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2017 London Sevens

The 2017 London Sevens was the tenth and final event of the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series and the seventeenth edition of the London Sevens. The tournament was held over the weekend of 20–21 May 2017 at Twickenham in London.

2017 London Sevens
Sevens World Series XVIII
Host nationEngland England
Date20–21 May 2017
Cup
Champion Scotland
Runner-up England
Third Canada
Challenge
Winner Fiji
Tournament details
Matches played45
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This was the first tournament in the history of the series with all semifinalists from the Northern Hemisphere,[citation needed] as Scotland, England, Canada, and the United States took out the top four placings. Scotland won the tournament, beating England 12–7 in the final. The USA's Perry Baker was the leading try scorer, notching eight tries over the weekend.

Format

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The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played all the others in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup quarter finals. The bottom two teams from each group advanced to the Challenge Trophy quarter finals.

Teams

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The sixteen participating teams for the tournament were:

Pool stages

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Pool A

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  United States 3 2 0 1 83 40 +43 7
  South Africa 3 2 0 1 36 44 -8 7
  Kenya 3 1 0 2 38 76 -38 5
  Wales 3 1 0 2 55 52 +3 5
20 May 2017
10:58
United States  12–28  Wales
Twickenham Stadium, London
20 May 2017
11:20
South Africa  12–10  Kenya
Twickenham Stadium, London
20 May 2017
14:04
United States  47–0  Kenya
Twickenham Stadium, London
20 May 2017
14:26
South Africa  12–10  Wales
Twickenham Stadium, London
20 May 2017
17:10
Wales  17–28  Kenya
Twickenham Stadium, London
20 May 2017
17:32
South Africa  12–24  United States
Twickenham Stadium, London

Pool B

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Argentina 3 2 0 1 80 52 +28 7
  Scotland 3 2 0 1 59 42 +16 7
  France 3 2 0 1 49 67 -17 7
  Russia 3 0 0 3 46 73 -27 3
20 May 2017
10:14
France  7–35  Argentina
Twickenham Stadium, London
20 May 2017
10:36
Scotland  21–7  Russia
Twickenham Stadium, London
20 May 2017
13:20
France  26–20  Russia
Twickenham Stadium, London
20 May 2017
13:42
Scotland  26–19  Argentina
Twickenham Stadium, London
20 May 2017
16:26
Argentina  26–19  Russia
Twickenham Stadium, London
20 May 2017
16:48
Scotland  12-16  France
Twickenham Stadium, London

Pool C

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 79 42 +37 9
  Canada 3 2 0 1 64 52 +12 7
  Fiji 3 1 0 2 101 54 +47 5
  Japan 3 0 0 3 26 122 -96 3
20 May 2017
9:30
Fiji  19–22  Canada
Twickenham Stadium, London
20 May 2017
9:52
New Zealand  33–7  Japan
Twickenham Stadium, London
20 May 2017
12:36
Fiji  61–5  Japan
Twickenham Stadium, London
20 May 2017
12:58
New Zealand  19–14  Canada
Twickenham Stadium, London
20 May 2017
15:42
Canada  28–14  Japan
Twickenham Stadium, London
20 May 2017
16:04
New Zealand  27–21  Fiji
Twickenham Stadium, London

Pool D

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  England 3 3 0 0 71 38 +33 9
  Australia 3 2 0 1 96 24 +72 7
  Samoa 3 1 0 2 64 65 -1 5
  Spain 3 0 0 3 14 118 -104 3
20 May 2017
11:42
Samoa  5–34  Australia
Twickenham Stadium, London
20 May 2017
12:04
England  28–7  Spain
Twickenham Stadium, London
20 May 2017
14:48
Samoa  40–7  Spain
Twickenham Stadium, London
20 May 2017
15:10
England  19–12  Australia
Twickenham Stadium, London
20 May 2017
17:54
Australia  50–0  Spain
Twickenham Stadium, London
20 May 2017
18:16
England  24–19  Samoa
Twickenham Stadium, London

Knockout stage

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13th Place

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Semi-finals13th Place Final
 
      
 
21 May 2017 – 12:36 – Twickenham Stadium
 
 
  Spain5
 
21 May 2017 – 16:07 – Twickenham Stadium
 
  Russia38
 
  Russia19
 
21 May 2017 – 12:58 – Twickenham Stadium
 
  Samoa24
 
  Samoa33
 
 
  Japan7
 

Challenge Trophy

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsChallenge Thophy Final
 
          
 
21 May 2017 – 9:30 – Twickenham Stadium
 
 
  Kenya33
 
21 May 2017 – 13:20 – Twickenham Stadium
 
  Spain7
 
  Kenya5
 
21 May 2017 – 9:52 – Twickenham Stadium
 
  Fiji45
 
  Fiji31
 
21 May 2017 – 16:32 – Twickenham Stadium
 
  Russia5
 
  Fiji26
 
21 May 2017 – 10:14 – Twickenham Stadium
 
  Wales 14
 
  Samoa21
 
21 May 2017 – 13:42 – Twickenham Stadium
 
  Wales29
 
  Wales26
 
21 May 2017 – 10:36 – Twickenham Stadium
 
  France17
 
  France22
 
 
  Japan5
 

5th place

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Semi-finals5th Place Final
 
      
 
21 May 2017 – 14:04 – Twickenham Stadium
 
 
  Australia40
 
21 May 2017 – 17:07 – Twickenham Stadium
 
  New Zealand7
 
  Australia17
 
21 May 2017 – 14:26 – Twickenham Stadium
 
  South Africa28
 
  South Africa28
 
 
  Argentina7
 

Cup

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsCup Final
 
          
 
21 May 2017 – 10:58 – Twickenham Stadium
 
 
  United States31
 
21 May 2017 – 14:48 – Twickenham Stadium
 
  Australia14
 
  United States14
 
21 May 2017 – 11:20 – Twickenham Stadium
 
  Scotland21
 
  New Zealand21
 
21 May 2017 – 17:57 – Twickenham Stadium
 
  Scotland24
 
  Scotland12
 
21 May 2017 – 11:42 – Twickenham Stadium
 
  England7
 
  England17
 
21 May 2017 – 15:10 – Twickenham Stadium
 
  South Africa12
 
  England24
 
21 May 2017 – 12:04 – Twickenham Stadium
 
  Canada5 Bronze Medal Match
 
  Argentina7
 
21 May 2017 – 17:32 – Twickenham Stadium
 
  Canada28
 
  United States19
 
 
  Canada22
 

Tournament placings

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

Source: World Rugby (archived)

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