2017 USA Women's Sevens

2017 USA Women's Sevens
Women's Sevens Series V
Host nation United States United States
Date 3–5 March 2017
Cup
Champion  New Zealand
Runner-up  Australia
Third  Canada
Challenge
Winner  Spain
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The 2017 USA Women's Sevens was the third tournament of the 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, held from March 3–5, 2017 at the Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada, a community in the Las Vegas area. This was the first edition of the Women's Sevens held alongside the USA Sevens men's tournament.[1]

Format

The teams were drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team played every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets while the top 2 third place teams also competed for the Cup/Plate. The other teams from each group played off for the Challenge Trophy.

Teams

The participating teams include:[2]

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
 Canada 33009321+729
 Russia 32016553+127
 France 31027150+215
 Argentina 300314119–1053
3 March 2017
Canada  34–7  Russia
3 March 2017
France  45–7  Argentina
3 March 2017
Canada  38–7  Argentina
3 March 2017
France  19–22  Russia
3 March 2017
14:31
Canada  21–7  France
3 March 2017
14:53
Russia  36–0  Argentina

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 United States 32015738+197
 Fiji 32015938+217
 Ireland 31114366–236
 Spain 30124057–174
3 March 2017
United States  21–24  Ireland
3 March 2017
Fiji  21–19  Spain
3 March 2017
United States  22–7  Spain
3 March 2017
Fiji  31–5  Ireland
3 March 2017
13:47
United States  14–7  Fiji
3 March 2017
14:09
Ireland  14–14  Spain

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 33007219+539
 Australia 32018335+487
 England 31023158–275
 Brazil 3003074–742
3 March 2017
New Zealand  24–0  Brazil
3 March 2017
Australia  31–14  England
3 March 2017
New Zealand  27–5  England
3 March 2017
Australia  38–0  Brazil
3 February 2017
15:15
New Zealand  21–14  Australia
3 February 2017
15:37
Brazil  0–12  England

Knockout stage

Challenge Trophy

Semi-finals Final
4 March 2017 – 08:00 – Sam Boyd Stadium
  England  45  
  Argentina  7  
 
4 March 2017 – 11:28 – Sam Boyd Stadium
      England  0
    Spain  10
Third place
4 March 2017 – 08:22 – Sam Boyd Stadium 4 March 2017 – 11:06 – Sam Boyd Stadium
  Spain  19   Argentina  0
  Brazil  7     Brazil  41

Plate

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
4 March 2017 – 08:44 – Sam Boyd Stadium        
  Canada  33
4 March 2017 – 11:50 – Sam Boyd Stadium
  France  0  
  France  12
4 March 2017 – 09:06 – Sam Boyd Stadium
    Fiji  15  
  Fiji  7
4 March 2017 – 16:52 – Sam Boyd Stadium
  Australia  22  
  Fiji  19
4 March 2017 – 09:28 – Sam Boyd Stadium
    Russia  17
  United States  20
4 March 2017 – 12:12 – Sam Boyd Stadium
  Ireland  12  
  Ireland  5 Third place
4 March 2017 – 09:50 – Sam Boyd Stadium
    Russia  20  
  New Zealand  26   France  15
  Russia  5     Ireland  5
4 March 2017 – 17:16 – Sam Boyd Stadium

Cup

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
4 March 2017 – 08:44 – Sam Boyd Stadium        
  Canada  33
4 March 2017 – 12:34 – Sam Boyd Stadium
  France  0  
  Canada  17
4 March 2017 – 09:06 – Sam Boyd Stadium
    Australia  26  
  Fiji  7
4 March 2017 – 18:08 – Sam Boyd Stadium
  Australia  22  
  Australia  5
4 March 2017 – 09:28 – Sam Boyd Stadium
    New Zealand  28
  United States  20
4 March 2017 – 12:56 – Sam Boyd Stadium
  Ireland  12  
  United States  7 Third place
4 March 2017 – 09:50 – Sam Boyd Stadium
    New Zealand  12  
  New Zealand  26   Canada  31
  Russia  5     United States  7
4 March 2017 – 17:40 – Sam Boyd Stadium

Tournament placings

Place  Team Points
1st, gold medalist(s)  New Zealand 20
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Australia 18
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Canada 16
4  United States 14
5  Fiji 12
6  Russia 10
Place  Team Points
7  France 8
8  Ireland 6
9  Spain 4
10  England 3
11  Brazil 2
12  Argentina 1

Source:

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://www.usasevens.com/las-vegas/usa-sevens-preview/
  2. ↑ http://www.worldrugby.org/womens-sevens-series/stage/1748/pools
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