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2017 London Sevens

2017 London Sevens
Sevens World Series XVIII
Host nation England England
Date 20–21 May 2017
Cup
Champion  Scotland
Runner-up  England
Third  Canada
Challenge
Winner  Fiji
Tournament details
Matches played 45
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The 2017 London Sevens was the tenth and final event of the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series and the seventeenth edition of the London Sevens. The tournament was held over the weekend of 20–21 May 2017 at Twickenham in London.

This was the first tournament in the history of the series with all semifinalists from the Northern Hemisphere, as Scotland, England, Canada, and the United States took out the top four placings. Scotland won the tournament, beating England 12–7 in the final. The USA's Perry Baker was the leading try scorer, notching eight tries over the weekend.

The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played all the others in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup quarter finals. The bottom two teams from each group advanced to the Challenge Trophy quarter finals.

The sixteen participating teams for the tournament were:

Source: World Rugby (archived)


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