The 2016 Singapore Sevens was the eighth tournament of the 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 16–17 April 2016 at National Stadium in Singapore. It was the fourth time the Singapore Sevens was part of the World Sevens Series, having last hosted an event on the circuit in 2006.

2016 Singapore Sevens
Sevens World Series XVII
Host nationSingapore Singapore
Date16–17 April 2016
Cup
Champion Kenya
Runner-up Fiji
Third South Africa
Plate
Winner Samoa
Runner-up New Zealand
Bowl
Winner Scotland
Runner-up United States
Shield
Winner Russia
Runner-up Wales
Tournament details
Matches played45
2017

Format edit

Sixteen teams are drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team plays each of the other teams their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group go to the Bowl/Shield brackets.

Teams edit

The 16 participating teams for the tournament:

Pool stages edit

Pool A edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Fiji 3 2 0 1 78 40 +38 7
  Samoa 3 2 0 1 61 38 +23 7
  England 3 2 0 1 38 38 0 7
  Portugal 3 0 0 3 19 80 -61 3
16 April 2016
12:12
Fiji  14–28  Samoa
National Stadium, Singapore

16 April 2016
12:34
England  14–7  Portugal
National Stadium, Singapore

16 April 2016
15:33
Fiji  38–0  Portugal
National Stadium, Singapore

16 April 2016
15:55
England  12–5  Samoa
National Stadium, Singapore

16 April 2016
19:04
Samoa  28–12  Portugal
National Stadium, Singapore

16 April 2016
19:26
Fiji  26–12  England
National Stadium, Singapore

Pool B edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  France 3 3 0 0 69 36 +33 9
  New Zealand 3 2 0 1 43 53 -10 7
  United States 3 1 0 2 65 52 +13 5
  Canada 3 0 0 3 50 86 -36 3
16 April 2016
10:44
New Zealand  0–24  France
National Stadium, Singapore

16 April 2016
11:06
United States  36–14  Canada
National Stadium, Singapore

16 April 2016
14:05
New Zealand  24–17  Canada
National Stadium, Singapore

16 April 2016
14:27
United States  17–19  France
National Stadium, Singapore

16 April 2016
17:26
France  26–19  Canada
National Stadium, Singapore

16 April 2016
17:48
New Zealand  19–12  United States
National Stadium, Singapore

Pool C edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  South Africa 3 3 0 0 68 10 +58 9
  Kenya 3 1 1 1 33 33 0 6
  Scotland 3 1 1 1 48 62 -14 6
  Russia 3 0 0 3 34 78 -44 3
16 April 2016
10:00
South Africa  33–0  Scotland
National Stadium, Singapore

16 April 2016
10:22
Kenya  21–7  Russia
National Stadium, Singapore

16 April 2016
13:21
South Africa  21–10  Russia
National Stadium, Singapore

16 April 2016
13:43
Kenya  12–12  Scotland
National Stadium, Singapore

16 April 2016
16:42
Scotland  36–17  Russia
National Stadium, Singapore

16 April 2016
17:04
South Africa  14–0  Kenya
National Stadium, Singapore

Pool D edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Argentina 3 2 1 0 75 49 +26 8
  Australia 3 2 0 1 55 36 +19 7
  Japan 3 1 1 1 59 57 +2 6
  Wales 3 0 0 3 52 99 -47 3
16 April 2016
11:28
Australia  7–12  Argentina
National Stadium, Singapore

16 April 2016
11:50
Wales  19–26  Japan
National Stadium, Singapore

16 April 2016
14:49
Australia  17–12  Japan
National Stadium, Singapore

16 April 2016
15:11
Wales  21–42  Argentina
National Stadium, Singapore

16 April 2016
18:20
Argentina  21–21  Japan
National Stadium, Singapore

16 April 2016
18:42
Australia  31–12  Wales
National Stadium, Singapore

Knockout stage edit

Shield edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
17 April 2016 – 10:30 – National Stadium
 
 
  England26
 
17 April 2016 – 13:51 – National Stadium
 
  Wales17
 
  Wales24
 
17 April 2016 – 10:52 – National Stadium
 
  Canada22
 
  Scotland26
 
17 April 2016 – 17:37 – National Stadium
 
  Canada19
 
  Wales7
 
17 April 2016 – 11:14 – National Stadium
 
  Russia24
 
  Japan7
 
17 April 2016 – 14:13 – National Stadium
 
  Portugal14
 
  Japan15
 
17 April 2016 – 11:36 – National Stadium
 
  Russia17
 
  United States24
 
 
  Russia5
 

Bowl edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
17 April 2016 – 10:30 – National Stadium
 
 
  England26
 
17 April 2016 – 14:35 – National Stadium
 
  Wales17
 
  England14
 
17 April 2016 – 10:52 – National Stadium
 
  Scotland19
 
  Scotland26
 
17 April 2016 – 18:05 – National Stadium
 
  Canada19
 
  Scotland14
 
17 April 2016 – 11:14 – National Stadium
 
  United States10
 
  Japan7
 
17 April 2016 – 14:57 – National Stadium
 
  Portugal14
 
  Portugal0
 
17 April 2016 – 11:36 – National Stadium
 
  United States26
 
  United States24
 
 
  Russia5
 

Plate edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
17 April 2016 – 11:58 – National Stadium
 
 
  Fiji19
 
17 April 2016 – 15:44 – National Stadium
 
  Australia14
 
  Australia7
 
17 April 2016 – 12:20 – National Stadium
 
  New Zealand31
 
  South Africa12
 
17 April 2016 – 18:33 – National Stadium
 
  New Zealand7
 
  New Zealand21
 
17 April 2016 – 12:42 – National Stadium
 
  Samoa26
 
  Argentina12
 
17 April 2016 – 16:06 – National Stadium
 
  Samoa7
 
  Samoa21
 
17 April 2016 – 13:04 – National Stadium
 
  France7
 
  France7
 
 
  Kenya28
 

Cup edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
17 April 2016 – 11:58 – National Stadium
 
 
  Fiji19
 
17 April 2016 – 16:28 – National Stadium
 
  Australia14
 
  Fiji26
 
17 April 2016 – 12:20 – National Stadium
 
  South Africa21
 
  South Africa12
 
17 April 2016 – 19:38 – National Stadium
 
  New Zealand7
 
  Fiji7
 
17 April 2016 – 12:42 – National Stadium
 
  Kenya30
 
  Argentina12
 
17 April 2016 – 16:50 – National Stadium
 
  Samoa7
 
  Argentina12
 
10 April 2016 – 13:04 – National Stadium
 
  Kenya15 Third place
 
  France7
 
17 April 2016 – 19:01 – National Stadium
 
  Kenya28
 
  South Africa28
 
 
  Argentina0
 

External links edit