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 nation England
Date20–21 May 2017
Cup
Champion Scotland
Runner-up England
Third Canada
Challenge
Winner Fiji
Tournament details
Matches played45
2016
2018

This was the first tournament in the history of the series with all semifinalists from the Northern Hemisphere, 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

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

The sixteen participating teams for the tournament were:

Pool stages

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 United States 32018340+437
 South Africa 32013644-87
 Kenya 31023876-385
 Wales 31025552+35
20 May 2017
10:58
United States  12–28  Wales

20 May 2017
11:20
South Africa  12–10  Kenya

20 May 2017
14:04
United States  47–0  Kenya

20 May 2017
14:26
South Africa  12–10  Wales

20 May 2017
17:10
Wales  17–28  Kenya

20 May 2017
17:32
South Africa  12–24  United States

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Argentina 32018052+287
 Scotland 32015943+167
 France 32015067-177
 Russia 30034673-273
20 May 2017
10:14
France  7–35  Argentina

20 May 2017
10:36
Scotland  21–7  Russia

20 May 2017
13:20
France  26–20  Russia

20 May 2017
13:42
Scotland  26–19  Argentina

20 May 2017
16:26
Argentina  26–19  Russia

20 May 2017
16:48
Scotland  12-16  France

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 33007942+379
 Canada 32016452+127
 Fiji 310210154+475
 Japan 300326122-963
20 May 2017
9:30
Fiji  19–22  Canada

20 May 2017
9:52
New Zealand  33–7  Japan

20 May 2017
12:36
Fiji  61–5  Japan

20 May 2017
12:58
New Zealand  19–14  Canada

20 May 2017
15:42
Canada  28–14  Japan

20 May 2017
16:04
New Zealand  27–21  Fiji

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 England 33007138+339
 Australia 32019624+727
 Samoa 31026465-15
 Spain 300314118-1043
20 May 2017
11:42
Samoa  5–34  Australia

20 May 2017
12:04
England  28–7  Spain

20 May 2017
14:48
Samoa  40–7  Spain

20 May 2017
15:10
England  19–12  Australia

20 May 2017
17:54
Australia  50–0  Spain

20 May 2017
18:16
England  24–19  Samoa

Knockout stage

13th Place

 
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

 
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

 
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

 
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

Place  Team Points
 Scotland22
 England19
 Canada17
4  United States15
5  South Africa13
6  Australia12
7  New Zealand10
 Argentina10
Place   Team Points
9  Fiji8
10  Wales7
11  France5
 Kenya5
13  Samoa3
14  Russia2
15  Spain1
 Japan1

Source: World Rugby (archived)

World Sevens Series XVIII
Preceded by
2017 Paris Sevens
2017 London Sevens Succeeded by
None (last event)
London Sevens
Preceded by
2016 London Sevens
2017 London Sevens Succeeded by
2018 London Sevens
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