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 since 1999–2000. South Africa won the Series with a comfortable 28-point margin over England; South Africa won five of the ten tournaments.
| 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens | |
|---|---|
| Series XVIII | |
| Hosts | |
| Date | 2 Dec 2016 – 21 May 2017 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | South Africa |
| Runners-up | England |
| Third | Fiji |
← 2015–16 2017–18 → | |
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.
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