Oktoberfest Sevens

The Oktoberfest Sevens is a rugby sevens tournament held in Munich, Germany during the Oktoberfest event. The tournament was first played on 30 September–1 October 2017 at the Olympiastadion in Munich, Germany with Australia taking the title.[1] The tournament will return on September 21st and 22nd of 2019 with the All Blacks 7s team[2] competing on German soil for the very first time.

Oktoberfest Sevens
Host nation Germany
Date30 September–1 October 2017
Cup
Champion Australia
Runner-up Fiji
Third South Africa
Tournament details
Matches played34

Format

The teams at the inaugural event were drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team played all the others in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup brackets while the top 2 third place teams also compete in the Cup/Plate. The other teams from each group play-off for the Challenge Trophy.

2017 Teams

Eleven teams were invited in 2017 to join with Germany who were the hosts for the tournament.[3]

2017 Pool stage

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 South Africa 33007933+469
 France 32019136+557
 Portugal 31022774−475
 Spain 3003761−543
30 September 2017
14:38
France  22–0  Spain

30 September 2017
15:01
South Africa  19–12  Portugal

30 September 2017
17:30
France  55–5  Portugal

30 September 2017
17:53
South Africa  29–7  Spain

30 September 2017
20:22
Spain  0–10  Portugal

30 September 2017
20:45
South Africa  31–14  France

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Germany 32016642+247
 Argentina 32016240+227
 England 32015245+77
 Uganda 30033588−533
30 September 2017
13:46
Argentina  21–14  Germany

30 September 2017
14:15
England  26–14  Uganda

30 September 2017
16:38
England  14–21  Germany

30 September 2017
17:07
Argentina  31–14  Uganda

30 September 2017
19:30
Germany  31–7  Uganda

30 September 2017
19:59
England  12–10  Argentina

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 33007131+409
 Fiji 32018056+247
 Ireland 31024557−125
 Chile 30033183−523
30 September 2017
13:00
Australia  26–10  Chile

30 September 2017
13:23
Fiji  33–14  Ireland

30 September 2017
15:52
Australia  17–7  Ireland

30 September 2017
16:15
Fiji  33–14  Chile

30 September 2017
18:44
Chile  7–24  Ireland

30 September 2017
19:07
Fiji  14–28  Australia

Knockout stage

Challenge Trophy

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
1 October – 13:00 – Olympiastadion
 
 
 Portugal12
 
1 October – 19:30 – Olympiastadion
 
 Spain14
 
 Spain33
 
1 October – 13:23 – Olympiastadion
 
 Uganda12
 
 Chile12
 
 
 Uganda19
 
Third place
 
 
1 October – 16:15 – Olympiastadion
 
 
 Portugal5
 
 
 Chile31

5th place

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
1 October – 13:46 – Olympiastadion
 
 
 South Africa24
 
1 October – 17:07 – Olympiastadion
 
 Ireland0
 
 Ireland7
 
1 October – 14:15 – Olympiastadion
 
 Argentina35
 
 Argentina12
 
1 October – 20:22 – Olympiastadion
 
 Fiji17
 
 Argentina17
 
1 October – 14:38 – Olympiastadion
 
 Germany19
 
 Germany12
 
1 October – 17:30 – Olympiastadion
 
 England26
 
 Germany7
 
1 October – 15:01 – Olympiastadion
 
 France5 Third place
 
 Australia31
 
1 October – 19:59 – Olympiastadion
 
 France19
 
 Ireland14
 
 
 France12
 

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
1 October – 13:46 – Olympiastadion
 
 
 South Africa24
 
1 October – 18:44 – Olympiastadion
 
 Ireland0
 
 South Africa21
 
1 October – 14:15 – Olympiastadion
 
 Fiji38
 
 Argentina12
 
1 October – 21:12 – Olympiastadion
 
 Fiji17
 
 Fiji7
 
1 October – 14:38 – Olympiastadion
 
 Australia40
 
 Germany12
 
1 October – 19:07 – Olympiastadion
 
 England26
 
 England7
 
1 October – 15:01 – Olympiastadion
 
 Australia32 Third place
 
 Australia31
 
1 October – 20:45 – Olympiastadion
 
 France19
 
 South Africa42
 
 
 England7
 

References

  1. "Australia beat Olympic champions Fiji to win inaugural Oktoberfest Sevens". Fox Sports. 2017-10-02. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
  2. Winter, Sebastian (2019). "Illustrer Zirkel". sueddeutsche.de (in German). ISSN 0174-4917. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
  3. Draw
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