<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The 2016--17 World Rugby Sevens Series, known for sponsorship reasons as the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, was the 18th annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for national rugby sevens teams . The Sevens Series has been run by World Rugby since 1999--2000 . South Africa won the Series with a comfortable 28 - point margin over England; South Africa won five of the ten tournaments . </P> <P> The 2016--17 Series also served as a qualifying tournament for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens . Nine of the core teams had already qualified but the four highest - placed finishers from among the remaining six core teams also gained qualification for the 2018 RWC Sevens . </P>

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