The 2017 Singapore Sevens was the eighth tournament of the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 15–16 April 2017 at the Singapore National Stadium in Singapore. This was the sixth time that the Singapore Sevens had a spot on the World Rugby Sevens Series. In an exciting final, Canada completed the 'Miracle on Grass' by jumping out to an early lead and then scoring the decisive try with 2 minutes remaining to beat the United States 26-19 and win its first-ever World Series tournament. Earlier in the day, Canada had triumphed over New Zealand and England while the US defeated Fiji and Australia to set up the first Cup final featuring both North American teams.

2017 Singapore Sevens
Sevens World Series XVIII
Host nationSingapore Singapore
Date15–16 April 2017
Cup
Champion Canada
Runner-up United States
Third England
Challenge
Winner Wales
Tournament details
Matches played45
2016
2018

Format

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Sixteen 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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Pool Stages

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Pool A

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Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
  Fiji 3 3 0 0 113 14 +99 9
  Canada 3 2 0 1 69 50 +19 7
  Hong Kong 3 1 0 2 26 93 –67 5
  Russia 3 0 0 3 41 92 –51 3
15 April 2017
12:30
Canada  28–15  Russia
National Stadium, Singapore

15 April 2017
12:52
Fiji  40–0  Hong Kong
National Stadium, Singapore

15 April 2017
15:28
Canada  34–0  Hong Kong
National Stadium, Singapore

15 April 2017
15:50
Fiji  38–7  Russia
National Stadium, Singapore

15 April 2017
19:44
Russia  19–26  Hong Kong
National Stadium, Singapore

15 April 2017
20:06
Fiji  35–7  Canada
National Stadium, Singapore

Pool B

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Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
  England 3 2 0 1 71 46 +25 7
  South Africa 3 2 0 1 74 24 +50 7
  Japan 3 1 0 2 31 106 –75 5
  France 3 1 0 2 45 45 0 5
15 April 2017
11:44
England  14–24  France
National Stadium, Singapore

15 April 2017
12:06
South Africa  52–0  Japan
National Stadium, Singapore

15 April 2017
14:44
England  40–10  Japan
National Stadium, Singapore

15 April 2017
15:06
South Africa  10–7  France
National Stadium, Singapore

15 April 2017
18:40
France  14–21  Japan
National Stadium, Singapore

15 April 2017
19:02
[1] South Africa  12–17  England
National Stadium, Singapore

Pool C

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Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
  Australia 3 3 0 0 67 26 +41 9
  Kenya 3 2 0 1 46 43 +3 7
  Argentina 3 1 0 2 31 48 –17 5
  Samoa 3 0 0 3 26 53 –27 3
15 April 2017
11:00
Argentina  7–22  Kenya
National Stadium, Singapore

15 April 2017
11:22
Australia  19–12  Samoa
National Stadium, Singapore

15 April 2017
14:00
Argentina  17–7  Samoa
National Stadium, Singapore

15 April 2017
14:22
Australia  29–7  Kenya
National Stadium, Singapore

15 April 2017
17:56
Kenya  17–7  Samoa
National Stadium, Singapore

15 April 2017
18:18
Australia  19–7  Argentina
National Stadium, Singapore

Pool D

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Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 79 49 +30 9
  United States 3 2 0 1 82 66 +16 7
  Wales 3 1 0 2 54 90 –36 5
  Scotland 3 0 0 3 66 76 –10 3
15 April 2017
13:14
New Zealand  22–21  Scotland
National Stadium, Singapore

15 April 2017
13:36
United States  35–19  Wales
National Stadium, Singapore

15 April 2017
16:12
[2] New Zealand  36–14  Wales
National Stadium, Singapore

15 April 2017
16:34
United States  33–26  Scotland
National Stadium, Singapore

15 April 2017
20:28
Scotland  19–21  Wales
National Stadium, Singapore

15 April 2017
20:50
United States  14–21  New Zealand
National Stadium, Singapore

Knockout stage

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13th place

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Semi-finals13th Place Final
 
      
 
16 April 2017 – 14:28 – National Stadium
 
 
  Hong Kong7
 
16 April 2017 – 18:44 – National Stadium
 
  Argentina33
 
  Argentina40
 
16 April 2017 – 14:50 – National Stadium
 
  Russia19
 
  Russia24
 
 
  Japan21
 

Challenge Trophy

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsChallenge Trophy Final
 
          
 
16 April 2017 – 11:00 – National Stadium
 
 
  Hong Kong15
 
16 April 2017 – 15:12 – National Stadium
 
  Scotland26
 
  Scotland31
 
16 April 2017 – 11:22 – National Stadium
 
  France12
 
  Argentina24
 
16 April 2017 – 19:06 – National Stadium
 
  France26
 
  Scotland12
 
16 April 2017 – 11:44 – National Stadium
 
  Wales24
 
  Wales19
 
16 April 2017 – 15:34 – National Stadium
 
  Russia12
 
  Wales19
 
16 April 2017 – 12:06 – National Stadium
 
  Samoa14
 
  Japan14
 
 
  Samoa26
 

5th place

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Semi-finals5th Place Final
 
      
 
16 April 2017 – 16:26 – National Stadium
 
 
  Fiji14
 
16 April 2017 – 19:41 – National Stadium
 
  South Africa19
 
  South Africa12
 
16 April 2017 – 16:48 – National Stadium
 
  New Zealand17
 
  New Zealand24
 
 
  Kenya21
 
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsCup Final
 
          
 
16 April 2017 – 12:30 – National Stadium
 
 
  Fiji19
 
16 April 2017 – 17:10 – National Stadium
 
  United States24
 
  United States40
 
16 April 2017 – 12:52 – National Stadium
 
  Australia7
 
  Australia19
 
16 April 2017 – 20:30 – National Stadium
 
  South Africa17
 
  United States19
 
16 April 2017 – 13:14 – National Stadium
 
  Canada26
 
  New Zealand14
 
16 April 2017 – 17:32 – National Stadium
 
  Canada26
 
  Canada17
 
16 April 2017 – 13:36 – National Stadium
 
  England5 Bronze Medal Match
 
  England13
 
16 April 2017 – 20:05 – National Stadium
 
  Kenya12
 
  Australia12
 
 
  England14
 

Tournament placings

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

Source: World Rugby (archived)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Blitzboks let it slip against England in Singapore". Sport24.za. 15 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Rugby: NZ Sevens pick up second win in Singapore". NZ Herald. 15 April 2017.
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World Sevens Series XVIII
Preceded by 2017 Singapore Sevens Succeeded by
Singapore Sevens
Preceded by 2017 Singapore Sevens Succeeded by