1997 Rugby World Cup Sevens

The 1997 Rugby World Cup Sevens was the second edition of the Rugby sevens tournament and the first to be held in Hong Kong. Fiji defeated South Africa 24–21 to take the title for the first time. The Final is still considered to be one of the best Sevens matches of all time. The Fiji team had promised the country it would return with the title, and captain Waisale Serevi had also promised his daughters the same.

Participating nations
The twenty four teams were divided into eight pools of three as follows:

Seedings after Day 1

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Day 2
All times Hong Kong time (UTC+1)

Pool A

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Pool B

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Pool C

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Pool D

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Pool E

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Pool F

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Pool H

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