The 2017 South Africa Sevens was the second tournament within the 2017âÂÂ18 World Rugby Sevens Series and the nineteenth edition of the South Africa Sevens. It was held over the weekend of 9âÂÂ10 December 2017 at Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa.
The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup brackets where teams competed for the Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals. The bottom two teams from each group went to the playoffs in the Challenge Trophy brackets.
Fifteen core teams are participating in the tournament along with one invited team, the winner of the 2017 Africa Cup Sevens, Uganda:
All times in South African Standard Time ()
<small>Source: World Rugby</small>
Source: World Rugby
The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament: