The 2016 Women's São Paulo Sevens was the second tournament of the 2015–16 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. It was held between 20 and 21 February 2016 at Arena Barueri in São Paulo, and was the third edition of the Women's São Paulo Sevens as part of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.
| 2016 São Paulo Women's Sevens | |
|---|---|
| Women's Sevens Series IV | |
| Host nation |  Brazil |
| Date | 20–21 February 2016 |
| Cup | |
| Champion |  Australia |
| Runner-up |  Canada |
| Third |  New Zealand |
| Plate | |
| Winner |  France |
| Runner-up |  Fiji |
| Bowl | |
| Winner |  Russia |
| Runner-up |  Japan |
| Tournament details | |
| Matches played | 34 |
← 2015 | |
Format
editThe 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 in the Cup/Plate. The other teams from each group played play-off for the Bowl.
Teams
editThe participating teams and schedule were announced on 15 October 2014.
Pool stage
edit| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal | |
Pool A
edit| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 36 | +38 | 9 |
| Canada
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 43 | +21 | 7 |
| Fiji
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 57 | -18 | 5 |
 Ireland
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 60 | -41 | 3 |
Pool B
edit| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 15 | +106 | 9 |
 United States
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 45 | +12 | 7 |
 Spain
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 91 | -72 | 5 |
| Russia
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 78 | -46 | 3 |
Pool C
edit| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| France
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 29 | +53 | 9 |
 England
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 34 | +40 | 7 |
| Brazil
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 58 | -9 | 5 |
| Japan
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 101 | -84 | 3 |
Knockout stage
editBowl
edit| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 21 February 2016 – São Paulo | ||||||
| Spain | 7 | |||||
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| Japan | 17 | |||||
| Japan | 12 | |||||
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| Russia | 38 | |||||
| Ireland | 0 | |||||
| Russia | 15 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 21 February 2016 – São Paulo | ||||||
| Spain | 19 | |||||
| Ireland | 0 | |||||
Plate
edit| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 21 February 2016 – São Paulo | ||||||||||
| Australia | 10 | |||||||||
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| Fiji | 0 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 26 | |||||||||
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| England | 12 | |||||||||
| United States | 22 | |||||||||
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| England | 12 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 5 | |||||||||
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| France | 17 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 41 | |||||||||
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| Brazil | 0 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 7 | |||||||||
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| France | 24 | Third place | ||||||||
| France | 0 | |||||||||
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| Canada | 19 | |||||||||
| England | 24 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 7 | |||||||||
Cup
edit| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 21 February 2016 – São Paulo | ||||||||||
| Australia | 10 | |||||||||
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| Fiji | 0 | |||||||||
| Australia | 34 | |||||||||
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| United States | 0 | |||||||||
| United States | 22 | |||||||||
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| England | 12 | |||||||||
| Australia | 29 | |||||||||
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| Canada | 0 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 41 | |||||||||
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| Brazil | 0 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 10 | |||||||||
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| Canada | 19 | Third place | ||||||||
| France | 0 | |||||||||
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| Canada | 19 | |||||||||
| United States | 0 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 28 | |||||||||