The 2016 London Sevens was the tenth and final tournament within the 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series. This edition of the London Sevens was held over the weekend of 21–22 May 2016 at Twickenham in London.

Scotland won its first ever World Rugby Sevens Series title.

Format

The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team plays all the others in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams go into the Bowl/Shield brackets.

Teams

The pools and schedule were announced in April 2016.

Pool Stage

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal

Pool A

TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−Pts
South Africa33005717+409
United States31113431+36
Canada31114352-96
Samoa30032458-343
21 May 2016 10:14
Samoa5–12United States
Twickenham
21 May 2016 10:36
South Africa21–7Canada
Twickenham
21 May 2016 13:20
Samoa19–24Canada
Twickenham
21 May 2016 13:42
South Africa14–10United States
Twickenham
21 May 2016 16:26
United States12–12Canada
Twickenham
21 May 2016 16:48
Samoa0–22South Africa
Twickenham

Pool B

TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−Pts
England33006522+439
Fiji32017836+427
Australia31022946-175
Wales30032088-683
21 May 2016 11:42
Australia22–10Wales
Twickenham
21 May 2016 12:04
Fiji10–31England
Twickenham
21 May 2016 14:48
Fiji42–5Wales
Twickenham
21 May 2016 15:10
Australia7–10England
Twickenham
21 May 2016 17:54
Fiji26–0Australia
Twickenham
21 May 2016 18:16
England24–5Wales
Twickenham

Pool C

TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−Pts
France32108840+488
Scotland32106940+298
Kenya31024670-245
Portugal30034598-533
21 May 2016 09:30
France14–14Scotland
Twickenham
21 May 2016 09:52
Kenya22–17Portugal
Twickenham
21 May 2016 12:36
France45–14Portugal
Twickenham
21 May 2016 12:58
Kenya12–24Scotland
Twickenham
21 May 2016 15:42
Scotland31–14Portugal
Twickenham
21 May 2016 16:04
France29–12Kenya
Twickenham

Pool D

TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−Pts
New Zealand32107824+548
Argentina32106433+318
Russia31023660-245
Brazil30031273-613
21 May 2016 10:58
Argentina22–12Russia
Twickenham
21 May 2016 11:20
New Zealand31–0Brazil
Twickenham
21 May 2016 14:04
Argentina28–7Brazil
Twickenham
21 May 2016 14:26
New Zealand33–10Russia
Twickenham
21 May 2016 17:10
Russia14–5Brazil
Twickenham
21 May 2016 17:32
Argentina14–14New Zealand
Twickenham

Knockout stage

Shield

Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
22 May 2016 – 09:30 – Twickenham, London
Canada19
22 May 2016 – 12:36 – Twickenham, London
Brazil7
Brazil5
22 May 2016 – 09:52 – Twickenham, London
Kenya38
Kenya19
22 May 2016 – 16:02 – Twickenham, London
Wales21
Kenya31
22 May 2016 – 10:14 – Twickenham, London
Russia7
Russia17
22 May 2016 – 12:58 – Twickenham, London
Samoa22
Russia26
22 May 2016 – 10:36 – Twickenham, London
Portugal7
Australia17
Portugal12

Bowl

Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
22 May 2016 – 09:30 – Twickenham, London
Canada19
22 May 2016 – 13:20 – Twickenham, London
Brazil7
Canada17
22 May 2016 – 09:52 – Twickenham, London
Wales21
Kenya19
22 May 2016 – 16:32 – Twickenham, London
Wales21
Wales24
22 May 2016 – 10:14 – Twickenham, London
Australia19
Russia17
22 May 2016 – 13:42 – Twickenham, London
Samoa22
Samoa21
22 May 2016 – 10:36 – Twickenham, London
Australia22
Australia17
Portugal12

Plate

Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
22 May 2016 – 10:58 – Twickenham, London
South Africa21
22 May 2016 – 14:04 – Twickenham, London
Argentina19
Argentina31
22 May 2016 – 11:20 – Twickenham, London
France5
France7
22 May 2016 – 17:02 – Twickenham, London
Fiji40
Argentina14
22 May 2016 – 11:42 – Twickenham, London
New Zealand29
New Zealand14
22 May 2016 – 14:26 – Twickenham, London
United States42
New Zealand35
22 May 2016 – 12:04 – Twickenham, London
England10
England0
Scotland17

Cup

Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
22 May 2016 – 10:58 – Twickenham, London
South Africa21
22 May 2016 – 14:48 – Twickenham, London
Argentina19
South Africa26
22 May 2016 – 11:20 – Twickenham, London
Fiji21
France7
22 May 2016 – 17:57 – Twickenham, London
Fiji40
South Africa26
22 May 2016 – 11:42 – Twickenham, London
Scotland27
New Zealand14
22 May 2016 – 15:10 – Twickenham, London
United States42
United States17
22 May 2016 – 12:04 – Twickenham, London
Scotland24Third place
England0
22 May 2016 – 17:32 – Twickenham, London
Scotland17
Fiji19
United States26

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