2017 Hong Kong Sevens
| 2017 Hong Kong Sevens | |
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| Sevens World Series XVIII | |
| Host nation |
 Hong Kong |
| Date | 7–9 April 2017 |
| Cup | |
| Champion |
 Fiji
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| Runner-up |
 South Africa
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| Third |
 Australia
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| Challenge | |
| Winner |
 Scotland
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| Tournament details | |
| Matches played | 45+25 |
| Top try scorer |
 Perry Baker (9) |
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The 2017 Hong Kong Sevens was the 42nd edition of the Hong Kong Sevens tournament, and the seventh tournament of the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 7–9 April 2017 at Hong Kong Stadium in Hong Kong.
England's Dan Norton scored his 245th career try during the tournament, breaking Kenya's Collins Injera's record of 244 career tries in the World Rugby Sevens Series.
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.
The main tournament will consist of the fifteen core teams and one invited team
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.
Most tries:
Source: World Rugby (archived)
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