It was the first ever tournament to be played outside of Romania and without their national team, with Uruguay hosting the competition.

[3] Hosts Uruguay won the tournament, the first time they had done so in five previous attempts.

Below are the competing teams with their World Rugby Rankings as of the first tournament date (10 June 2017): Touch judges: URU Appt.

(Uruguay) Notes: Touch judges: URU Appt.

(Uruguay) Notes: Touch judges: URU Appt.