The 2016 USA Sevens was the third tournament within the 2015–16 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. It was held over the weekend of 8–9 April 2016 at Fifth Third Bank Stadium in the Atlanta suburb of Kennesaw, Georgia. Australia won the tournament, defeating New Zealand by 24–19 in the final.[1]
| 2016 USA Women's Sevens | |
|---|---|
| Women's Sevens Series IV | |
| Host nation |  United States of America |
| Date | 8 – 9 April 2016 |
| Cup | |
| Champion |  Australia |
| Runner-up |  New Zealand |
| Third |  England |
| Plate | |
| Winner | United States |
| Runner-up |  Russia |
| Bowl | |
| Winner |  Ireland |
| Runner-up |  Japan |
| Tournament details | |
| Matches played | 34 |
← 2015 2017 → | |
Format
editThe teams were drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team played everyone in their pool one time. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets while the top 2 third place teams will also compete in the Cup/Plate. The rest of the teams from each group went to the Bowl brackets.
Teams
editPool Stage
edit| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Teams that advance to the Cup Quarterfinal | |
Pool A
edit| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 14 | +80 | 9 |
| Australia
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 26 | +37 | 7 |
 Fiji
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 57 | -4 | 5 |
 Colombia
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 120 | -113 | 3 |
Pool B
edit| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Canada
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 22 | +50 | 9 |
 France
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 24 | +32 | 7 |
| Russia
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 55 | -33 | 5 |
| Ireland
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 61 | -49 | 3 |
Pool C
edit| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 17 | +52 | 9 |
| New Zealand
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 22 | +31 | 7 |
| Japan
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 78 | -46 | 5 |
 Spain
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 49 | -37 | 3 |
Knockout stage
editBowl
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| Japan | 19 | |||||
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| Colombia | 7 | |||||
| Japan | 15 | |||||
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| Ireland | 26 | |||||
| Spain | 5 | |||||
| Ireland | 17 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
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| Colombia | 12 | |||||
| Spain | 24 | |||||
Plate
edit| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
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| England | 19 | |||||||||
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| Russia | 12 | |||||||||
| Russia | 24 | |||||||||
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| France | 12 | |||||||||
| France | 7 | |||||||||
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| New Zealand | 24 | |||||||||
| Russia | 7 | |||||||||
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| United States | 19 | |||||||||
| Canada | 29 | |||||||||
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| Fiji | 0 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 0 | |||||||||
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| United States | 38 | Third place | ||||||||
| United States | 5 | |||||||||
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| Australia | 22 | |||||||||
| France | 28 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 0 | |||||||||
Cup
edit| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
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| England | 19 | |||||||||
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| Russia | 12 | |||||||||
| England | 19 | |||||||||
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| New Zealand | 24 | |||||||||
| France | 7 | |||||||||
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| New Zealand | 24 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 19 | |||||||||
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| Australia | 24 | |||||||||
| Canada | 29 | |||||||||
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| Fiji | 0 | |||||||||
| Canada | 14 | |||||||||
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| Australia | 26 | Third place | ||||||||
| United States | 5 | |||||||||
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| Australia | 22 | |||||||||
| England | 26 | |||||||||
| Canada | 14 | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Aussie women win Atlanta Sevens". Special Broadcasting Service. 10 April 2016. Archived from the original on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.