The 2017 Canada Sevens was the second edition of the Canada Sevens tournament, and the sixth tournament of the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 11–12 March 2017 at BC Place in Vancouver, BC.

2017 Canada Sevens
Sevens World Series XVIII
Host nationCanada Canada
Date11–12 March 2017
Cup
Champion England[1]
Runner-up South Africa
Third Fiji
Challenge
Winner Wales
Tournament details
Matches played45
Most pointsUnited States Perry Baker (45)
Most triesUnited States Perry Baker (9)
2016
2018

Format

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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

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The 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

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Pool A

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  South Africa 3 2 1 0 60 17 +43 8
  England 3 2 1 0 66 26 +40 8
  Kenya 3 1 0 2 45 62 –17 5
  Chile 3 0 0 3 19 85 –66 3
11 March
10:58
England  28 – 14  Kenya
BC Place, Vancouver

11 March
11:20
South Africa  33 – 0  Chile
BC Place, Vancouver

11 March
14:34
England  26 – 0  Chile
BC Place, Vancouver

11 March
14:56
South Africa  15 – 5  Kenya
BC Place, Vancouver

11 March
18:14
Kenya  26 – 19  Chile
BC Place, Vancouver

11 March
18:36
South Africa  12 – 12  England
BC Place, Vancouver

Pool B

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Fiji 3 2 0 1 77 57 +20 7
  Argentina 3 2 0 1 64 64 0 7
  Wales 3 2 0 1 61 62 –1 7
  Samoa 3 0 0 3 45 64 –19 3
11 March
10:14
Argentina  24 – 19  Samoa
BC Place, Vancouver

11 March
10:36
Fiji  34 – 19  Wales
BC Place, Vancouver

11 March
13:50
Argentina  14 – 21  Wales
BC Place, Vancouver

11 March
14:12
Fiji  19 – 12  Samoa
BC Place, Vancouver

11 March
17:30
Samoa  14 – 21  Wales
BC Place, Vancouver

11 March
17:52
Fiji  24 – 26  Argentina
BC Place, Vancouver

Pool C

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  United States 3 3 0 0 112 24 +88 9
  Australia 3 2 0 1 53 43 +10 7
  France 3 1 0 2 57 62 –5 5
  Japan 3 0 0 3 26 119 –93 3
11 March
09:30
Australia  12 – 7  France
BC Place, Vancouver

11 March
09:52
United States  52 – 0  Japan
BC Place, Vancouver

11 March
13:06
Australia  36 – 7  Japan
BC Place, Vancouver

11 March
13:28
United States  31 – 19  France
BC Place, Vancouver

11 March
16:46
France  31 – 19  Japan
BC Place, Vancouver

11 March
17:08
United States  29 – 5  Australia
BC Place, Vancouver

Pool D

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 88 26 +62 9
  Canada 3 2 0 1 68 35 +33 7
  Russia 3 1 0 2 17 76 –59 5
  Scotland 3 0 0 3 37 73 –36 3
11 March
11:42
Canada  28 – 15  Scotland
BC Place, Vancouver

11 March
12:04
New Zealand  40 – 0  Russia
BC Place, Vancouver

11 March
15:18
Canada  26 – 5  Russia
BC Place, Vancouver

11 March
15:40
New Zealand  33 – 12  Scotland
BC Place, Vancouver

11 March
18:58
Scotland  10 – 12  Russia
BC Place, Vancouver

11 March
19:20
New Zealand  15 – 14  Canada
BC Place, Vancouver

Knockout stage

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13th Place

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Semi-finals13th Place Final
 
      
 
12 March – 12:46 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
 
  Scotland28
 
12 March – 16:12 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
  France21
 
  Scotland24
 
12 March – 13:08 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
  Japan19
 
  Russia0
 
 
  Japan21
 

Challenge Trophy

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsChallenge Trophy Final
 
          
 
12 March – 09:30 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
 
  Kenya19
 
12 March – 13:30 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
  Scotland17
 
  Kenya7
 
12 March – 09:52 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
  Samoa26
 
  France21
 
12 March – 16:37 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
  Samoa26
 
  Samoa12
 
12 March – 10:14 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
  Wales19
 
  Russia0
 
12 March – 13:52 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
  Chile10
 
  Chile5
 
12 March – 10:36 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
  Wales14
 
  Wales33
 
 
  Japan0
 

5th Place

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Semi-finals5th Place Final
 
      
 
12 March – 14:24 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
 
  Canada5
 
12 March – 17:07 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
  Argentina12[2]
 
  Argentina14
 
12 March – 14:46 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
  New Zealand17
 
  New Zealand21
 
 
  Australia0
 
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsCup Final
 
          
 
12 March – 11:08 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
 
  South Africa36
 
12 March – 15:08 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
  Canada7
 
  South Africa14
 
12 March – 11:30 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
  United States10
 
  United States14
 
12 March – 18:19 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
  Argentina12
 
  South Africa7
 
12 March – 11:52 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
  England19
 
  New Zealand12
 
12 March – 15:30 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
  England14[3]
 
  England40
 
12 March – 12:14 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
  Fiji7 Bronze Medal Match
 
  Fiji28
 
12 March – 17:52 – BC Place, Vancouver
 
  Australia10
 
  United States24
 
 
  Fiji28
 

Tournament placings

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Place  Team Points
    England 22
    South Africa 19
    Fiji 17
4   United States 15
5   New Zealand 13
6   Argentina 12
7   Canada 10
  Australia 10
Place  Team Points
9   Wales 8
10   Samoa 7
11   Kenya 5
  Chile 5
13   Scotland 3
14   Japan 2
15   France 1
  Russia 1

Source: World Rugby (archived)

References

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  1. ^ "World Rugby Sevens: Dan Norton helps England beat South Africa in Canada". BBC. 13 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Canada ends up 7th in Rugby 7s elite Cup match". CBC. 12 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Rugby Sevens: All Blacks Sevens knocked out of Vancouver event". NZ Herald. 13 March 2017.
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