2020 USA Sevens
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2020 USA Sevens | |
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Sevens World Series XXI | |
Host nation | United States |
Date | 29 February – 1 March 2020 |
Cup | |
Champion | South Africa |
Runner-up | Fiji |
Third | New Zealand |
Tournament details | |
Matches played | 45 |
Tries scored | 280 (average 6.22 per match) |
Most points | Napolioni Bolaca (53) |
Most tries | Alec Coombes (7) Marcos Moneta (7) |
← 2019 → |
The 2020 USA Sevens was held in Los Angeles, played at Dignity Health Stadium in Carson in a return to California after a decade in Las Vegas.[1][2] The rugby sevens tournament was the sixth event of the 2019–20 Sevens World Series for men's teams, and the seventeen edition of the USA Sevens. South Africa won the tournament, defeating Fiji by 29–24 in extra time.[3]
Format[]
The sixteen are drawn into four pools of four teams. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup playoffs and compete for gold, silver and bronze medals. The other teams from each pool go to the classification playoffs for ninth to sixteenth placings.
Teams[]
Fifteen core teams played in the tournament along with one invitational team, South Korea.
Pool stage[]
All times in Pacific Standard Time (UTC−08:00). The pools were scheduled as follows:
Pool A[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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Fiji | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 49 | +60 | 9 |
France | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 85 | 71 | +14 | 6 |
Argentina | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 85 | 83 | +2 | 6 |
South Korea | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 121 | −83 | 3 |
29 February 2020
10:29 |
Argentina | 26–26 | France |
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Try: Etchart 0'c 3'c Álvarez 4'c Moneta 7'm Con: Mare (3/4) 0', 3', 5' |
Report | Try: O'Connor 1'c (2) 5'c, 10'm 14'c Con: Barraque (3/4) 2', 6', 14' |
29 February 2020
10:51 |
Fiji | 45–7 | South Korea |
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Try: Bolaca 2'm Vakurunabili 4'c Tuimaba 6'c Naduva (3) 7'c, 8'c, 12'c Nacuqu 9'm Con: Bolaca (2/3) 5', 7' Nacuqu (2/3) 7', 8' Ikanikoda (1/1) 13' |
Report | Try: 7'c Con: (1/1) 7' |
Dignity Health Stadium, Carson
Referee: Matt Rodden (Hong Kong) |
29 February 2020
13:25 |
Argentina | 45–19 | South Korea |
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Try: Schulz 0'c Moneta 1'm Isgro (2) 2'c, 3'm Cinti 7'c 9'c Osadczuk 11'c Con: Mare (2/4) 0', 2' Revol (1/1) 7' (2/2) 9', 11' |
Report | Try: (2) 5'm, 10'c 13'c Con: (2/3) 11', 13' |
29 February 2020
13:47 |
Fiji | 33–28 | France |
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Try: Tuwai 1'c Mocenacagi 3'c Derenalagi 9'c Bolaca 11'm 13'c Con: Bolaca (2/2) 2', 3' Nacuqu (1/2) 9' Ikanikoda (1/1) 13' |
Report | Try: (2) 6'c, 7'c Laugel 8'c Valleau 14'c Con: Barraque (4/4) 6', 7', 8', 14' |
29 February 2020
16:43 |
France | 31–12 | South Korea |
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Try: O'Connor 1'c 2'c (3) 5'm, 8'c, 9'm Con: Barraque (3/5) 1', 2', 8' |
Report | Try: 13'c Con: (1/1) 13' (0/1) |
29 February 2020
17:05 |
Fiji | 38–14 | Argentina |
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Try: Tuwai 0'm Tuimaba (2) 3'c, 7'c Bolaca 9'c Nacuqu 11'c Naduva 13'm Con: Bolaca (3/4) 3', 7', 9' Nacuqu (1/1) 11' Ikanikoda (0/1) |
Report | Try: Moneta 2'c Osadczuk 5'c Con: Mare (2/2) 2', 5' |
Dignity Health Stadium, Carson
Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France) |
Pool B[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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South Africa | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 83 | 29 | +54 | 8 |
Ireland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 60 | −12 | 6 |
Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 5 |
Kenya | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 67 | −33 | 5 |
29 February 2020
11:13 |
Ireland | 17–12 | Canada |
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Try: Conroy 1'm O'Shea 10'c Kennedy 13'm Con: Dardis (1/3) 10' |
Report | Try: Sauder 4'c 6'm Con: (1/2) 5' |
29 February 2020
11:35 |
South Africa | 31–5 | Kenya |
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Try: A. Davids 2'm Pretorius 5'c Kok 9'c du Plessis 12'm du Preez 13'c Con: S. Davids (1/2) 6' Afrika (1/1) 10' du Preez (1/2) 14' |
Report | Try: Ambaka 7'm Con: Oliech (0/1) |
Dignity Health Stadium, Carson
Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France) |
29 February 2020
14:31 |
Ireland | 12–29 | Kenya |
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Try: Kennedy 10'c O'Shea 11'm Con: Dardis (1/2) 11' |
Report | Try: Onyala (3) 1'c, 12'm, 14'm 3'm Injera 9'c Con: Injera (2/3) 2', 9' Taabu (0/2) |
29 February 2020
14:53 |
South Africa | 33–5 | Canada |
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Try: Gans 5'c Afrika 7'c Arendse 7'c du Plessis (2) 11'm, 14'c Con: S. Davids (3/4) 6', 7', 7' du Preez (1/1) 14' |
Report | Try: Trainor 1'm Con: Kay (0/1) |
29 February 2020
18:35 |
Canada | 24–0 | Kenya |
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Try: Douglas (3) 4'm, 7'm, 10'c Berna 12'c Con: Hirayama (2/4) 10', 13' |
Report |
Dignity Health Stadium, Carson
Referee: Matt Rodden (Hong Kong) |
29 February 2020
19:05 |
South Africa | 19–19 | Ireland |
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Try: Gans (2) 1'c, 14'c Arendse 12'm Con: S. Davids (2/3) 2', 14' |
Report | Try: Kelly (2) 0'c, 10'm Conroy 7'c Con: Dardis (2/3) 1', 8' |
Pool C[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 19 | +60 | 9 |
United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 46 | +13 | 7 |
Samoa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 64 | −23 | 5 |
Scotland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 83 | −50 | 3 |
29 February 2020
11:57 |
Australia | 31–7 | Scotland |
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Try: Williams 4'm Davies (2) 7'c, 12'm Longbottom 10'c Anderson 13'c Con: Holland (1/3) 8' Longbottom (2/2) 10', 14' |
Report | Try: Rowe 2'c Con: Lowe (1/1) 2' |
29 February 2020
12:19 |
United States | 19–17 | Samoa |
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Try: Tomasin 5'c Pinkelman 6'm Isles 10'c Con: Hughes (2/3) 5', 10' |
Report | Try: Alosio 1'm 3'm 7'm Con: Alosio (1/3) 4' |
29 February 2020
15:15 |
Australia | 31–5 | Samoa |
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Try: Miller 1'c Williams 4'c Davies 8'c Hutchison 12'm Dunbar 14'm Con: Holland (3/3) 1', 5', 9' Longbottom (0/2) |
Report | Try: 6'm Con: Alosio (0/1) |
29 February 2020
15:37 |
United States | 33–12 | Scotland |
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Try: Tomasin 5'c Iosefo 7'm Williams 9'c Unufe 12'c Baker 13'c Con: Hughes (3/4) 5', 10', 12' Tomasin (1/1) 14' |
Report | Try: Lowe 3'c Rowe 8'm Con: Lowe (1/2) 3' |
Dignity Health Stadium, Carson
Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France) |
29 February 2020
19:35 |
Scotland | 14–19 | Samoa |
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Try: Elms 6'c McCann 13'c Con: Fergusson (2/2) 6', 14' |
Report | Try: Alosio 7' 8'c 12'c Con: Alosio (1/1) 8' Matavao (1/1) 12' |
29 February 2020
20:03 |
United States | 7–17 | Australia |
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Try: Tomasin 11'c Con: Hughes (1/1) 11' |
Report | Try: Miller 2'c Hutchison 4'm Anderson 6'm Con: Holland (1/3) 2' |
Pool D[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 31 | +53 | 9 |
England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 57 | −4 | 5 |
Spain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 50 | −7 | 5 |
Wales | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 87 | −42 | 5 |
29 February 2020
09:45 |
New Zealand | 42–7 | Wales |
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Try: Nanai-Seturo 2'c Mikkelson 7'c Clarke 7'c 8'c McGarvey-Black 11'c Dickson 13'c Con: Mikkelson (1/1) 2' (4/4) 7', 8', 9', 14' Knewstubb (1/1) 12' |
Report | Try: 4'c Con: (1/1) 5' |
29 February 2020
10:07 |
England | 5–22 | Spain |
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Try: Ellery 9'm Con: Bibby (0/1) |
Report | Try: Mateu 1'c Pla (3) 7'm, 11'm, 13'm Con: Hernández (1/2) 1' Fontes (0/2) |
29 February 2020
12:41 |
New Zealand | 21–7 | Spain |
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Try: Ravouvou 1'c Mikkelson 8'c 13'c Con: Knewstubb (2/2) 1', 9' (1/1) 14' |
Report | Try: 11'c Con: Hernández (1/1) 12' |
Dignity Health Stadium, Carson
Referee: Matt Rodden (Hong Kong) |
29 February 2020
13:03 |
England | 31–14 | Wales |
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Try: Norton 2'c Mitchell 4'c 6'c Burgess 9'm Bowen 12'm Con: Mitchell (1/1) 2' Bibby (2/3) 5', 7' (0/1) |
Report | Try: Benjamin (2) 8'c, 14'c Con: (2/2) 8', 14' |
29 February 2020
15:59 |
Wales | 24–14 | Spain |
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Try: Benjamin 1'c (2) 3'c, 13'm 11'm Con: (2/4) |
Report | Try: Pla 2'c 5'c Con: Hernández (2/2) 2', 6' |
29 February 2020
16:21 |
England | 17–21 | New Zealand |
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Try: Harris (2) 1'm, 14'm Norton 6'c Con: Mitchell (1/3) 6' |
Report | Try: McGarvey-Black 3'c Knewstubb 7'c Nanai-Seturo 8'c Con: McGarvey-Black (1/1) 3' Knewstubb (2/2) 7', 9' |
Knockout stage[]
Thirteenth place[]
13th place semifinals | 13th place final | |||||
1 March 2020 – 11:11 – Dignity Health Stadium | ||||||
Wales | 5 | |||||
1 March 2020 – 14:07 – Dignity Health Stadium | ||||||
Kenya | 29 | |||||
Kenya | 24 | |||||
1 March 2020 – 11:33 – Dignity Health Stadium | ||||||
Scotland | 29 (a.e.t.) | |||||
South Korea | 5 | |||||
Scotland | 45 | |||||
Matches | ||||||||||||||||
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13th place semifinals
13th place final |
Ninth place[]
9th place quarterfinals | 9th place semifinals | 9th place final | ||||||||
1 March 2020 – 08:15 – Dignity Health Stadium | ||||||||||
Argentina | 31 | |||||||||
1 March 2020 – 11:55 – Dignity Health Stadium | ||||||||||
Wales | 5 | |||||||||
Argentina | 28 | |||||||||
1 March 2020 – 08:37 – Dignity Health Stadium | ||||||||||
Samoa | 12 | |||||||||
Samoa | 28 | |||||||||
1 March 2020 – 15:07 – Dignity Health Stadium | ||||||||||
Kenya | 19 | |||||||||
Argentina | 21 | |||||||||
1 March 2020 – 08:59 – Dignity Health Stadium | ||||||||||
Canada | 19 | |||||||||
Spain | 26 | |||||||||
1 March 2020 – 12:17 – Dignity Health Stadium | ||||||||||
South Korea | 0 | |||||||||
Spain | 7 | |||||||||
1 March 2020 – 09:21 – Dignity Health Stadium | ||||||||||
Canada | 24 | |||||||||
Canada | 24 | |||||||||
Scotland | 7 | |||||||||
Matches | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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9th place quarterfinals
9th place semifinals
9th place final |
Fifth place[]
5th place semifinals | 5th place final | |||||
1 March 2020 – 12:39 – Dignity Health Stadium | ||||||
England | 7 | |||||
1 March 2020 – 15:31 – Dignity Health Stadium | ||||||
Ireland | 26 | |||||
Ireland | 19 | |||||
1 March 2020 – 13:01 – Dignity Health Stadium | ||||||
United States | 24 | |||||
France | 5 | |||||
United States | 24 | |||||
Matches | ||||||||||||||||
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5th place semifinals
5th place final |
Cup[]
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
1 March 2020 – 09:43 – Dignity Health Stadium | ||||||||||
Fiji | 26 | |||||||||
1 March 2020 – 13:23 – Dignity Health Stadium | ||||||||||
England | 5 | |||||||||
Fiji | 43 | |||||||||
1 March 2020 – 10:05 – Dignity Health Stadium | ||||||||||
Australia | 7 | |||||||||
Australia | 36 | |||||||||
1 March 2020 – 16:26 – Dignity Health Stadium | ||||||||||
Ireland | 0 | |||||||||
Fiji | 24 | |||||||||
1 March 2020 – 10:27 – Dignity Health Stadium | ||||||||||
South Africa (a.e.t.) | 29 | |||||||||
New Zealand | 29 | |||||||||
1 March 2020 – 13:45 – Dignity Health Stadium | ||||||||||
France | 14 | |||||||||
New Zealand | 0 | |||||||||
1 March 2020 – 10:49 – Dignity Health Stadium | ||||||||||
South Africa | 17 | 3rd place final | ||||||||
South Africa | 12 | |||||||||
1 March 2020 – 15:55 – Dignity Health Stadium | ||||||||||
United States | 10 | |||||||||
Australia | 19 | |||||||||
New Zealand | 21 | |||||||||
Matches | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Third Place
Final |
Tournament placings[]
Place | Team | Points |
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South Africa | 22 | |
Fiji | 19 | |
New Zealand | 17 | |
4 | Australia | 15 |
5 | United States | 13 |
6 | Ireland | 12 |
7 | France | 11 |
8 | England | 10 |
Place | Team | Points |
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9 | Argentina | 8 |
10 | Canada | 7 |
11 | Spain | 6 |
12 | Samoa | 5 |
13 | Scotland | 4 |
14 | Kenya | 3 |
15 | Wales | 2 |
16 | South Korea | 1 |
Players[]
Forwards | Backs |
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Asaeli Tuivuaka Sevuloni Mocenacagi JC Pretorius |
Lachie Miller Stedman Gans Napolioni Bolaca Carlin Isles |
References[]
- ^ Goff, Alex (8 August 2019). "USA 7s To LA, Full World Series Schedule Out". Flo Rugby. Archived from the original on 27 February 2020.
- ^ Jones, Christopher (26 February 2020). "USA rugby stars on verge of landmark achievements at LA Sevens". ESPN. Archived from the original on 27 February 2020.
- ^ "Cup Final". World.Rugby. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ "2 Blitzboks crack nod for LA Sevens Dream Team", Sport24, 2 March 2020.
External links[]
- USA Sevens
- Sports competitions in Los Angeles
- 2019–20 World Rugby Sevens Series
- 2020 in American rugby union
- 2020 in sports in California
- February 2020 sports events in the United States
- March 2020 sports events in the United States