2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series

2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series
Host nations	United Arab Emirates  South Africa  New Zealand  Australia  United States  Canada  Hong Kong  Singapore  France  England
Date	2 Dec 2016 – 21 May 2017
Final positions
Series details
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series, known for sponsorship reasons as the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, will be the 18th annual series of rugby union sevens tournaments for national rugby sevens teams. The Sevens Series has been run by World Rugby since 1999–2000.

Core teams

•  Argentina
•  Australia
•  Canada
•  England
•  Fiji
•  France
•  Japan^[1]
•  Kenya
•  New Zealand
•  Russia
•  Samoa
•  Scotland
•  South Africa
•  United States
•  Wales

Tour venues

The official schedule for the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series is as follows:^[2]

2016–17 Venues

Leg	Stadium	City	Date	Winner
Dubai	The Sevens	Dubai	2–3 December 2016	South Africa
South Africa	Cape Town Stadium	Cape Town	10–11 December 2016
New Zealand	Westpac Stadium	Wellington	28–29 January 2017
Australia	Allianz Stadium	Sydney	4–5 February 2017
United States	Sam Boyd Stadium	Las Vegas	3–5 March 2017
Canada	BC Place	Vancouver	11–12 March 2017
Hong Kong	Hong Kong Stadium	Hong Kong	7–9 April 2017
Singapore	National Stadium	Singapore	15–16 April 2017
France	Stade Jean-Bouin	Paris	12–14 May 2017
England	Twickenham Stadium	London	20–21 May 2017

There are no major changes to the schedule.

Standings

Legend

No colour	Qualified as a 2016–17 core team
Pink	Relegation Zone: (Last place core team at end of Series is relegated).
Yellow	Not a core team

2016–17 Standings[3]
Pos.	Event  Team	Dubai	Cape Town	Wellington	Sydney	Las Vegas	Vanvouver	Hong Kong	Singapore	Paris	London	Points total
	South Africa	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22
	Fiji	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19
	England	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17
4	Wales	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15
5	Australia	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13
6	Scotland	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12
7	France	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
7	New Zealand	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
9	United States	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
10	Samoa	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7
11	Argentina	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
11	Kenya	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
13	Canada	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
14	Uganda	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
15	Japan	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
15	Russia	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1

Tournaments

Dubai

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	South Africa	26–14	Fiji	England (3rd)  Wales
Plate	Australia	19–12	Scotland	France  New Zealand
Bowl	United States	28–14	Samoa	Argentina  Kenya
Shield	Canada	20–17	Uganda	Japan  Russia

See also

• 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series

References

1. "Japan win promotion to 2016-17 Series"
2. "HSBC Sevens World Series". Worldrugby.org. 2016-05-23. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
3. "HSBC Sevens World Series Standings". International Rugby Board. Archived from the original on 2 September 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2016.

External links

• Official Site