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Thursday, July 12, 2018

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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.


Video 2017 Wellington Sevens



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.


Maps 2017 Wellington Sevens



Teams

The fifteen core teams were joined by Papua New Guinea, who qualified via the 2016 Oceania Sevens, for this tournament.


Fiji vs New Zealand cup QF Wellington 7s 2017 - YouTube
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Pool Stage

Pool A






Pool B






Pool C






Pool D







Lack of ticket sales for Wellington Sevens
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Knockout stage

13th place

Challenge Trophy

5th Place

Cup


Joeli Lutumailagi beats Seabelo Senatla (wellington 7s 2017) - YouTube
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Tournament placings

Source: World Rugby (archived)


HSBC Women's Sevens World Series
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References


Blitzbokke crowned Wellington Sevens champs | Planet Rugby
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External links

  • World Rugby Sevens Series website

Source of article : Wikipedia