The 2017 USA Sevens (also sometimes referred to as the 2017 Las Vegas Sevens) was the fourteenth edition of the USA Sevens tournament, and the fifth tournament of the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 3–5 March 2017 at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada.
| 2017 USA Sevens | |
|---|---|
| Sevens World Series XVIII | |
| Host nation |  United States |
| Date | 3–5 March 2017 |
| Cup | |
| Champion |  South Africa |
| Runner-up |  Fiji |
| Third | United States |
| Challenge | |
| Winner |  Kenya |
| Tournament details | |
| Matches played | 45 |
← 2016 2018 → | |
Format edit
The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team plays all the others in their pool once. 3, 2 or 1 points for a win, draw or loss. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup brackets. The bottom two teams go into the Challenge trophy brackets.
Teams edit
The main tournament will consist of the fifteen core teams plus Chile, who qualified by finishing as the best ranked non-core team of the 2017 Sudamérica Rugby Sevens
Pool Stage edit
| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal | |
Pool A edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 14 | +64 | 9 |
 Canada
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 47 | +5 | 7 |
 France
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 59 | −26 | 5 |
 Wales
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 78 | −43 | 3 |
Pool B edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 England
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 29 | +38 | 9 |
| United States
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 29 | +45 | 7 |
 Samoa
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 50 | −21 | 5 |
 Chile
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 79 | −62 | 3 |
Pool C edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 24 | +45 | 8 |
 New Zealand
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 24 | +29 | 7 |
| Kenya
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 48 | −15 | 6 |
 Russia
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 74 | −59 | 3 |
Pool D edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiji
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 29 | +60 | 9 |
 Australia
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 57 | +7 | 7 |
 Scotland
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 59 | +7 | 5 |
 Japan
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 93 | −74 | 3 |
Knockout stage edit
13th Place edit
| Semi-finals | 13th Place Final | |||||
| 5 March 2017 – 11:24 – Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||
| Japan | 24 | |||||
| 5 March 2017 – 14:28 – Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||
| Chile | 7 | |||||
| Japan | 19 | |||||
| 5 March 2017 – 11:46 – Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||
| Wales | 21 | |||||
| Wales | 24 | |||||
| Russia | 5 | |||||
Challenge Trophy edit
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Challenge Trophy Final | ||||||||
| 4 March 2017 – 18:48 – Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||||||
| France | 24 | |||||||||
| 5 March 2017 – 12:08 – Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||||||
| Japan | 14 | |||||||||
| France | 7 | |||||||||
| 4 March 2017 – 19:10 – Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||||||
| Kenya | 14 | |||||||||
| Kenya | 21 | |||||||||
| 5 March 2017 – 15:40 – Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||||||
| Chile | 19 | |||||||||
| Kenya | 21 | |||||||||
| 4 March 2017 – 19:32 – Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||||||
| Samoa | 14 | |||||||||
| Scotland | 28 | |||||||||
| 5 March 2017 – 12:38 – Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||||||
| Wales | 21 | |||||||||
| Scotland | 0 | |||||||||
| 4 March 2017 – 19:54 – Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||||||
| Samoa | 24 | |||||||||
| Samoa | 31 | |||||||||
| Russia | 7 | |||||||||
5th Place edit
| Semi-finals | 5th Place Final | |||||
| 5 March 2017 – 13:00 – Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||
| Australia | 14 | |||||
| 5 March 2017 – 16:05 – Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||
| Argentina | 0 | |||||
| Australia | 7 | |||||
| 5 March 2017 – 13:22 – Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||
| England | 10 | |||||
| Canada | 5 | |||||
| England | 12 | |||||
Cup edit
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Cup Final | ||||||||
| 4 March 2017 – 20:16 – Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||||||
| South Africa | 17 | |||||||||
| 5 March 2017 – 13:44 – Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||||||
| Australia | 14 | |||||||||
| South Africa | 20 | |||||||||
| 4 March 2017 – 20:38 – Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||||||
| United States | 17 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 19 | |||||||||
| 5 March 2017 – 17:00 – Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||||||
| United States | 21 | |||||||||
| South Africa | 19 | |||||||||
| 4 March 2017 – 21:00 – Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||||||
| Fiji | 12 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 31 | |||||||||
| 5 March 2017 – 14:06 – Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||||||
| Canada | 12 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 19 | |||||||||
| 4 March 2017 – 21:22 – Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 14 | Bronze Medal Match | ||||||||
| England | 0 | |||||||||
| 5 March 2017 – 16:30 – Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 19 | |||||||||
| United States | 19 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 15 | |||||||||
Tournament placings edit
| Place | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
|
South Africa |
22 |
|
Fiji |
19 |
|
United States |
17 |
| 4 | New Zealand |
15 |
| 5 | England |
13 |
| 6 | Australia |
12 |
| 7 | Canada |
10 |
| Argentina |
10 |
| Place | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Kenya |
8 |
| 10 | Samoa |
7 |
| 11 | France |
5 |
| Scotland |
5 | |
| 13 | Wales |
3 |
| 14 | Japan |
2 |
| 15 | Chile |
1 |
| Russia |
1 |
Source: World Rugby (archived)