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2015 South Africa Sevens

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2015 South Africa Sevens
Sevens World Series XVII
Host nationSouth Africa South Africa
Date12–13 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 played45
Tries scored273 (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

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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

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The 16 participating teams for the tournament:[1]

Pool Stage

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Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the Cup quarter-final

Pool A

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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
12 December 2015
10:59
Fiji 34–19 Scotland
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

12 December 2015
11:21
Argentina 33–5 Russia
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

12 December 2015
14:20
Fiji 52–0 Russia
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

12 December 2015
14:42
Argentina 19–14 Scotland
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

12 December 2015
17:41
Scotland 33–10 Russia
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

12 December 2015
18:03
Fiji 43–0 Argentina
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

Pool B

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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
12 December 2015
12:27
England 19–19 Kenya
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

12 December 2015
12:49
South Africa 26–5 Zimbabwe
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

12 December 2015
15:48
England 43–0 Zimbabwe
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

12 December 2015
16:10
South Africa 12–14 Kenya
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

12 December 2015
19:34
Kenya 36–0 Zimbabwe
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

12 December 2015
19:56
England 0–10 South Africa
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

Pool C

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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
12 December 2015
10:15
United States 26–19 Wales
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

12 December 2015
10:37
Australia 45–0 Portugal
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

12 December 2015
13:36
United States 52–7 Portugal
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

12 December 2015
13:58
Australia 21–14 Wales
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

12 December 2015
16:57
Wales 40–5 Portugal
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

12 December 2015
17:19
United States 21–26 Australia
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

Pool D

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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
12 December 2015
11:43
New Zealand 19–14 France
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

12 December 2015
12:05
Samoa 24–10 Canada
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

12 December 2015
15:04
New Zealand 12–24 Canada
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

12 December 2015
15:26
Samoa 19–22 France
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

12 December 2015
18:50
France 26–26 Canada
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

12 December 2015
19:12
New Zealand 19–10 Samoa
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

Knockout stage

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Shield

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
13 December 2015 - 10:36 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 
 Scotland26
 
13 December 2015 - 13:57 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Samoa14
 
 Samoa33
 
13 December 2015 - 10:58 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Zimbabwe0
 
 Wales21
 
13 December 2015 - 17:43 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Zimbabwe12
 
 Samoa40
 
13 December 2015 - 11:20 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Russia5
 
 Canada55
 
13 December 2015 - 14:19 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Russia0
 
 Russia38
 
13 December 2015 - 11:42 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Portugal5
 
 England49
 
 
 Portugal7
 

Bowl

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
13 December 2015 - 10:36 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 
 Scotland26
 
13 December 2015 - 14:41 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Samoa14
 
 Scotland29
 
13 December 2015 - 10:58 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Wales14
 
 Wales21
 
13 December 2015 - 18:08 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Zimbabwe12
 
 Scotland19
 
13 December 2015 - 11:20 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 England0
 
 Canada55
 
13 December 2015 - 15:03 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Russia0
 
 Canada14
 
13 December 2015 - 11:42 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 England21
 
 England49
 
 
 Portugal7
 

Plate

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
13 December 2015 - 12:04 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 
 Fiji14
 
13 December 2015 - 15:50 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 France17
 
 Fiji38
 
13 December 2015 - 12:26 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Australia19
 
 Australia5
 
13 December 2015 - 18:33 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 South Africa25
 
 Fiji29
 
13 December 2015 - 12:48 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 United States19
 
 New Zealand19
 
13 December 2015 - 16:12 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Argentina22
 
 New Zealand14
 
13 December 2015 - 13:10 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 United States28
 
 Kenya26
 
 
 United States10
 

Cup

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
13 December 2015 - 12:04 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 
 Fiji14
 
13 December 2015 - 16:34 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 France17
 
 France12
 
13 December 2015 - 12:26 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 South Africa21
 
 Australia5
 
13 December 2015 - 19:30 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 South Africa25
 
 South Africa29
 
13 December 2015 - 12:48 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Argentina14
 
 New Zealand19
 
13 December 2015 - 16:56 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Argentina22
 
 Argentina24
 
13 December 2015 - 13:10 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Kenya22 Third place
 
 Kenya26
 
13 December 2015 – 18:58 - Cape Town Stadium
 
 United States10
 
 France28
 
 
 Kenya26
 

References

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