The 2017 Sydney Sevens was the fourteenth edition of the Australian Sevens tournament, the second of which to be held in Sydney, and the fourth tournament of the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 4–5 February 2017 at Allianz Stadium in Sydney, Australia.
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 Key to colours in group tablesTeams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal
Pool A TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts33006627+39932016128+33731023645−9530031275−633
Pool B TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts32104934+15832018635+51731023659−23530122164−434
Pool C TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts33007128+43932018347+36731024769−22530032683−573
Pool D TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts32016755+12731115753+4631114855−7631023847−95
Knockout stage
13th place
Challenge Trophy
5th place
Cup
Tournament placings
PlaceTeam Points 22 19 17 4 15 5 13 6 12 7 10 10
PlaceTeam Points 9 810 7 11 5 513 314 2 15 1 1
Source: (archived)
See also 2017 Sydney Women's Sevens
References