The 2017 Singapore Sevens was the eighth tournament of the
2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 15–16 April 2017 at the
Singapore National Stadium in
Singapore. This was the sixth time that the
Singapore Sevens had a spot on the World Rugby Sevens Series. In an exciting final,
Canada completed the 'Miracle on Grass' by jumping out to an early lead and then scoring the decisive try with 2 minutes remaining to beat the
United States 26-19 and win its first-ever World Series tournament. Earlier in the day, Canada had triumphed over
New Zealand and
England while the US defeated
Fiji and
Australia to set up the first Cup final featuring both North American teams.
Format
Sixteen teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played all the others in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup quarter finals. The bottom two teams from each group advanced to the Challenge Trophy quarter finals.