The 2017 Wellington Sevens was the eighteenth edition of the Wellington Sevens tournament, and the third tournament of the 2016âÂÂ17 World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 28âÂÂ29 January 2017 at Westpac Stadium in Wellington, New Zealand.
Sixteen teams are drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team plays everyone in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup quarterfinals. The bottom two teams from each group go to the Challenge Trophy quarterfinals.
The fifteen core teams were joined by Papua New Guinea, who qualified via the 2016 Oceania Sevens, for this tournament.
<small>Source: World Rugby (archived)</small>