Canada
Date	12–13 March 2016
Cup
Champion	New Zealand
Runner-up	South Africa
Third	Australia
Plate
Winner	Samoa
Runner-up	United States
Bowl
Winner	Canada
Runner-up	France
Shield
Winner	Russia
Runner-up	Portugal
Tournament details
Matches played	45
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Format

Sixteen teams are drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team plays each of the other teams their pool once. 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
• Brazil
• Canada
• England
• Fiji
• France
• 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
Fiji	3	3	0	0	124	24	+100	9
Samoa	3	2	0	1	74	64	+10	7
Kenya	3	1	0	2	81	55	+26	5
Portugal	3	0	0	3	12	148	–136	3

12 March 2016 10:14

Fiji	38–5	Samoa

BC Place, Vancouver

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12 March 2016 10:36

Kenya	43–5	Portugal

BC Place, Vancouver

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12 March 2016 13:50

Fiji	62–0	Portugal

BC Place, Vancouver

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12 March 2016 14:12

Kenya	19–26	Samoa

BC Place, Vancouver

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12 March 2016 17:38

Samoa	43–7	Portugal

BC Place, Vancouver

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12 March 2016 18:00

Fiji	24–19	Kenya

BC Place, Vancouver

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Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Australia	3	2	0	1	104	33	+71	7
Wales	3	2	0	1	92	68	+24	7
Canada	3	2	0	1	62	50	+12	7
Russia	3	0	0	3	17	124	–107	3

12 March 2016 11:42

Australia	43–5	Russia

BC Place, Vancouver

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12 March 2016 12:04

Wales	26–19	Canada

BC Place, Vancouver

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12 March 2016 15:18

Wales	52–0	Russia

BC Place, Vancouver

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12 March 2016 15:40

Australia	12–14	Canada

BC Place, Vancouver

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12 March 2016 19:06

Australia	49–14	Wales

BC Place, Vancouver

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12 March 2016 19:28

Russia	12–29	Canada

BC Place, Vancouver

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Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Africa	3	3	0	0	96	7	+89	9
Scotland	3	2	0	1	52	50	+2	7
Argentina	3	1	0	2	42	51	–9	5
Brazil	3	0	0	3	12	94	–82	3

12 March 2016 09:30

South Africa	43–0	Scotland

BC Place, Vancouver

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12 March 2016 09:52

Argentina	35–5	Brazil

BC Place, Vancouver

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12 March 2016 13:06

South Africa	26–7	Brazil

BC Place, Vancouver

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12 March 2016 13:28

Argentina	7–19	Scotland

BC Place, Vancouver

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12 March 2016 16:54

Scotland	33–0	Brazil

BC Place, Vancouver

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12 March 2016 17:16

South Africa	27–0	Argentina

BC Place, Vancouver

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Pool D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	48	15	+33	9
United States	3	2	0	1	64	43	+21	7
England	3	1	0	2	26	36	–10	5
France	3	0	0	3	36	80	–44	3

12 March 2016 10:58

United States	42–14	France

BC Place, Vancouver

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12 March 2016 11:20

New Zealand	7–0	England

BC Place, Vancouver

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12 March 2016 14:34

United States	17–12	England

BC Place, Vancouver

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12 March 2016 14:56

New Zealand	24–10	France

BC Place, Vancouver

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12 March 2016 18:22

France	12–14	England

BC Place, Vancouver

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12 March 2016 18:44

United States	5–17	New Zealand

BC Place, Vancouver

Knockout stage

Shield

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	13 March 2016 – 09:40 – BC Place, Vancouver
	Kenya	21
					13 March 2016 – 12:56 – BC Place, Vancouver
	France	24
					Kenya	7
	13 March 2016 – 10:02 – BC Place, Vancouver
					Russia	24
	Argentina	19
									13 March 2016 – 16:02 – BC Place, Vancouver
	Russia	0
									Russia	17
	13 March 2016 – 10:24 – BC Place, Vancouver
									Portugal	10
	England	31
					13 March 2016 – 13:18 – BC Place, Vancouver
	Portugal	0
					Portugal	17
	13 March 2016 – 10:46 – BC Place, Vancouver
					Brazil	7
	Canada	19
	Brazil	0

Bowl

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	13 March 2016 – 09:40 – BC Place, Vancouver
	Kenya	21
					13 March 2016 – 13:40 – BC Place, Vancouver
	France	24
					France	19
	13 March 2016 – 10:02 – BC Place, Vancouver
					Argentina	17
	Argentina	19
									13 March 2016 – 16:30 – BC Place, Vancouver
	Russia	0
									France	17
	13 March 2016 – 10:24 – BC Place, Vancouver
									Canada	19
	England	31
					13 March 2016 – 14:02 – BC Place, Vancouver
	Portugal	0
					England	7
	13 March 2016 – 10:46 – BC Place, Vancouver
					Canada	17
	Canada	19
	Brazil	0

Plate

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	13 March 2016 – 11:08 – BC Place, Vancouver
	Fiji	31
					13 March 2016 – 14:24 – BC Place, Vancouver
	United States	26
					United States	38
	13 March 2016 – 11:30 – BC Place, Vancouver
					Wales	12
	South Africa	31
									13 March 2016 – 16:58 – BC Place, Vancouver
	Wales	0
									United States	19
	13 March 2016 – 11:52 – BC Place, Vancouver
									Samoa	31
	New Zealand	17
					13 March 2016 – 14:46 – BC Place, Vancouver
	Samoa	12
					Samoa	24
	13 March 2016 – 12:14 – BC Place, Vancouver
					Scotland	17
	Australia	24
	Scotland	17

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	13 March 2016 – 11:08 – BC Place, Vancouver
	Fiji	31
					13 March 2016 – 15:08 – BC Place, Vancouver
	United States	26
					Fiji	19
	13 March 2016 – 11:30 – BC Place, Vancouver
					South Africa	31
	South Africa	31
									13 March 2016 – 18:00 – BC Place, Vancouver
	Wales	0
									South Africa	14
	13 March 2016 – 11:52 – BC Place, Vancouver
									New Zealand	19
	New Zealand	17
					13 March 2016 – 15:30 – BC Place, Vancouver
	Samoa	12
					New Zealand	28
	13 March 2016 – 12:14 – BC Place, Vancouver
					Australia	19			Third place
	Australia	24
									13 March 2016 – 17:26 – BC Place, Vancouver
	Scotland	17
									Fiji	12
									Australia	19

External links

• World Rugby Sevens Series website