The 2016 London Sevens was the tenth and final tournament within the 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series. This edition of the London Sevens was held over the weekend of 21–22 May 2016 at Twickenham in London.

2016 London Sevens
Sevens World Series XVII
Host nationEngland England
Date21–22 May 2016
Cup
Champion Scotland
Runner-up South Africa
Third United States
Plate
Winner New Zealand
Runner-up Argentina
Bowl
Winner Wales
Runner-up Australia
Shield
Winner Kenya
Runner-up Russia
Tournament details
Matches played45
2015
2017

Format

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The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team plays all the others in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams go into the Bowl/Shield brackets.

Teams

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The pools and schedule were announced in April 2016.

Pool Stage

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

Pool A

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Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
  South Africa 3 3 0 0 57 17 +40 9
  United States 3 1 1 1 34 31 +3 6
  Canada 3 1 1 1 43 52 -9 6
  Samoa 3 0 0 3 24 58 -34 3
21 May 2016
10:14
Samoa  5–12  United States
Twickenham

21 May 2016
10:36
South Africa  21–7  Canada
Twickenham

21 May 2016
13:20
Samoa  19–24  Canada
Twickenham

21 May 2016
13:42
South Africa  14–10  United States
Twickenham

21 May 2016
16:26
United States  12–12  Canada
Twickenham

21 May 2016
16:48
Samoa  0–22  South Africa
Twickenham

Pool B

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Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
  England 3 3 0 0 65 22 +43 9
  Fiji 3 2 0 1 78 36 +42 7
  Australia 3 1 0 2 29 46 -17 5
  Wales 3 0 0 3 20 88 -68 3
21 May 2016
11:42
Australia  22–10  Wales
Twickenham

21 May 2016
12:04
Fiji  10–31  England
Twickenham

21 May 2016
14:48
Fiji  42–5  Wales
Twickenham

21 May 2016
15:10
Australia  7–10  England
Twickenham

21 May 2016
17:54
Fiji  26–0  Australia
Twickenham

21 May 2016
18:16
England  24–5  Wales
Twickenham

Pool C

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Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
  France 3 2 1 0 88 40 +48 8
  Scotland 3 2 1 0 69 40 +29 8
  Kenya 3 1 0 2 46 70 -24 5
  Portugal 3 0 0 3 45 98 -53 3
21 May 2016
09:30
France  14–14  Scotland
Twickenham

21 May 2016
09:52
Kenya  22–17  Portugal
Twickenham

21 May 2016
12:36
France  45–14  Portugal
Twickenham

21 May 2016
12:58
Kenya  12–24  Scotland
Twickenham

21 May 2016
15:42
Scotland  31–14  Portugal
Twickenham

21 May 2016
16:04
France  29–12  Kenya
Twickenham

Pool D

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Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
  New Zealand 3 2 1 0 78 24 +54 8
  Argentina 3 2 1 0 64 33 +31 8
  Russia 3 1 0 2 36 60 -24 5
  Brazil 3 0 0 3 12 73 -61 3
21 May 2016
10:58
Argentina  22–12  Russia
Twickenham

21 May 2016
11:20
New Zealand  31–0  Brazil
Twickenham

21 May 2016
14:04
Argentina  28–7  Brazil
Twickenham

21 May 2016
14:26
New Zealand  33–10  Russia
Twickenham

21 May 2016
17:10
Russia  14–5  Brazil
Twickenham

21 May 2016
17:32
Argentina  14–14  New Zealand
Twickenham

Knockout stage

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Shield

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
22 May 2016 – 09:30 – Twickenham, London
 
 
  Canada 19
 
22 May 2016 – 12:36 – Twickenham, London
 
  Brazil 7
 
  Brazil 5
 
22 May 2016 – 09:52 – Twickenham, London
 
  Kenya 38
 
  Kenya 19
 
22 May 2016 – 16:02 – Twickenham, London
 
  Wales 21
 
  Kenya31
 
22 May 2016 – 10:14 – Twickenham, London
 
  Russia7
 
  Russia 17
 
22 May 2016 – 12:58 – Twickenham, London
 
  Samoa 22
 
  Russia 26
 
22 May 2016 – 10:36 – Twickenham, London
 
  Portugal 7
 
  Australia 17
 
 
  Portugal 12
 

Bowl

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
22 May 2016 – 09:30 – Twickenham, London
 
 
  Canada 19
 
22 May 2016 – 13:20 – Twickenham, London
 
  Brazil 7
 
  Canada 17
 
22 May 2016 – 09:52 – Twickenham, London
 
  Wales 21
 
  Kenya 19
 
22 May 2016 – 16:32 – Twickenham, London
 
  Wales 21
 
  Wales 24
 
22 May 2016 – 10:14 – Twickenham, London
 
  Australia 19
 
  Russia 17
 
22 May 2016 – 13:42 – Twickenham, London
 
  Samoa 22
 
  Samoa 21
 
22 May 2016 – 10:36 – Twickenham, London
 
  Australia 22
 
  Australia 17
 
 
  Portugal 12
 

Plate

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
22 May 2016 – 10:58 – Twickenham, London
 
 
  South Africa 21
 
22 May 2016 – 14:04 – Twickenham, London
 
  Argentina 19
 
  Argentina 31
 
22 May 2016 – 11:20 – Twickenham, London
 
  France 5
 
  France 7
 
22 May 2016 – 17:02 – Twickenham, London
 
  Fiji 40
 
  Argentina 14
 
22 May 2016 – 11:42 – Twickenham, London
 
  New Zealand 29
 
  New Zealand 14
 
22 May 2016 – 14:26 – Twickenham, London
 
  United States 42
 
  New Zealand 35
 
22 May 2016 – 12:04 – Twickenham, London
 
  England 10
 
  England 0
 
 
  Scotland 17
 
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
22 May 2016 – 10:58 – Twickenham, London
 
 
  South Africa 21
 
22 May 2016 – 14:48 – Twickenham, London
 
  Argentina 19
 
  South Africa 26
 
22 May 2016 – 11:20 – Twickenham, London
 
  Fiji 21
 
  France 7
 
22 May 2016 – 17:57 – Twickenham, London
 
  Fiji 40
 
  South Africa 26
 
22 May 2016 – 11:42 – Twickenham, London
 
  Scotland 27
 
  New Zealand 14
 
22 May 2016 – 15:10 – Twickenham, London
 
  United States 42
 
  United States 17
 
22 May 2016 – 12:04 – Twickenham, London
 
  Scotland 24 Third place
 
  England 0
 
22 May 2016 – 17:32 – Twickenham, London
 
  Scotland 17
 
  Fiji 19
 
 
  United States 26
 
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