2017 Sydney Sevens | |
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Sevens World Series XVIII | |
Host nation | Australia |
Date | 4–5 February 2017 |
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The 2017 Sydney Sevens was the fourteenth edition of the Australian Sevens tournament, the second of which to be held in Sydney, and the fourth tournament of the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 4–5 February 2017 at Allianz Stadium in Sydney, Australia.
Sixteen teams are drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team plays everyone in their pool one time. 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.
The main tournament will consist of the fifteen core teams as well as Papua New Guinea, who qualified by being the best ranked non-core team at the 2016 Oceania Sevens Championship