2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series
Leg Stadium City Date Winner
Dubai The Sevens Dubai 2-3 December 2016 South Africa
South Africa Cape Town Stadium Cape Town 10-11 December 2016 England
New Zealand Westpac Stadium Wellington 28-29 January 2017 South Africa
Australia Allianz Stadium Sydney 4-5 February 2017 South Africa
United States Sam Boyd Stadium Las Vegas 3-5 March 2017 South Africa
Canada BC Place Vancouver 11-12 March 2017 England
Hong Kong Hong Kong Stadium Hong Kong 7-9 April 2017 Fiji
Singapore National Stadium Singapore 15-16 April 2017 Canada
France Stade Jean-Bouin Paris 13-14 May 2017 South Africa
England Twickenham Stadium London 20-21 May 2017 Scotland
Tour venues
The official schedule for the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series was as follows : [ 3 ]
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 since 1999-2000. South Africa won the Series with a comfortable 28-point margin over England; South Africa won five of the ten tournaments. The 2016-17 Series also served as a qualifying tournament for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens. Nine of the core teams had already qualified but the four highest-placed finishers from among the remaining six core teams also gained qualification for the 2018 RWC Sevens.