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:2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series

{{Short description|18th annual international series in men's rugby sevens}}

{{Infobox Rugby World Sevens

| name = 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens

| series = Series XVIII

| countries = {{plainlist|

  • {{Runion|United Arab Emirates}}
  • {{Runion|South Africa}}
  • {{Runion|New Zealand}}
  • {{Runion|Australia}}
  • {{Runion|United States}}
  • {{Runion|Canada}}
  • {{Runion|Hong Kong}}
  • {{Runion|Singapore}}
  • {{Runion|France}}
  • {{Runion|England}}

}}

| date = 2 Dec 2016 – 21 May 2017

| nations =

| champions = {{ru7|South Africa}}

| runnersup = {{ru7|England}}

| third = {{ru7|Fiji}}

| top point scorer =

| top try scorer =

| prevseason = 2015–16

| nextseason = 2017–18

}}

The 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series, known for sponsorship reasons as the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, was the 18th annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for national rugby sevens teams. The Sevens Series has been run by World Rugby since 1999–2000. South Africa won the Series with a comfortable 28-point margin over England; South Africa won five of the ten tournaments.

The 2016–17 Series also served as a qualifying tournament for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens. Nine of the core teams had already qualified but the four highest-placed finishers from among the remaining six core teams also gained qualification for the 2018 RWC Sevens.{{cite web| url = http://www.worldrugby.org/text/189809| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161220104244/http://www.worldrugby.org/text/189809| archive-date = 2016-12-20| title = World Rugby}}

Core teams

{{columns-list|colwidth=14em|

  • {{ru7|ARG}}
  • {{ru7|AUS}}
  • {{ru7|CAN}}
  • {{ru7|ENG}}
  • {{ru7|FIJ}}
  • {{ru7|FRA}}
  • {{ru7|JPN}}[http://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/news/150540?lang=en "Japan win promotion to 2016-17 Series"]
  • {{ru7|KEN}}
  • {{ru7|NZL}}
  • {{ru7|RUS}}
  • {{ru7|SAM}}
  • {{ru7|SCO}}
  • {{ru7|RSA}}
  • {{ru7|USA}}
  • {{ru7|WAL}}

}}

Tour venues

The official schedule for the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series was as follows:{{cite web|url=http://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/news/163532 |title=HSBC Sevens World Series |website=Worldrugby.org |date=2016-05-23 |access-date=2016-05-27}}

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|+ 2016–17 Venues

bgcolor="#efefef"

! width=7%|Leg

! width=10%|Stadium

! width=7%|City

! width=10%|Date

! width=7%|Winner

| DubaiThe SevensDubai2–3 December 2016{{ru7|RSA}}
| South AfricaCape Town StadiumCape Town10–11 December 2016{{Ru7|ENG}}
| New ZealandWellington Regional StadiumWellington28–29 January 2017{{Ru7|RSA}}
| AustraliaSydney Football StadiumSydney4–5 February 2017{{Ru7|RSA}}
| United StatesSam Boyd StadiumLas Vegas3–5 March 2017{{Ru7|RSA}}
| CanadaBC PlaceVancouver11–12 March 2017{{Ru7|ENG}}
| Hong KongHong Kong StadiumHong Kong7–9 April 2017{{Ru7|FIJ}}
| SingaporeNational StadiumSingapore15–16 April 2017{{Ru7|CAN}}
| FranceStade Jean-BouinParis13–14 May 2017{{Ru7|RSA}}
| EnglandTwickenham StadiumLondon20–21 May 2017{{Ru7|SCO}}

There were no major changes to the schedule.

Standings

Final table:

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|+ 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens – Series XVIII

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Pos.

! {{diagonal split header|Team|Event |style=border-bottom:1px solid transparent}}

! style="vertical-align:top;width:5.5em;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;padding:1px;font-size:85%;"|{{flagdeco|UAE}}
Dubai

! style="vertical-align:top;width:5.5em;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;padding:1px;font-size:85%;"|{{flagdeco|RSA}}
Cape Town

! style="vertical-align:top;width:5.5em;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;padding:1px;font-size:85%;"|{{flagdeco|NZL}}
Well{{shy}}ington

! style="vertical-align:top;width:5.5em;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;padding:1px;font-size:85%;"|{{flagdeco|AUS}}
Sydney

! style="vertical-align:top;width:5.5em;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;padding:1px;font-size:85%;"|{{flagdeco|USA}}
Las Vegas

! style="vertical-align:top;width:5.5em;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;padding:1px;font-size:85%;"|{{flagdeco|CAN}}
Van{{shy}}couver

! style="vertical-align:top;width:5.5em;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;padding:1px;font-size:85%;"|{{flagdeco|HKG}}
Hong Kong

! style="vertical-align:top;width:5.5em;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;padding:1px;font-size:85%;"|{{flagdeco|SGP}}
Singa{{shy}}pore

! style="vertical-align:top;width:5.5em;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;padding:1px;font-size:85%;"|{{flagdeco|FRA}}
Paris

! style="vertical-align:top;width:5.5em;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;padding:1px;font-size:85%;"|{{flagdeco|ENG}}
London

! style="border-bottom:1px solid transparent;"|Points
total

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! data-sort-type="number" style="border-top:1px solid transparent;"|  

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|1

align="left" |{{ru7|RSA}}

|22

19222222

| 19

19122213192
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|2

align="left" |{{ru7|ENG}}

| 17

22101913

|22

10171519164
style="border-left:3px solid #06f;"

|3

align="left" |{{ru7|FIJ}}

| 19

13191319

| 17

2210108150
style="border-left:3px solid #06f;"

|4

align="left" |{{ru7|NZL}}

| 10

17121715

| 13

13131710137
style="border-left:3px solid #06f"

|5

align="left" |{{ru7|USA}}

| 8

1051217

| 15

15191315129
style="border-left:3px solid #06f;"

|6

align="left" |{{ru7|AUS}}

| 13

571512

| 10

1715712113
style="border-left:3px solid #7cf;"

|7

align="left" |{{ru7|SCO}}

| 12

151715

| 3

871922109
style="border-left:3px solid #7cf;"

|8

align="left" |{{ru7|CAN}}

| 3

315310

| 10

102251798
style="border-left:3px solid #7cf;"

|9

align="left" |{{ru7|ARG}}

| 5

7131010

| 12

12381090
style="border-left:3px solid #06f;"

|10

align="left" |{{ru7|WAL}}

| 15

105103

| 8

285773
style="border-left:3px solid #06f"

|11

align="left" |{{ru7|FRA}}

| 10

81075

| 1

5510566
style="border-left:3px solid #06f;"

|12

align="left" |{{ru7|KEN}}

| 5

12828

| 5

7101563
style="border-left:3px solid #7cf;"

|13

align="left" |{{ru7|SAM}}

| 7

1357

| 7

1512351
14align="left" |{{ru7|RUS}}

| 1

5281

| 1

522229
bgcolor=#fcc|15bgcolor=#fcc align=left|{{ru7|JPN}}

| 1

1152

| 2

313120
bgcolor=#ffc|16bgcolor=#ffc align=left|{{ru7|CHL}}

| –

–––1

| 5

––––6
bgcolor=#ffc|17bgcolor=#ffc align=left|{{ru7|UGA}}

| 2

2–––

| –

––––4
bgcolor=#ffc|18bgcolor=#ffc align=left|{{nowrap|{{ru7|PNG}}}}

| –

–11–

| –

––––2
bgcolor=#ffc|19bgcolor=#ffc align=left|{{ru7|ESP}}

| –

––––

| –

––112
bgcolor=#ffc|20bgcolor=#ffc align=left|{{nowrap|{{ru7|KOR}}}}

| –

––––

| –

1–––1
bgcolor=#ffc|21bgcolor=#ffc align=left|{{nowrap|{{ru7|HKG}}}}

| –

––––

| –

–1––1

Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20170706141319/http://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/standings World Rugby. Archived]

{{cite web |url=http://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/standings |title=HSBC Sevens World Series Standings |publisher=World Rugby |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706141319/http://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/standings |archive-date=6 July 2017 |df=dmy-all |access-date=3 December 2016 }}

:

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colspan=2| Legend
style="line-height:18px; font-size:90%;"

|colspan=2 align=center |

|colspan=2 align=center |2018 (host country United States and 2013 quarterfinalists)

colspan=2 style="border-left:3px solid #7cf;"| Qualified as one of the four highest placed eligible teams from the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series not already qualified.[http://www.worldrugby.org/text/189809 Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 qualification process] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612163212/https://www.worldrugby.org/text/189809 |date=2018-06-12 }}. World Rugby.

Players

=Scoring leaders=

{{col-float}}

class="wikitable sortable"
+Tries scored
RankPlayerTries
align=center | 1{{flagicon|USA}} Perry Bakeralign=center | 57
align=center | 2{{flagicon|ENG}} Dan Nortonalign=center | 51
align=center | 3{{flagicon|CAN}} Justin Douglasalign=center | 40
align=center | 4{{flagicon|RSA}} Seabelo Senatlaalign=center | 32
align=center | 5{{flagicon|SCO}} James Flemingalign=center | 32

{{col-float-break}}

class="wikitable sortable"
+Points scored
RankPlayerPoints
align=center | 1{{flagicon|USA}} Perry Bakeralign=center | 285
align=center | 2{{flagicon|WAL}} Ethan Daviesalign=center | 281
align=center | 3{{flagicon|USA}} Madison Hughesalign=center | 279
align=center | 4{{flagicon|CAN}} Nathan Hirayamaalign=center | 269
align=center | 5{{flagicon|SCO}} Scott Wightalign=center | 266

{{col-float-end}}

Updated: [http://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/stats 22 May 2017]

=Dream Team=

class="wikitable"
ForwardsBacks
{{flagicon|RSA}} Chris Dry
{{flagicon|FIJ}} Kalione Nasoko
{{flagicon|USA}} Danny Barrett		{{flagicon|FIJ}} Jerry Tuwai
{{flagicon|RSA}} Rosko Specman
{{flagicon|ENG}} Dan Norton
{{flagicon|USA}} Perry Baker

Placings summary

Tallies of top four tournament placings during the 2016–17 series, by team:

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!colspan=6 | Cup

style="width:10em;"|Team

!style="width:5em;"|{{gold1}} Gold

!style="width:5em;"|{{silver2}} Silver

!style="width:5.75em; padding:0; cell-spacing:0;"|{{bronze3}} Bronze

!style="width:5em;"|Fourth

!style="width:5em;"|Total

align=left| {{Ru7|RSA}}

| 5

3--8
align=left| {{Ru7|ENG}}

| 2

2217
align=left| {{Ru7|FIJ}}

| 1

31-5
align=left| {{Ru7|SCO}}

| 1

1114
align=left| {{Ru7|CAN}}

| 1

-113
align=left| {{Ru7|USA}}

| -

1135
align=left| {{Ru7|NZL}}

| -

-314
align=left| {{Ru7|AUS}}

| -

-123
align=left| {{Ru7|WAL}}

| -

--11
Totals

! 10

101010{{#expr: 8+7+5+4+3+5+4+3+1}}

Tournaments

In this series, World Rugby abolished the minor trophies of Plate, Bowl and Shield that were previously awarded in the finals play-offs at each tournament. While the winner's Cup was retained as the major trophy, the awarding of gold, silver and bronze medals to players from the three top-placed teams was introduced for this series with the third-placed match now renamed as the bronze-medal match. A Challenge Trophy was established for teams competing in the lower bracket of the finals play-offs at each tournament.{{cite web |date=3 October 2016 |url=http://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/news/195249 |title=Men's and women's sevens winners to strike gold |publisher=World Rugby.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161004064208/http://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/news/195249

|archive-date=4 October 2016}} Additionally, the playing time for Cup final matches was reduced from 20 minutes to 14 minutes, in line with all other tournament matches.{{cite web |last1=Newman |first1=Beth |title=Big Sevens finals cut to seven minutes |url=https://www.rugby.com.au/news/2016/11/19/07/34/world-rugby-law-changes |website=rugby.com.au |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519215923/https://www.rugby.com.au/news/2016/11/19/07/34/world-rugby-law-changes |archive-date=19 May 2017 |date=19 November 2016}}

=Dubai=

{{main|2016 Dubai Sevens}}

class="wikitable" width=600 style="text-align: center"
Event

!Winners

!Score

!Finalists

!Semi-finalists

Cup

|align=left|{{ru7|RSA}}

|26–14

|align=left|{{ru7|FIJ}}

|align=left|{{ru7|ENG}} (Bronze)
{{ru7|WAL}}

5th Place

|align=left|{{ru7|AUS}}

|19–12

|align=left|{{ru7|SCO}}

|align=left|{{ru7|FRA}}
{{ru7|NZL}}

Challenge Trophy

|align=left|{{ru7|USA}}

|28–14

|align=left|{{ru7|SAM}}

|align=left|{{ru7|ARG}}
{{ru7|KEN}}

13th Place

|align=left|{{ru7|CAN}}

|20–17

|align=left|{{ru7|UGA}}

|align=left|{{ru7|JPN}}
{{ru7|RUS}}

=Cape Town=

{{main|2016 South Africa Sevens}}

class="wikitable" width=600 style="text-align: center"
Event

!Winners

!Score

!Finalists

!Semi-finalists

Cup

|align=left|{{ru7|ENG}}

|19–17

|align=left|{{ru7|RSA}}

|align=left|{{ru7|NZL}} (Bronze)
{{ru7|SCO}}

5th Place

|align=left|{{ru7|FIJ}}

|33–21

|align=left|{{ru7|KEN}}

|align=left|{{ru7|WAL}}
{{ru7|USA}}

Challenge Trophy

|align=left|{{ru7|FRA}}

|19–7

|align=left|{{ru7|ARG }}

|align=left|{{ru7|AUS}}
{{ru7|RUS}}

13th Place

|align=left|{{ru7|CAN}}

|19–10

|align=left|{{ru7|UGA}}

|align=left|{{ru7|JPN}}
{{ru7|SAM}}

=Wellington=

{{main|2017 Wellington Sevens}}

class="wikitable" width=600 style="text-align: center"
Event

!Winners

!Score

!Finalists

!Semi-finalists

Cup

|align=left|{{ru7|RSA}}

|26–5

|align=left|{{ru7|FIJ}}

|align=left|{{ru7|SCO}} (Bronze)
{{ru7|CAN}}

5th Place

|align=left|{{ru7|ARG}}

|17–12

|align=left|{{ru7|NZL}}

|align=left|{{ru7|ENG}}
{{ru7|FRA}}

Challenge Trophy

|align=left|{{ru7|KEN}}

|19–17

|align=left|{{ru7|AUS}}

|align=left|{{ru7|USA}}
{{ru7|WAL}}

13th Place

|align=left|{{ru7|SAM}}

|19–12

|align=left|{{ru7|RUS}}

|align=left|{{ru7|JPN}}
{{ru7|PNG}}

=Sydney=

{{main|2017 Sydney Sevens}}

class="wikitable" width=650 style="text-align: center"
Event

!Winners

!Score

!Finalists

!Semi-finalists

Cup

|align=left|{{ru7|RSA}}

|29–14

|align=left|{{ru7|ENG}}

|align=left|{{ru7|NZL}} (Bronze)
{{ru7|AUS}}

5th Place

|align=left|{{ru7|FIJ}}

|35–12

|align=left|{{ru7|USA}}

|align=left|{{ru7|ARG}}
{{ru7|WAL}}

Challenge Trophy

|align=left|{{ru7|RUS}}

|26–0

|align=left|{{ru7|FRA}}

|align=left|{{ru7|SAM}}
{{ru7|JPN}}

13th Place

|align=left|{{ru7|CAN}}

|10–5

|align=left|{{ru7|KEN}}

|align=left|{{ru7|PNG}}
{{ru7|SCO}}

=Las Vegas=

{{main|2017 USA Sevens}}

class="wikitable" width=600 style="text-align: center"
Event

!Winners

!Score

!Finalists

!Semi-finalists

Cup

|align=left|{{Ru7|RSA}}

|19–12

|align=left|{{Ru7|FIJ}}

|align=left|{{Ru7|USA}} (Bronze)
{{Ru7|NZL}}

5th Place

|align=left|{{Ru7|ENG}}

|10–7

|align=left|{{Ru7|AUS}}

|align=left|{{Ru7|ARG}}
{{Ru7|CAN}}

Challenge Trophy

|align=left|{{Ru7|KEN}}

|21–14

|align=left|{{Ru7|SAM}}

|align=left|{{Ru7|FRA}}
{{Ru7|SCO}}

13th Place

|align=left|{{Ru7|WAL}}

|21–19

|align=left|{{Ru7|JPN}}

|align=left|{{Ru7|CHI}}
{{Ru7|RUS}}

=Vancouver=

{{main|2017 Canada Sevens}}

class="wikitable" width=600 style="text-align: center"
Event

!Winners

!Score

!Finalists

!Semi-finalists

Cup

|align=left|{{Ru7|ENG}}

|19–7

|align=left|{{Ru7|RSA}}

|align=left|{{Ru7|FIJ}} (Bronze)
{{Ru7|USA}}

5th Place

|align=left|{{Ru7|NZL}}

|17–14

|align=left|{{Ru7|ARG}}

|align=left|{{Ru7|CAN}}
{{Ru7|AUS}}

Challenge Trophy

|align=left|{{Ru7|WAL}}

|19–12

|align=left|{{Ru7|SAM}}

|align=left|{{Ru7|KEN}}
{{Ru7|CHL}}

13th Place

|align=left|{{Ru7|SCO}}

|24–19

|align=left|{{Ru7|JPN}}

|align=left|{{Ru7|FRA}}
{{Ru7|RUS}}

=Hong Kong=

{{main|2017 Hong Kong Sevens}}

class="wikitable" width=650 style="text-align: center"
Event

!Winners

!Score

!Finalists

!Semi-finalists

Cup

|align=left|{{Ru7|FIJ}}

|22–0

|align=left|{{Ru7|RSA}}

|align=left|{{Ru7|AUS}} (Bronze)
{{Ru7|USA}}

5th Place

|align=left|{{Ru7|NZL}}

|10–7

|align=left|{{Ru7|ARG}}

|align=left|{{Ru7|CAN}}
{{Ru7|ENG}}

Challenge Trophy

|align=left|{{Ru7|SCO}}

|21–19

|align=left|{{Ru7|KEN}}

|align=left|{{Ru7|FRA}}
{{Ru7|RUS}}

13th Place

|align=left|{{Ru7|JPN}}

|28–21

|align=left|{{Ru7|WAL}}

|align=left|{{Ru7|KOR}}
{{Ru7|SAM}}

World Series Qualifier

|align=left|{{Ru7|ESP}}

|12–7

|align=left|{{Ru7|GER}}

|align=left|{{ru7|CHI}}
{{ru7|PNG}}

=Singapore=

{{main|2017 Singapore Sevens}}

class="wikitable" width=600 style="text-align: center"
Event

!Winners

!Score

!Finalists

!Semi-finalists

Cup

|align=left|{{Ru7|CAN}}

|26–19

|align=left|{{Ru7|USA}}

|align=left|{{Ru7|ENG}} (Bronze)
{{Ru7|AUS}}

5th Place

|align=left|{{Ru7|NZL}}

|17–12

|align=left|{{Ru7|RSA}}

|align=left|{{Ru7|KEN}}
{{Ru7|FIJ}}

Challenge Trophy

|align=left|{{Ru7|WAL}}

|24–12

|align=left|{{Ru7|SCO}}

|align=left|{{Ru7|SAM}}
{{Ru7|FRA}}

13th Place

|align=left|{{Ru7|ARG}}

|40–19

|align=left|{{Ru7|RUS}}

|align=left|{{Ru7|JPN}}
{{Ru7|HKG}}

=Paris=

{{main|2017 Paris Sevens}}

class="wikitable" width=650 style="text-align: center"
Event

!Winners

!Score

!Finalists

!Semi-finalists

Cup

|align=left|{{Ru7|RSA}}

|15–5

|align=left|{{Ru7|SCO}}

|align=left|{{Ru7|NZL}} (Bronze)
{{Ru7|ENG}}

5th Place

|align=left|{{Ru7|USA}}

|24–19

|align=left|{{Ru7|SAM}}

|align=left|{{Ru7|FIJ}}
{{Ru7|FRA}}

Challenge Trophy

|align=left|{{Ru7|ARG}}

|33–12

|align=left|{{Ru7|AUS}}

|align=left|{{Ru7|CAN}}
{{Ru7|WAL}}

13th Place

|align=left|{{Ru7|JPN}}

|19–10

|align=left|{{Ru7|RUS}}

|align=left|{{Ru7|ESP}}
{{Ru7|KEN}}

=London=

{{main|2017 London Sevens}}

class="wikitable" width=600 style="text-align: center"
Event

!Winners

!Score

!Finalists

!Semi-finalists

Cup

|align=left|{{Ru7|SCO}}

|12–7

|align=left| {{Ru7|ENG}}

|align=left| {{Ru7|CAN}} (Bronze)
{{Ru7|USA}}

5th Place

|align=left|{{Ru7|RSA}}

|28–17

|align=left|{{Ru7|AUS}}

|align=left|{{Ru7|ARG}}
{{Ru7|NZL}}

Challenge Trophy

|align=left|{{Ru7|FIJ}}

|26–14

|align=left|{{Ru7|WAL}}

|align=left|{{Ru7|FRA}}
{{Ru7|KEN}}

13th Place

|align=left|{{Ru7|SAM}}

|24–19

|align=left|{{Ru7|RUS}}

|align=left|{{Ru7|JPN}}
{{Ru7|ESP}}

See also

{{Portal|Sports}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/ Official Site]

{{2016–17 Sevens World Series}}

{{World sevens series}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:2016-17 Sevens World Series}}

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