South Africa won the Series with a comfortable 28-point margin over England; South Africa won five of the ten tournaments.

The 2016–17 Series also served as a qualifying tournament for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens.

Archived [4] Updated: 22 May 2017 Tallies of top four tournament placings during the 2016–17 series, by team: In this series, World Rugby abolished the minor trophies of Plate, Bowl and Shield that were previously awarded in the finals play-offs at each tournament.

While the winner's Cup was retained as the major trophy, the awarding of gold, silver and bronze medals to players from the three top-placed teams was introduced for this series with the third-placed match now renamed as the bronze-medal match.

A Challenge Trophy was established for teams competing in the lower bracket of the finals play-offs at each tournament.