2015 South Africa Sevens
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| 2015 South Africa Sevens | |
|---|---|
| Sevens World Series XVII | |
| Host nation |  South Africa |
| Date | 12–13 December 2015 |
| Cup | |
| Champion | South Africa |
| Runner-up |  Argentina |
| Third |  France |
| Plate | |
| Winner |  Fiji |
| Runner-up |  United States |
| Bowl | |
| Winner |  Scotland |
| Runner-up |  England |
| Shield | |
| Winner |  Samoa |
| Runner-up |  Russia |
| Tournament details | |
| Matches played | 45 |
| Tries scored | 273 (average 6.07 per match) |
← 2014 2016 → | |
The 2015 South Africa Sevens was the second tournament within the 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series and the seventeenth edition of the South Africa Sevens. It was held over the weekend of 12-13 December 2015 at Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa.
The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each, with each team playing every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went to the Bowl/Shield brackets.
Teams
Pool Stage
| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Teams that advanced to the Cup quarter-final | |
Pool A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiji |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 19 | +110 | 9 |
| Argentina |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 62 | –10 | 7 |
| Scotland |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 63 | +3 | 5 |
| Russia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 118 | –103 | 3 |
Pool B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kenya |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 31 | +38 | 8 |
| South Africa |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 19 | +29 | 7 |
| England |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 62 | 29 | +33 | 6 |
 Zimbabwe |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 105 | –100 | 3 |
Pool C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Australia |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 35 | +57 | 9 |
| United States |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 99 | 52 | +47 | 7 |
 Wales |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 73 | 52 | +21 | 5 |
 Portugal |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 137 | –125 | 3 |
Pool D
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New Zealand |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 48 | +2 | 7 |
| France |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 62 | 64 | –2 | 6 |
 Canada |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 60 | 62 | –2 | 6 |
| Samoa |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 51 | +2 | 5 |