The 2017 Hong Kong Sevens was the 42nd edition of the
Hong Kong Sevens
The Hong Kong Sevens () is an rugby sevens tournament held annually in Hong Kong on a weekend in late March or early April. Considered the premier tournament on the World Rugby Sevens Series competition, the Hong Kong Sevens is currently the s ...
tournament, and the seventh tournament of the
2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series
The 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series, known for sponsorship reasons as the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, was the 18th annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for national rugby sevens teams. The Sevens Series has been run by World Rugby ...
. The tournament was played on 7–9 April 2017 at
Hong Kong Stadium
Hong Kong Stadium is the main sports venue of Hong Kong. Redeveloped from the old Government Stadium, it reopened as Hong Kong Stadium in March 1994. It has a maximum seating capacity of 40,000, including 18,260 at the main level, 3,173 at exec ...
in Hong Kong.
England's
Dan Norton scored his 245th career try during the tournament, breaking Kenya's
Collins Injera
Collins Injera (born 18 October 1986) is a Kenyan rugby player. He holds the second place for number of tries scored on the World Rugby Sevens Series with 271. He is known for his achievements with Kenyan national rugby sevens team.
Career
In ...
's record of 244 career tries in the
World Rugby Sevens Series
The World Rugby Men's Sevens Series is an annual series of international rugby sevens tournaments run by World Rugby featuring national sevens teams. Organised for the first time in the 1999–2000 season as the IRB World Sevens Series, the com ...
.
Hong Kong Sevens: England's Dan Norton breaks all-time try-scoring record
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Format
As in the last tournament, there will be a main draw with the fifteen World Series core teams and one invited team, and a qualifying tournament featuring twelve teams, the winner of which will be given core status in the next series.
The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team plays all the others in their pool once. 3, 2 or 1 points for a win, draw or loss. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup brackets. The bottom two teams go into the Challenge trophy brackets.
Teams
The main tournament will consist of the fifteen core teams and one invited team
Main draw
World Series Qualifier
Teams will qualify for the World Series Qualifier tournament based on continental championships. The top two teams from each continent that are not already core teams will qualify.
Main draw
Pool stage
Pool A
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Pool B
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Pool C
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Pool D
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Knockout stage
13th Place
Challenge Trophy
5th Place
Cup
Player scoring
Most tries:
# Perry Baker (9)
# Joe Ravouvou (6)
# (''Several players tied'') (5)
Tournament placings
Source
World Rugby
(archived)
World Series Qualifier
Pool stage
Pool E
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Pool F
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Pool G
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Knockout stage
See also
* 2016-17 World Rugby Sevens Series
*2017 Hong Kong Women's Sevens The 2017 Hong Kong Women's Sevens acted as a qualifier for the 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 7–8 April 2017 at Hong Kong Stadium in Hong Kong alongside the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens for men.
Format
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References
External links
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rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...
2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series
2017 in Asian rugby union