The 2017 USA Women's Sevens was the third tournament of the 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, held from March 3–5, 2017 at the Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada, a community in the Las Vegas area. This was the first edition of the Women's Sevens held alongside the USA Sevens men's tournament.[1]
| 2017 USA Women's Sevens | |
|---|---|
| Women's Sevens Series V | |
| Host nation |  United States |
| Date | 3–5 March 2017 |
| Cup | |
| Champion |  New Zealand |
| Runner-up |  Australia |
| Third |  Canada |
| Challenge | |
| Winner |  Spain |
← 2016 2018 → | |
Format
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/Plate brackets while the top 2 third place teams also competed for the Cup/Plate. The other teams from each group played off for the Challenge Trophy.
Teams
The participating teams include:[2]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 21 | +72 | 9 |
 Russia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 53 | +12 | 7 |
 France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 71 | 50 | +21 | 5 |
 Argentina | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 119 | –105 | 3 |
Pool B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 38 | +19 | 7 |
 Fiji | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 38 | +21 | 7 |
 Ireland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 66 | –23 | 6 |
| Spain | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 57 | –17 | 4 |
Pool C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 19 | +53 | 9 |
| Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 35 | +48 | 7 |
 England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 58 | –27 | 5 |
 Brazil | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 74 | –74 | 3 |
Knockout stage
Challenge Trophy
| Semi-finals | Challenge Trophy Final | |||||
| 4 March 2017 – 08:00 – Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||
| England | 45 | |||||
| 4 March 2017 – 11:28 – Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||
| Argentina | 7 | |||||
| England | 0 | |||||
| 4 March 2017 – 08:22 – Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||
| Spain | 10 | |||||
| Spain | 19 | |||||
| Brazil | 7 | |||||
| 11th Place | ||||||
| 4 March 2017 – 11:06 – Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||
| Argentina | 0 | |||||
| Brazil | 41 | |||||
5th place
| Semi-finals | 5th Place Final | |||||
| 4 March 2017 – 11:50 – Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||
| France | 12 | |||||
| 4 March 2017 – 16:52 – Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||
| Fiji | 15 | |||||
| Fiji | 19 | |||||
| 4 March 2017 – 12:12 – Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||
| Russia | 17 | |||||
| Ireland | 5 | |||||
| Russia | 20 | |||||
| 7th Place | ||||||
| 4 March 2017 – 17:16 – Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||
| France | 15 | |||||
| Ireland | 5 | |||||
Cup
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Cup Final | ||||||||
| 4 March 2017 – 08:44 – Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||||||
| Canada | 33 | |||||||||
| 4 March 2017 – 12:34 – Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||||||
| France | 0 | |||||||||
| Canada | 17 | |||||||||
| 4 March 2017 – 09:06 – Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||||||
| Australia | 26 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 7 | |||||||||
| 4 March 2017 – 18:08 – Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||||||
| Australia | 22 | |||||||||
| Australia | 5 | |||||||||
| 4 March 2017 – 09:28 – Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 28 | |||||||||
| United States | 20 | |||||||||
| 4 March 2017 – 12:56 – Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||||||
| Ireland | 12 | |||||||||
| United States | 7 | |||||||||
| 4 March 2017 – 09:50 – Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 12 | Bronze Medal Match | ||||||||
| New Zealand | 26 | |||||||||
| 4 March 2017 – 17:40 – Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||||||
| Russia | 5 | |||||||||
| Canada | 31 | |||||||||
| United States | 7 | |||||||||
Tournament placings
| Place | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
 | New Zealand | 20 |
 | Australia | 18 |
 | Canada | 16 |
| 4 | United States | 14 |
| 5 | Fiji | 12 |
| 6 | Russia | 10 |
Source: World Rugby
See also
References
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