2021 Canada Sevens
Sevens World Series XXII
Host nationCanada
Vancouver
Date18–19 September 2021
Champion South Africa
Runner-up Kenya
Third Great Britain
Tournament details
Matches played34
Tries scored214 (average 6.29 per match)
Most pointsGermany Bastian van der Bosch (51)
Most triesSouth Africa Angelo Davids (10)
Edmonton
Date25–26 September 2021
Champion South Africa
Runner-up Great Britain
Third Kenya
Tournament details
Matches played34
Tries scored218 (average 6.41 per match)
Most pointsSouth Africa Muller du Plessis (55)
Most triesSouth Africa Muller du Plessis (11)
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The 2021 Canada Sevens was held as two rugby sevens tournaments on consecutive weekends in late September that year. The first was hosted at BC Place in Vancouver and the second at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton. These events were played as the sixth season of the Canada Sevens. They were the only stops on the 2021 World Rugby Sevens Series, following the cancellation of all other planned tournaments due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Format

The twelve teams at each tournament were drawn into three pools of four teams. A round-robin was held for each pool, where each team played the others in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool, plus the two best third-placed on comparative pool standings, advanced to the Cup quarterfinals to compete for tournament honours. The other teams from each pool went to the challenge playoffs for ninth to twelfth place.

Teams

The national men's teams competing at the Vancouver and Edmonton tournaments were:[1]

Vancouver

The first tournament of the 2021 Canada Sevens was hosted at BC Place in Vancouver on 18–19 September 2021. South Africa won the tournament, defeating Kenya by 38–5 in the final, to take the maximum 20 points in the series standings leading into the second tournament in Edmonton.

All times in Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−07:00). The pools were scheduled as follows:

Key:   Team advanced to the quarterfinals

Pool A

Team W D L PF PA PD Pts
 South Africa 3 0 0 120 21 +99 9
 Kenya 2 0 1 76 45 +31 7
 Spain 1 0 2 71 51 +20 5
 Mexico 0 0 3 7 157 −150 3
18 September 2021 (2021-09-18)
10:31
Kenya 17–5 Spain
Report
BC Place, Vancouver
18 September 2021 (2021-09-18)
10:53
South Africa 53–0 Mexico
Report
BC Place, Vancouver
18 September 2021 (2021-09-18)
13:42
Kenya 45–7 Mexico
Report
BC Place, Vancouver
18 September 2021 (2021-09-18)
14:04
South Africa 34–7 Spain
Report
BC Place, Vancouver
18 September 2021 (2021-09-18)
17:07
Spain 59–0 Mexico
Report
BC Place, Vancouver
18 September 2021 (2021-09-18)
17:35
South Africa 33–14 Kenya
Report
BC Place, Vancouver

Pool B

Team W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Ireland 2 1 0 74 21 +53 8
 Great Britain 2 1 0 62 17 +45 8
 Hong Kong 1 0 2 81 48 +33 5
 Jamaica 0 0 3 5 136 −131 3
18 September 2021 (2021-09-18)
09:44
Ireland 17–14 Hong Kong
Report
BC Place, Vancouver
18 September 2021 (2021-09-18)
10:06
Great Britain 24–5 Jamaica
Report
BC Place, Vancouver
18 September 2021 (2021-09-18)
12:55
Ireland 50–0 Jamaica
Report
BC Place, Vancouver
18 September 2021 (2021-09-18)
13:17
Great Britain 31–5 Hong Kong
Report
BC Place, Vancouver
18 September 2021 (2021-09-18)
16:06
Hong Kong 62–0 Jamaica
Report
BC Place, Vancouver
18 September 2021 (2021-09-18)
16:28
Great Britain 7–7 Ireland
Report
BC Place, Vancouver

Pool C

Team W D L PF PA PD Pts
 United States 3 0 0 88 31 +57 9
 Canada 2 0 1 62 48 +14 7
 Germany 1 0 2 48 62 −14 5
 Chile 0 0 3 31 88 −57 3
18 September 2021 (2021-09-18)
11:15
Canada 24–5 Germany
Report
BC Place, Vancouver
18 September 2021 (2021-09-18)
11:37
United States 33–5 Chile
Report
BC Place, Vancouver
18 September 2021 (2021-09-18)
14:26
Canada 19–14 Chile
Report
BC Place, Vancouver
18 September 2021 (2021-09-18)
14:48
United States 26–7 Germany
Report
BC Place, Vancouver
18 September 2021 (2021-09-18)
18:05
Germany 36–12 Chile
Report
BC Place, Vancouver
18 September 2021 (2021-09-18)
18:33
United States 29–19 Canada
Report
BC Place, Vancouver

9th to 12th playoffs

 
9th place semifinals9th place final
 
      
 
19 Sep – 10:58 – BC Place
 
 
 Chile5
 
19 Sep – 14:36 – BC Place
 
 Jamaica10
 
 Jamaica0
 
19 Sep – 11:20 – BC Place
 
 Germany66
 
 Germany41
 
 
 Mexico0
 
11th place final
 
 
19 Sep – 14:14 – BC Place
 
 
 Chile34
 
 
 Mexico0

5th to 8th playoffs

 
5th place semifinals5th place final
 
      
 
19 Sep – 12:36 – BC Place
 
 
 Hong Kong10
 
19 Sep – 16:07 – BC Place
 
 United States24
 
 United States26
 
19 Sep – 12:58 – BC Place
 
 Canada7
 
 Canada33
 
 
 Spain19
 
7th place final
 
 
19 Sep – 15:20 – BC Place
 
 
 Hong Kong19
 
 
 Spain7

Cup playoffs

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
19 Sep – 09:20 – BC Place
 
 
 Ireland12
 
19 Sep – 13:20 – BC Place
 
 Hong Kong7
 
 Ireland 5
 
19 Sep – 09:42 – BC Place
 
 Kenya38
 
 United States14
 
19 Sep – 17:28 – BC Place
 
 Kenya19
 
 Kenya 5
 
19 Sep – 10:04 – BC Place
 
 South Africa38
 
 Great Britain31
 
19 Sep – 13:42 – BC Place
 
 Canada5
 
 Great Britain12
 
19 Sep – 10:26 – BC Place
 
 South Africa26 3rd place final
 
 South Africa54
 
19 Sep – 16:31 – BC Place
 
 Spain5
 
 Ireland14
 
 
 Great Britain24
 

Tournament placings

Place  Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  South Africa 20
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Kenya 18
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Great Britain 16
4  Ireland 14
5  United States 12
6  Canada 10
Place  Team Points
7  Hong Kong 8
8  Spain 6
9  Germany 4
10  Jamaica 3
11  Chile 2
12  Mexico 1

Source: World Rugby

Edmonton

The second tournament of the 2021 Canada Sevens was hosted at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton on 25–26 September. South Africa won the tournament, defeating Great Britain by 24–12 in the final, to take the maximum 40 points in the series standings and win their 4th World Rugby Sevens Series title.

All times in Mountain Daylight Time (UTC−06:00). The pools were scheduled as follows:

Key:   Team advanced to the quarterfinals

Pool A

Team W D L PF PA PD Pts
 South Africa 3 0 0 148 5 +143 9
 Canada 2 0 1 68 61 +7 7
 Hong Kong 1 0 2 87 64 +23 5
 Mexico 0 0 3 0 173 −173 3
25 September 2021 (2021-09-25)
11:15
Canada 21–12 Hong Kong
Report
Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
25 September 2021 (2021-09-25)
11:37
South Africa 56–0 Mexico
Report
Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
25 September 2021 (2021-09-25)
14:26
Canada 47–0 Mexico
Report
Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
25 September 2021 (2021-09-25)
14:48
South Africa 43–5 Hong Kong
Report
Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
25 September 2021 (2021-09-25)
18:05
Hong Kong 70–0 Mexico
Report
Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
25 September 2021 (2021-09-25)
18:33
South Africa 49–0 Canada
Report
Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton

Pool B

Team W D L PF PA PD Pts
 United States 3 0 0 81 36 +45 9
 Kenya 2 0 1 78 36 +42 7
 Spain 1 0 2 69 74 −5 5
 Chile 0 0 3 29 111 −82 3
25 September 2021 (2021-09-25)
10:31
United States 29–17 Spain
Report
Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
25 September 2021 (2021-09-25)
10:53
Kenya 38–5 Chile
Report
Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
25 September 2021 (2021-09-25)
13:42
United States 33–5 Chile
Report
Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
25 September 2021 (2021-09-25)
14:04
Kenya 26–12 Spain
Report
Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
25 September 2021 (2021-09-25)
17:07
Spain 40–19 Chile
Report
Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
25 September 2021 (2021-09-25)
17:35
Kenya 14–19 United States
Report
Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton

Pool C

Team W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Ireland 2 1 0 69 36 +33 8
 Germany 2 0 1 91 34 +57 7
 Great Britain 1 1 1 70 31 +39 6
 Jamaica 0 0 3 12 141 −129 3
25 September 2021 (2021-09-25)
09:44
Ireland 19–17 Germany
Report
Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
25 September 2021 (2021-09-25)
10:06
Great Britain 48–0 Jamaica
Report
Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
25 September 2021 (2021-09-25)
12:55
Ireland 38–7 Jamaica
Report
Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
25 September 2021 (2021-09-25)
13:17
Great Britain 10–19 Germany
Report
Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
25 September 2021 (2021-09-25)
16:06
Germany 55–5 Jamaica
Report
Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
25 September 2021 (2021-09-25)
16:28
Great Britain 12–12 Ireland
Report
Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton

9th to 12th playoffs

 
9th place semifinals9th place final
 
      
 
26 Sep – 10:58 – Commonwealth Stadium
 
 
 Chile29
 
26 Sep – 14:36 – Commonwealth Stadium
 
 Jamaica7
 
 Chile12
 
26 Sep – 11:20 – Commonwealth Stadium
 
 Spain29
 
 Spain40
 
 
 Mexico0
 
11th place final
 
 
26 Sep – 14:14 – Commonwealth Stadium
 
 
 Jamaica28
 
 
 Mexico10

5th to 8th playoffs

 
5th place semifinals5th place final
 
      
 
26 Sep – 12:36 – Commonwealth Stadium
 
 
 United States19
 
26 Sep – 16:07 – Commonwealth Stadium
 
 Ireland0
 
 United States19
 
26 Sep – 12:58 – Commonwealth Stadium
 
 Germany(a.e.t.)
24
 
 Germany21
 
 
 Hong Kong7
 
7th place final
 
 
26 Sep – 15:20 – Commonwealth Stadium
 
 
 Ireland14
 
 
 Hong Kong21

Cup playoffs

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
26 Sep – 09:20 – Commonwealth Stadium
 
 
 United States19
 
26 Sep – 13:20 – Commonwealth Stadium
 
 Great Britain21
 
 Great Britain22
 
26 Sep – 09:42 – Commonwealth Stadium
 
 Canada12
 
 Ireland12
 
26 Sep – 17:28 – Commonwealth Stadium
 
 Canada14
 
 Great Britain12
 
26 Sep – 10:04 – Commonwealth Stadium
 
 South Africa24
 
 Kenya24
 
26 Sep – 13:42 – Commonwealth Stadium
 
 Germany17
 
 Kenya7
 
26 Sep – 10:26 – Commonwealth Stadium
 
 South Africa33 3rd place final
 
 South Africa46
 
26 Sep – 16:31 – Commonwealth Stadium
 
 Hong Kong0
 
 Canada14
 
 
 Kenya33
 

Tournament placings

Place  Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  South Africa 20
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Great Britain 18
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Kenya 16
4  Canada 14
5  Germany 12
6  United States 10
Place  Team Points
7  Hong Kong 8
8  Ireland 6
9  Spain 4
10  Chile 3
11  Jamaica 2
12  Mexico 1

Source: World Rugby

See also

References

  1. ^ "Pools and match schedule confirmed for HSBC Canada Sevens in Vancouver". Canada Sevens. 12 September 2021. Archived from the original on 16 September 2021.

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