The 2017 Wellington Sevens was the eighteenth edition of the Wellington Sevens tournament, and the third tournament of the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 28–29 January 2017 at Westpac Stadium in Wellington, New Zealand.
Format
Sixteen teams are drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team plays everyone in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup quarterfinals. The bottom two teams from each group go to the Challenge Trophy quarterfinals.
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 TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts33009719+78932016552+13731027153+185300319128−1093
Pool B TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts33009212+80932019443+51731024566−215300312122−1103
Pool C TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts33007833+45931116347+166311157570630032485−613
Pool D TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts33008524+61932016240+22731024559−1453003574−693
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)
References
External links World Rugby Sevens Series website