Australia have finished runners up to the United States at the London Sevens, while Fiji won the sevens rugby world series.
Fiji clinched the series when it beat rival South Africa 19-7 in the quarter-finals at a Twickenham bathed in sunshine on Sunday.
With an unassailable lead in the season standings, the Fijians were stopped in the semi-finals by Australia and ended up finishing third in London, but that didn't take any of the gloss off their second series crown in 15 years and first since 2006.
Former England Sevens coach Ben Ryan, hired by Fiji in 2013, said he was worried before the quarter-final because several of the team were crying, so emotionally charged up at what they could achieve.
"The boys were very overly emotional in the changing room, and I had to control them a bit and remind them to start smiling, and that this is supposed to be fun," Ryan said.
Fiji pounced on turnovers to lead 12-0 at halftime, then endured a rugged comeback attempt by the Africans to secure the win with more than three minutes left.
Australia tore the Fijians apart 33-7 in the semis to reach the final for a second straight year, but Australia was, in turn, demolished by the United States 45-22, who won their first ever tournament.
The Americans, who silenced Twickenham when they blew away England 43-12 to reach only their second final made no race of the final.
Nick Malouf scored first for Australia after 40 seconds, but the U.S. brushed aside the Aussies with tries to Madison Hughes, a pair for Danny Barrett, and Maka Unufe's first of two.
By halftime, the U.S. was 26-10 up with the title in hand, and finished with seven tries to four. The U.S. finished a series-high sixth overall.
"The cup final was really disappointing," head coach Geraint John said.
God knows how many tackles we missed in that game, but you have to give credit to the USA, they took it to us physically and we just couldn't match that or bring the intensity that we did in the game against Fiji.
"Against Fiji, we took the game to them and outmuscled them and I believe it was one of our best performances of the year but unfortunately we couldn't repeat it.
"Overall, it was a good tournament but I think we should be winning games like that cup final.
"We have a lot of hard work to do and we'll do that in the pre-season in the lead up to the Olympic qualifying event in November.
"Our goal as a group is to be the best team in the world and we'll put the work in over the winter months to give us the best possible chance of achieving that."
Fiji, with four wins in the nine legs, ultimately won the series by 10 points from South Africa.
New Zealand, winner of the previous four world series, beat South Africa in the plate final but finished third overall, two points behind the Africans.
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