| 2016 Sydney Sevens | |
|---|---|
| Sevens World Series XVII | |
| Host nation |  Australia |
| Date | 6–7 February 2016 |
| Cup | |
| Champion |  New Zealand |
| Runner-up | Australia |
| Third |  Fiji |
| Plate | |
| Winner |  Argentina |
| Runner-up |  Kenya |
| Bowl | |
| Winner |  Canada |
| Runner-up |  Samoa |
| Shield | |
| Winner |  Wales |
| Runner-up |  Russia |
| Tournament details | |
| Matches played | 45 |
| ← 2014 Gold Coast 2017 → | |
The 2016 Sydney Sevens was the fourth tournament of the 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series, held over the weekend of 6–7 February 2016 at Sydney Football Stadium in Sydney, Australia. It was the thirteenth edition of the Australian Sevens tournament.
The Cup final was won by New Zealand, defeating Australia by 27–24 in front of a sold-out crowd of over 37,000 fans. Fiji defeated South Africa in the third place play-off.
Format
The teams were divided into pools of four teams each, and a round-robin played within each pool. Points were awarded for each match as 3 for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the play-offs for the Cup and Plate. The bottom two teams in each pool progressed to the play-offs for the Bowl and Shield
Teams
The sixteen participating teams for the tournament were:
- Argentina
- Australia
- Canada
England- Fiji
France
Japan- Kenya
- New Zealand
Portugal- Samoa
Scotland
South Africa- Russia
United States- Wales
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 84 | 34 | +50 | 8 |
| Australia
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 36 | +31 | 8 |
| Portugal
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 81 | -43 | 5 |
| Canada
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 79 | -38 | 3 |
| 6 February 2016 13:12 |
| New Zealand | 27–12 | Canada |
| Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
| 6 February 2016 13:34 |
| Australia | 24–7 | Portugal |
| Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
| 6 February 2016 17:10 |
| New Zealand | 40–5 | Portugal |
| Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
| 6 February 2016 17:32 |
| Australia | 26–12 | Canada |
| Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
| 6 February 2016 20:41 |
| Canada | 17–26 | Portugal |
| Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
| 6 February 2016 21:03 |
| New Zealand | 17–17 | Australia |
| Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
Pool B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 26 | +73 | 9 |
| Kenya
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 50 | +10 | 7 |
| Scotland
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 61 | 55 | +6 | 5 |
| Russia
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 104 | -89 | 3 |
| 6 February 2016 11:44 |
| South Africa | 33–7 | Scotland |
| Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
| 6 February 2016 12:06 |
| Kenya | 24–10 | Russia |
| Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
| 6 February 2016 15:02 |
| South Africa | 40–0 | Russia |
| Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
| 6 February 2016 15:24 |
| Kenya | 17–14 | Scotland |
| Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
| 6 February 2016 18:43 |
| Scotland | 40–5 | Russia |
| Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
| 6 February 2016 19:05 |
| South Africa | 26–19 | Kenya |
| Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
Pool C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiji
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 19 | +80 | 9 |
| Argentina
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 38 | +7 | 7 |
| Samoa
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 59 | -18 | 5 |
| France
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 95 | -69 | 3 |
| 6 February 2016 11:00 |
| Fiji | 31–0 | Samoa |
| Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
| 6 February 2016 11:22 |
| Argentina | 17–7 | France |
| Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
| 6 February 2016 14:18 |
| Fiji | 49–5 | France |
| Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
| 6 February 2016 14:40 |
| Argentina | 14–12 | Samoa |
| Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
| 6 February 2016 17:59 |
| Samoa | 29–14 | France |
| Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
| 6 February 2016 18:21 |
| Fiji | 19–14 | Argentina |
| Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
Pool D
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 24 | +40 | 9 |
| United States
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 89 | 34 | +55 | 7 |
| Wales
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 84 | -53 | 5 |
| Japan
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 85 | -42 | 3 |
| 6 February 2016 12:28 |
| England | 26–5 | Japan |
| Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
| 6 February 2016 12:50 |
| United States | 42–0 | Wales |
| Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
| 6 February 2016 16:26 |
| England | 21–5 | Wales |
| Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
| 6 February 2016 16:48 |
| United States | 33–17 | Japan |
| Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
| 6 February 2016 19:57 |
| Japan | 21–26 | Wales |
| Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
| 6 February 2016 20:19 |
| England | 17–14 | United States |
| Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
Knockout stage
Shield
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 09:45 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| Portugal | 31 | |||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 13:18 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| Japan | 17 | |||||||||
| Japan | 17 | |||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 10:07 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| Russia | 24 | |||||||||
| Samoa | 28 | |||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 17:11 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| Russia | 24 | |||||||||
| Russia | 19 | |||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 10:29 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| Wales | 26 | |||||||||
| Wales | 21 | |||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 13:40 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| Canada | 32 | |||||||||
| Wales | 22 | |||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 10:51 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| France | 5 | |||||||||
| Scotland | 22 | |||||||||
| France | 19 | |||||||||
Bowl
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 09:45 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| Portugal | 31 | |||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 14:02 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| Japan | 17 | |||||||||
| Portugal | 10 | |||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 10:07 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| Samoa | 14 | |||||||||
| Samoa | 28 | |||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 17:39 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| Russia | 24 | |||||||||
| Samoa | 12 | |||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 10:29 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| Canada | 17 | |||||||||
| Wales | 21 | |||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 14:24 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| Canada | 32 | |||||||||
| Canada | 35 | |||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 10:51 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| Scotland | 12 | |||||||||
| Scotland | 22 | |||||||||
| France | 19 | |||||||||
Plate
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 11:35 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 24 | |||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 15:13 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| United States | 7 | |||||||||
| United States | 21 | |||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 11:57 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| Kenya | 24 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 28 | |||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 18:07 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| Kenya | 12 | |||||||||
| Kenya | 0 | |||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 12:19 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 24 | |||||||||
| England | 12 | |||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 15:35 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| Australia | 17 | |||||||||
| England | 14 | |||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 12:41 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 19 | |||||||||
| South Africa | 26 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 0 | |||||||||
Cup
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 11:35 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 24 | |||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 15:57 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| United States | 7 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 14 | |||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 11:57 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| Fiji | 12 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 28 | |||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 19:04 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| Kenya | 12 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 27 | |||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 12:19 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| Australia | 24 | |||||||||
| England | 12 | |||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 16:19 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| Australia | 17 | |||||||||
| Australia | 12 | |||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 12:41 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| South Africa | 7 | Third place | ||||||||
| South Africa | 26 | |||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 18:35 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 0 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 26 | |||||||||
| South Africa | 12 | |||||||||
Notes
^a The match was Australia's fourth Cup final on home soil. The Australian try scorers were Henry Hutchison, who scored two in the first half, while Sam Myers and Greg Jeloudev each scored a try in the second half. For New Zealand, Rieko Ioane scored a hat-trick, while captain Tim Mikkelson and Kurt Baker each scored a try.
References
- Payten, Iain (25 January 2016). "Rugby Sevens Sydney: Tickets almost sold out as tournament success looms". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- Cup Final, Allianz Stadium, Sydney. World Rugby. 7 February 2016.
- All Blacks Sevens go back to back after success in Sydney. World Rugby. 7 February 2016.
External links
- Sydney 7s official webpage
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