2018 South Africa Sevens
The 2018 South Africa Sevens was the second tournament within the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series and the twentieth edition of the South Africa Sevens. It was held on 8–9 December 2018 at Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa.
Format
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.Teams
Fifteen core teams are participating in the tournament along with one invited team, 2018 Africa Men's Sevens winners Zimbabwe:Pool stage
All times in South African Standard TimePool A
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Pool B
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Pool C
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Pool D
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Knockout stage
Thirteenth place
| Matches |
Semi-finals Thiteenth place |
Challenge Trophy
| Matches |
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Challenge Trophy Final |
Fifth place
| Matches |
Semi-finals Fifth place |
Cup
| Matches |
Quarter-finals Semi-finals 3rd place Cup Final |
Tournament placings
| Place | Team | Points |
| 22 | ||
| 19 | ||
| 17 | ||
| 4 | 15 | |
| 5 | 13 | |
| 6 | 12 | |
| 7 | 10 | |
| 7 | 10 |
| Place | Team | Points |
| 9 | 8 | |
| 10 | 7 | |
| 11 | 5 | |
| 11 | 5 | |
| 13 | 3 | |
| 14 | 2 | |
| 15 | 1 | |
| 15 | 1 |
Source:
Players
Scoring leaders
| Rank | Player | Tries |
| 1 | Franco Sábato | 7 |
| 2 | Alamanda Motuga | 6 |
| 2 | Alasio Naduva | 6 |
| 2 | David Afamasaga | 6 |
| 2 | Kalione Nasoko | 6 |
| - | - | 6 |
| Rank | Player | Points |
| 1 | Francisco Hernández | 45 |
| 2 | John Porch | 44 |
| 3 | Stephen Tomasin | 43 |
| 4 | Justin Geduld | 37 |
| 5 | Franco Sábato | 35 |
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Dream Team
The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:| Forwards | Backs |
 Kalione Nasoko  Danny Barrett  David Afamasaga | Alasio Naduva Madison Hughes  Sione Molia  Rosko Specman |