2016 Sydney Sevens
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| 2016 Sydney Sevens | |
|---|---|
| Sevens World Series XVII | |
| Host nation | Australia Australia |
| Date | 6–7 February 2016 |
| Cup | |
| Champion | File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand |
| Runner-up | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia |
| Third |  Fiji |
| Plate | |
| Winner |  Argentina |
| Runner-up |  Kenya |
| Bowl | |
| Winner | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada |
| Runner-up | File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa |
| Shield | |
| Winner | File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales |
| Runner-up | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia |
| Tournament details | |
| Matches played | 45 |
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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.[1] 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.[2] Fiji defeated South Africa in the third place play-off.
Format
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]The sixteen participating teams for the tournament were:
- Argentina
- File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
- File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
- File:Flag of England.svg England
- Fiji
France- File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
- Kenya
- File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
- File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal
- File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa
- File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland
- File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
- File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
- File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
- File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales
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Pool Stage
[edit | edit source]| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal | |
Pool A
[edit | edit source]| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 84 | 34 | +50 | 8 |
| File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 36 | +31 | 8 |
| File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 81 | -43 | 5 |
| File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 79 | -38 | 3 |
| 6 February 2016 13:12 |
| New Zealand File:Flag of New Zealand.svg | 27–12 | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada |
| Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
| 6 February 2016 13:34 |
| Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg | 24–7 | File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal |
| Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
| 6 February 2016 17:10 |
| New Zealand File:Flag of New Zealand.svg | 40–5 | File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal |
| Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
| 6 February 2016 17:32 |
| Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg | 26–12 | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada |
| Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
| 6 February 2016 20:41 |
| Canada File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg | 17–26 | File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal |
| Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
| 6 February 2016 21:03 |
| New Zealand File:Flag of New Zealand.svg | 17–17 | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia |
| Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
Pool B
[edit | edit source]| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 26 | +73 | 9 |
| Kenya
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 50 | +10 | 7 |
| File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 61 | 55 | +6 | 5 |
| File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 104 | -89 | 3 |
| 6 February 2016 11:44 |
| South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg | 33–7 | File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland |
| Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
| 6 February 2016 15:02 |
| South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg | 40–0 | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia |
| Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
| 6 February 2016 18:43 |
| Scotland File:Flag of Scotland.svg | 40–5 | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia |
| Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
| 6 February 2016 19:05 |
| South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg | 26–19 | Kenya |
| Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
Pool C
[edit | edit source]| 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 |
| File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 59 | -18 | 5 |
| France
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 95 | -69 | 3 |
Pool D
[edit | edit source]| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of England.svg England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 24 | +40 | 9 |
| File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 89 | 34 | +55 | 7 |
| File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 84 | -53 | 5 |
| File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 85 | -42 | 3 |
| 6 February 2016 12:28 |
| England File:Flag of England.svg | 26–5 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan |
| Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
| 6 February 2016 12:50 |
| United States File:Flag of the United States.svg | 42–0 | File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales |
| Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
| 6 February 2016 16:26 |
| England File:Flag of England.svg | 21–5 | File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales |
| Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
| 6 February 2016 16:48 |
| United States File:Flag of the United States.svg | 33–17 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan |
| Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
| 6 February 2016 19:57 |
| Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg | 21–26 | File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales |
| Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
| 6 February 2016 20:19 |
| England File:Flag of England.svg | 17–14 | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States |
| Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
Knockout stage
[edit | edit source]Shield
[edit | edit source]| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 09:45 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal | 31 | |||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 13:18 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | 17 | |||||||||
| File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | 17 | |||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 10:07 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 24 | |||||||||
| File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa | 28 | |||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 17:11 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 24 | |||||||||
| File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 19 | |||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 10:29 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales | 26 | |||||||||
| File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales | 21 | |||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 13:40 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 32 | |||||||||
| File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales | 22 | |||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 10:51 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| France | 5 | |||||||||
| File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland | 22 | |||||||||
| France | 19 | |||||||||
Bowl
[edit | edit source]| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 09:45 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal | 31 | |||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 14:02 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | 17 | |||||||||
| File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal | 10 | |||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 10:07 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa | 14 | |||||||||
| File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa | 28 | |||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 17:39 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 24 | |||||||||
| File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa | 12 | |||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 10:29 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 17 | |||||||||
| File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales | 21 | |||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 14:24 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 32 | |||||||||
| File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 35 | |||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 10:51 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland | 12 | |||||||||
| File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland | 22 | |||||||||
| France | 19 | |||||||||
Plate
[edit | edit source]| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 11:35 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | 24 | |||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 15:13 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 7 | |||||||||
| File:Flag of the United States.svg 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 | |||||||||
| File:Flag of England.svg England | 12 | |||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 15:35 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 17 | |||||||||
| File:Flag of England.svg England | 14 | |||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 12:41 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 19 | |||||||||
| File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | 26 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 0 | |||||||||
Cup
[edit | edit source]| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final a | ||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 11:35 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | 24 | |||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 15:57 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 7 | |||||||||
| File:Flag of New Zealand.svg 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 | |||||||||
| File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | 27 | |||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 12:19 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 24 | |||||||||
| File:Flag of England.svg England | 12 | |||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 16:19 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 17 | |||||||||
| File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 12 | |||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 12:41 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | 7 | Third place | ||||||||
| File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | 26 | |||||||||
| 7 February 2016 – 18:35 – Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 0 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 26 | |||||||||
| File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | 12 | |||||||||
Notes
[edit | edit source]^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.[3] For New Zealand, Rieko Ioane scored a hat-trick, while captain Tim Mikkelson and Kurt Baker each scored a try.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ 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
[edit | edit source]- Sydney 7s official webpage