2017_Canada_Women's_Sevens
The 2017 Canada Sevens was the fourth tournament within the 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. It was held over the weekend of 27–28 May 2017 at Westhills Stadium in Langford, Victoria, British Columbia.
| 2017 Canada Women's Sevens | |
|---|---|
| Women's Sevens Series V | |
| Host nation |  Canada |
| Date | 27 – 28 May 2017 |
| Cup | |
| Champion |  New Zealand |
| Runner-up | Canada |
| Third |  Australia |
| Challenge | |
| Winner |  Fiji |
| Tournament details | |
| Matches played | 34 |
← 2016 2018 → | |
New Zealand won the tournament and gold medal, defeating hosts Canada by 17–7 in the Cup final.[1] Australia took third place over France by 26–12 in the play-off for bronze,[2] while Fiji won the Challenge Trophy for ninth place.[3]
The teams were drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team played every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup brackets, together with the two best third-placed teams. The other teams from each group played off for the Challenge Trophy.
| 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 17 | +50 | 9 |
 United States |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 26 | +52 | 7 |
 England |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 64 | -12 | 5 |
 Netherlands |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 100 | -90 | 3 |
Pool B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 15 | +75 | 9 |
 France |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 45 | +15 | 7 |
 Russia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 53 | -16 | 5 |
 Brazil |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 89 | -74 | 3 |
Pool C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 71 | 24 | +47 | 8 |
 Ireland |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 35 | +5 | 7 |
 Spain |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 54 | -42 | 5 |
| Fiji |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 55 | -10 | 4 |
Challenge Trophy
| Semi-finals | Challenge Trophy Final | |||||
| 28 May 2017 – 11:58 – Westhills Stadium | ||||||
| Spain | 31 | |||||
| 28 May 2017 – 15:26 – Westhills Stadium | ||||||
| Netherlands | 0 | |||||
| Spain | 7 | |||||
| 28 May 2017 – 12:20 – Westhills Stadium | ||||||
| Fiji | 31 | |||||
| Fiji | 24 | |||||
| Brazil | 19 | |||||
| 11th Place | ||||||
| 28 May 2017 – 15:02 – Westhills Stadium | ||||||
| Netherlands | 7 | |||||
| Brazil | 28 | |||||
5th Place
| Semi-finals | 5th Place Final | |||||
| 28 May 2017 – 13:36 – Westhills Stadium | ||||||
| England | 14 | |||||
| 28 May 2017 – 16:42 – Westhills Stadium | ||||||
| United States | 26 | |||||
| United States | 21 | |||||
| 28 May 2017 – 13:58 – Westhills Stadium | ||||||
| Russia | 26 | |||||
| Ireland | 0 | |||||
| Russia | 17 | |||||
| 7th Place | ||||||
| 28 May 2017 – 16:20 – Westhills Stadium | ||||||
| England | 10 | |||||
| Ireland | 14 | |||||
Cup
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Cup Final | ||||||||
| 28 May 2017 – 10:30 – Westhills Stadium | ||||||||||
| Canada | 33 | |||||||||
| 28 May 2017 – 14:20 – Westhills Stadium | ||||||||||
| England | 5 | |||||||||
| Canada | 17 | |||||||||
| 28 May 2017 – 10:52 – Westhills Stadium | ||||||||||
| Australia | 10 | |||||||||
| Australia | 22 | |||||||||
| 28 May 2017 – 17:30 – Westhills Stadium | ||||||||||
| United States | 10 | |||||||||
| Canada | 7 | |||||||||
| 28 May 2017 – 11:14 – Westhills Stadium | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 17 | |||||||||
| France | 19 | |||||||||
| 28 May 2017 – 14:42 – Westhills Stadium | ||||||||||
| Ireland | 5 | |||||||||
| France | 5 | |||||||||
| 28 May 2017 – 11:36 – Westhills Stadium | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 28 | Bronze Medal Match | ||||||||
| New Zealand | 24 | |||||||||
| 28 May 2017 – 17:04 – Westhills Stadium | ||||||||||
| Russia | 0 | |||||||||
| Australia | 26 | |||||||||
| France | 12 | |||||||||
Source: World Rugby[4]
| Place | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
 |
New Zealand | 20 |
 |
Canada | 18 |
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Australia | 16 |
| 4 | France | 14 |
| 5 | Russia | 12 |
| 6 | United States | 10 |
Source: World Rugby[5]
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