2015 South Africa Sevens
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| 2015 South Africa Sevens | |
|---|---|
| Sevens World Series XVII | |
| Host nation |  South Africa |
| Date | 12–13 December 2015 |
| Cup | |
| Champion | South Africa |
| Runner-up |  Argentina |
| Third |  France |
| Plate | |
| Winner |  Fiji |
| Runner-up |  United States |
| Bowl | |
| Winner |  Scotland |
| Runner-up |  England |
| Shield | |
| Winner |  Samoa |
| Runner-up |  Russia |
| Tournament details | |
| Matches played | 45 |
| Tries scored | 273 (average 6.07 per match) |
← 2014 2016 → | |
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
[edit]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
[edit]The 16 participating teams for the tournament:[1]
Pool Stage
[edit]| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Teams that advanced to the Cup quarter-final | |
Pool A
[edit]| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiji
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 19 | +110 | 9 |
| Argentina
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 62 | –10 | 7 |
| Scotland
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 63 | +3 | 5 |
| Russia
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 118 | –103 | 3 |
Pool B
[edit]| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kenya
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 31 | +38 | 8 |
| South Africa
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 19 | +29 | 7 |
| England
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 62 | 29 | +33 | 6 |
 Zimbabwe
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 105 | –100 | 3 |
Pool C
[edit]| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Australia
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 35 | +57 | 9 |
| United States
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 99 | 52 | +47 | 7 |
 Wales
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 73 | 52 | +21 | 5 |
 Portugal
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 137 | –125 | 3 |
Pool D
[edit]| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New Zealand
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 48 | +2 | 7 |
| France
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 62 | 64 | –2 | 6 |
 Canada
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 60 | 62 | –2 | 6 |
| Samoa
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 51 | +2 | 5 |
Knockout stage
[edit]Shield
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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 | |||||||||
| 13 December 2015 - 13:10 – Cape Town Stadium | ||||||||||
| Kenya | 22 | Third place | ||||||||
| Kenya | 26 | |||||||||
| 13 December 2015 – 18:58 - Cape Town Stadium | ||||||||||
| United States | 10 | |||||||||
| France | 28 | |||||||||
| Kenya | 26 | |||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Pools drawn for HSBC Cape Town Sevens". World Rugby. 5 December 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.