2015 South Africa Sevens

2015 South Africa Sevens
Sevens World Series XVII
Host nation South Africa South Africa
Date 12–13 December 2015
Cup
Champions  South Africa
Runners-up  Argentina
Third  France
Plate
Champions  Fiji
Runners-up  United States
Bowl
Champions  Scotland
Runners-up  England
Shield
Champions  Samoa
Runners-up  Russia
Tournament details
Matches played 45
Tries scored 273 (average 6.067 per match)
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The 2015 South Africa Sevens was the second tournament within the 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series and the seventeenth edition of the South Africa Sevens. It was held over the weekend of 12-13 December 2015 at Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa.

Format

The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each, with each team playing every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went to the Bowl/Shield brackets.

Teams

The 16 participating teams for the tournament:[1]

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
 Fiji 330012919+1109
 Argentina 32015262–107
 Scotland 31026663+35
 Russia 300315118–1033
12 December 2015
10:59
Fiji  34–19  Scotland

12 December 2015
11:21
Argentina  33–5  Russia

12 December 2015
14:20
Fiji  52–0  Russia

12 December 2015
14:42
Argentina  19–14  Scotland

12 December 2015
17:41
Scotland  33–10  Russia

12 December 2015
18:03
Fiji  43–0  Argentina

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Kenya 32106931+388
 South Africa 32014819+297
 England 31116229+336
 Zimbabwe 30035105–1003
12 December 2015
12:27
England  19–19  Kenya

12 December 2015
12:49
South Africa  26–5  Zimbabwe

12 December 2015
15:48
England  43–0  Zimbabwe

12 December 2015
16:10
South Africa  12–14  Kenya

12 December 2015
19:34
Kenya  36–0  Zimbabwe

12 December 2015
19:56
England  0–10  South Africa

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 33009235+579
 United States 32019952+477
 Wales 31027352+215
 Portugal 300312137–1253
12 December 2015
10:15
United States  26–19  Wales

12 December 2015
10:37
Australia  45–0  Portugal

12 December 2015
13:36
United States  52–7  Portugal

12 December 2015
13:58
Australia  21–14  Wales

12 December 2015
16:57
Wales  40–5  Portugal

12 December 2015
17:19
United States  21–26  Australia

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 32015048+27
 France 31116264–26
 Canada 31116062–26
 Samoa 31025351+25
12 December 2015
11:43
New Zealand  19–14  France

12 December 2015
12:05
Samoa  24–10  Canada

12 December 2015
15:04
New Zealand  12–24  Canada

12 December 2015
15:26
Samoa  19–22  France

12 December 2015
18:50
France  26–26  Canada

12 December 2015
19:12
New Zealand  19–10  Samoa

Knockout stage

Shield

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
13 December 2015 - 10:36 – Cape Town Stadium        
  Scotland  26
13 December 2015 - 13:57 – Cape Town Stadium
  Samoa  14  
  Samoa  33
13 December 2015 - 10:58 – Cape Town Stadium
      Zimbabwe  0  
  Wales  21
13 December 2015 - 17:43 – Cape Town Stadium
  Zimbabwe  12  
  Samoa  40
13 December 2015 - 11:20 – Cape Town Stadium    
    Russia  5
  Canada  55
13 December 2015 - 14:19 – Cape Town Stadium
  Russia  0  
  Russia  38
13 December 2015 - 11:42 – Cape Town Stadium
      Portugal  5  
  England  49
  Portugal  7  
 

Bowl

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
13 December 2015 - 10:36 – Cape Town Stadium        
  Scotland  26
13 December 2015 - 14:41 – Cape Town Stadium
  Samoa  14  
  Scotland  29
13 December 2015 - 10:58 – Cape Town Stadium
      Wales  14  
  Wales  21
13 December 2015 - 18:08 – Cape Town Stadium
  Zimbabwe  12  
  Scotland  19
13 December 2015 - 11:20 – Cape Town Stadium    
    England  0
  Canada  55
13 December 2015 - 15:03 – Cape Town Stadium
  Russia  0  
  Canada  14
13 December 2015 - 11:42 – Cape Town Stadium
      England  21  
  England  49
  Portugal  7  
 

Plate

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
13 December 2015 - 12:04 – Cape Town Stadium        
  Fiji  14
13 December 2015 - 15:50 – Cape Town Stadium
  France  17  
  Fiji  38
13 December 2015 - 12:26 – Cape Town Stadium
      Australia  19  
  Australia  5
13 December 2015 - 18:33 – Cape Town Stadium
  South Africa  25  
  Fiji  29
13 December 2015 - 12:48 – Cape Town Stadium    
    United States  19
  New Zealand  19
13 December 2015 - 16:12 – Cape Town Stadium
  Argentina  22  
  New Zealand  14
13 December 2015 - 13:10 – Cape Town Stadium
      United States  28  
  Kenya  26
  United States  10  
 

Cup

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
13 December 2015 - 12:04 – Cape Town Stadium        
  Fiji  14
13 December 2015 - 16:34 – Cape Town Stadium
  France  17  
  France  12
13 December 2015 - 12:26 – Cape Town Stadium
      South Africa  21  
  Australia  5
13 December 2015 - 19:30 – Cape Town Stadium
  South Africa  25  
  South Africa  29
13 December 2015 - 12:48 – Cape Town Stadium    
    Argentina  14
  New Zealand  19
13 December 2015 - 16:56 – Cape Town Stadium
  Argentina  22  
  Argentina  24 Third place
13 December 2015 - 13:10 – Cape Town Stadium
      Kenya  22   13 December 2015 – 18:58 - Cape Town Stadium
  Kenya  26
  France  28
  United States  10  
  Kenya  26
 

References

  1. "Pools drawn for HSBC Cape Town Sevens". World Rugby. 5 December 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.

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