The 2017 Sydney Sevens was the fourteenth edition of the
Australian Sevens
The Australia Sevens is an international rugby sevens tournament that was first played in 1986. Currently hosted as the Sydney Sevens, the event is part of the World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was held in Brisbane, in Adelaide, and o ...
tournament, the second of which to be held in Sydney, and the fourth tournament of the
2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series
The 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series, known for sponsorship reasons as the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, was the 18th annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for national rugby sevens teams. The Sevens Series has been run by World Rugby ...
. The tournament was played on 4–5 February 2017 at
Allianz Stadium in
Sydney
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,
Australia
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.
Format
The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played all the others in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup quarter finals. The bottom two teams from each group advanced to the Challenge Trophy quarter finals.
Teams
The fifteen core teams were joined by Papua New Guinea, who qualified via the
2016 Oceania Sevens,
Olympic champions take Oceania Rugby honours
World Rugby. 12 November 2017. for this tournament.
Pool stage
Pool A
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Pool B
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Pool C
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Pool D
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Knockout stage
13th place
Challenge Trophy
5th place
Cup
Tournament placings
Source
World Rugby
(archived)
See also
* 2017 Sydney Women's Sevens
The 2017 Sydney Women's Sevens was the second tournament of the 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. It was the inaugural edition of the Australian Women's Sevens and part of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.
The tournament was pla ...
References
{{2016–17 Sevens World Series
Australian Sevens
2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series
Sydney Sevens
Sports competitions in Sydney