2017 Japan Women's Sevens

2017 Japan Women's Sevens
Women's Sevens Series V
Host nation	Japan
Date	22–23 April 2017
Cup
Champion	New Zealand
Runner-up	Canada
Third	Australia
Challenge
Winner	Ireland
Tournament details
Matches played	34
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The 2017 Japan Women's Sevens is the fourth tournament of the 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and the inaugural edition of the Japan Women's Sevens. It is scheduled for the 22–23 April 2017 at the Honjo Athletic Stadium in Kitakyushu.^[1]

Format[]

The teams are drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup/Plate brackets while the top 2 third place teams also compete in the Cup/Plate. The other teams from each group play-off for the Challenge Trophy.

Teams[]

The participating teams include:^[2]

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
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	72	21	+51	9
Russia	3	2	0	1	62	32	+30	7
France	3	1	0	2	52	50	+2	5
Japan	3	0	0	3	10	93	–83	3

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Pool B[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	0	91	12	+79	9
Fiji	3	2	0	1	91	24	+67	7
Brazil	3	1	0	2	34	82	–48	5
Ireland	3	0	0	3	10	108	–98	3

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Pool C[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Canada	3	3	0	0	101	29	+72	9
United States	3	2	0	1	58	44	+14	7
England	3	1	0	2	38	56	–18	5
Spain	3	0	0	3	15	83	–68	3

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Knockout stage[]

Challenge Trophy[]

	Semi-finals				Challenge Trophy Final
	23 April 2017 – 11:58 – Honjo Athletic Stadium, Kitakyushu
	Brazil	5
					23 April 2017 – 15:04 – Honjo Athletic Stadium, Kitakyushu
	Ireland	24
					Ireland	26
	23 April 2017 – 12:20 – Honjo Athletic Stadium, Kitakyushu
					Spain	7
	Spain	14
	Japan	5
					11th Place
					23 April 2017 – 14:42 – Honjo Athletic Stadium, Kitakyushu
					Brazil	12
					Japan	10

5th Place[]

	Semi-finals				5th Place Final
	23 April 2017 – 13:14 – Honjo Athletic Stadium, Kitakyushu
	France	5
					23 April 2017 – 16:20 – Honjo Athletic Stadium, Kitakyushu
	Russia	26
					Russia	31
	23 April 2017 – 13:36 – Honjo Athletic Stadium, Kitakyushu
					England	0
	United States	24
	England	26
					7th Place
					23 April 2017 – 15:58 – Honjo Athletic Stadium, Kitakyushu
					France	14
					United States	31

Cup[]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Cup Final
	23 April 2017 – 10:30 – Honjo Athletic Stadium, Kitakyushu
	Australia	19
					23 April 2017 – 13:58 – Honjo Athletic Stadium, Kitakyushu
	France	12
					Australia	0
	23 April 2017 – 10:52 – Honjo Athletic Stadium, Kitakyushu
					Canada	33
	Canada	41
									23 April 2017 – 17:07 – Honjo Athletic Stadium, Kitakyushu
	Russia	0
									Canada	14
	23 April 2017 – 11:14 – Honjo Athletic Stadium, Kitakyushu
									New Zealand	17
	Fiji	26
					23 April 2017 – 14:20 – Honjo Athletic Stadium, Kitakyushu
	United States	19
					Fiji	0
	23 April 2017 – 11:36 – Honjo Athletic Stadium, Kitakyushu
					New Zealand	21			Bronze Medal Match
	New Zealand	21
									23 April 2017 – 16:42 – Honjo Athletic Stadium, Kitakyushu
	England	5
									Australia	19
									Fiji	17

Tournament placings[]

Source: [1]

See also[]

• World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
• 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
• World Rugby

References[]